Game 40 Scoring Chances: Jets 5 vs. Maple Leafs 1
The Leafs' long road trip came to an end with a bad loss, as Winnipeg thoroughly outplayed them. The first five minutes were a...
Game 39 Scoring Chances: Wild 3 vs. Maple Leafs 1
The Leafs had a great start to the first game of 2015, as they had the bulk of the chances until a Wild powerplay...
Game 38 Scoring Chances: Maple Leafs 4 vs. Bruins 3 (SO)
Toronto closed out 2014 against the Bruins, one of the closest chasers for the wild cards spot the Leafs are fighting for.
Toronto had a...
Game Review: Game #37, Tampa Bay Lightning 3 vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 2
This game might come as a shock to fans who decided to pick up Leaf fandom for the first time during the recent 10-1-1 hot streak;...
Game 37 Scoring Chances: Lightning 3 vs. Maple Leafs 2
The second half of Toronto's trip to Florida saw the Leafs have a solid start, given they were playing a back-to-back.
They were narrowly out-chanced...
Leafs Notebook – December 29
For the first time since the 2003-04 season, the Maple Leafs won 20 games before the official NHL winter break. But, in the eight...
Game 36 Scoring Chances: Panthers 6 vs. Maple Leafs 4
Toronto's return to action after the holidays was wild, with a back-and-forth game in Florida.
There actually weren't a lot of scoring chances (from the...
Maple Leafs Prospect Rankings – End of 2014
Introducing the MLHS Maple Leafs top 30 prospect rankings, complete with player-by-player scouting reports.
These rankings are based on a combination of the overall talent...
What Does the Future Hold for Jake Gardiner?
And what should the Leafs do with the polarizing young defenceman? The answer isn't an instantly-gratifying one: Continue to be patient.
There is currently no bigger...
Game 35 Scoring Chances: Maple Leafs 4 vs. Stars 0
With their long road trip in full swing, the Leafs got an important victory in their last pre-Christmas game, shutting out the Stars in...
Game Review: Game #34, Chicago Blackhawks 4 vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 0
In the game day thread before the Carolina game, we talked about how, in March of 2014, the Leafs were on a red-hot streak that...
Game 34 Scoring Chances: Blackhawks 4 vs. Maple Leafs 0
A poor start for the Leafs saw Chicago hold them to only a single ES chance in the opening period, and a goal in...
Game 33 Scoring Chances: Flyers 7 vs. Maple Leafs 4
Toronto had a familiar start to the game, as they were even in chances early, but managed a pair of goals to take the...
Nazem Kadri: Is He First Line Material?
Nazem Kadri has faced enormous expectations ever since his name was called by then-Maple Leafs General Manager Brian Burke at the 2009 NHL entry...
Game Review: Game #32, Carolina Hurricanes 4 vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 1
It’s not a particularly shocking revelation: The Leafs have enough talent to beat any team in this League, but they can be made to...
Game 32 Scoring Chances: Hurricanes 4 vs Maple Leafs 1
The opening period of tonight's game was similar to the Leafs' last road outing against Detroit. The difference was that the Hurricanes were able...
Game Review: Game #31, Maple Leafs 6 vs. Anaheim Ducks 2
The opponent doesn’t seem to matter; no team has an answer for the Leafs’ four-line attack at the moment.
Tonight it was the League’s hottest...
Game 31 Scoring Chances: Maple Leafs 6 vs. Ducks 2
While the score line was different, there was a lot similar between the Leafs' back-to-back wins against the teams from Southern California.
Much like Sunday, the...
Leafs Notebook – December 15th
With a minute left in the second period against the Los Angeles Kings, a familiar sight for Toronto Maple Leaf fans was taking place...
JVR, PDO and the Leafs Defense
I didn't have any particular topic I wanted to write about this week, so yesterday morning I asked my twitter followers what they wanted me...














![John Gruden after the Leafs prospects’ 4-1 win over Montreal: “[Vyacheslav Peksa] looked really comfortable in the net… We wouldn’t have won without him” John Gruden, head coach of the Toronto Marlies](https://mapleleafshotstove.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/gruden-post-game-sep-14-218x150.jpg)





































