William Nylander inadvertently presented a challenge to the Toronto Maple Leafs: good teams find their way out of three-game losing streaks, and through his own heroics, the Maple Leafs responded with a thrilling 4-3 overtime victory over the New Jersey Devils,

McCabe’s absence would be a big one for the Leafs. He’s one of the team leaders in ice time on the back end (Rielly and Oliver Ekman-Larsson play similar minutes) and a first-unit defender at even strength and the penalty kill.

The Toronto Maple Leafs earned a 4-3 victory over the Devils, with William Nylander scoring in extra time to seal his team's third victory over New Jersey in 2024-25.

It was a perfect 3-0-0 segment for the Leafs in the 12th segment of the power rankings, where the captain found his game.

Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner were a combined minus-6 after Thursday's loss to the Carolina Hurricanes and looking to step up their games on both ends of the ice against the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday.

Rielly converted a feed from Auston Matthews for his fifth goal of the season and first in two months. Matthew Knies and Oliver Ekman-Larsson also scored for Toronto, which leads the Atlantic ...