Alex Drain
Alex Drain is a sportswriter who joined MLHS to cover the Toronto Maple Leafs in March 2022, writing analysis pieces as well as game reviews. You can follow him on Twitter at @AlexDrain_NHL or contact at [email protected].
Game 3 Analysis: Familiar special teams failures doom the Leafs
It's pretty hard to win in the playoffs when you have the worse goalie and are massively outplayed on special teams.
For the second time...
Game 2 Analysis: Auston Matthews drives the Leafs to victory
In need of a big win to even the series, the Toronto Maple Leafs leaned on the brilliance of their best player and got...
Game 1 Analysis: The song remains the same in another frustrating loss to Boston
For the second straight year, the Toronto Maple Leafs opened the first round of the playoffs with a near-worst-case scenario.
The Leafs allowed the first...
Game in 10: Maple Leafs’ injury scares, ugly first period make for suboptimal final...
Auston Matthews scored #69, but Maple the Leafs fell 5-4 in overtime to the Red Wings in a game that saw plenty of goals...
The 411 on new Maple Leafs prospect Jacob Quillan
With the NCAA Hockey season nearing its conclusion, the Maple Leafs snapped up one of the more coveted undrafted free agents in Quinnipiac's Jacob...
Game in 10: Maple Leafs turn in an “immature” performance in sloppy loss to...
The Maple Leafs lost 6-3 to New Jersey in arguably their worst defensive performance of calendar 2024.
William Nylander and Auston Matthews both tallied for...
Game in 10: Matthews’ five points, Domi’s four assists highlight Maple Leafs’ big offensive...
The Toronto Maple Leafs buried the Washington Capitals in a 7-3 win powered by a dominant effort from the Auston Matthews and Max Domi-led...
Who is Cade Webber? The 411 on the Maple Leafs’ new 6’7 defense prospect
Brad Treliving continued his spree of adding huge defenders by picking up a college prospect, Boston University's Cade Webber.
Webber, a fourth-year player for BU,...
Game in 10: Maple Leafs emerge with two points from a sleepy night vs....
Auston Matthews put an end to one of the dullest Maple Leafs games of the season, capping a sleepy 2-1 OT win over the...
Game in 10: Ugly defensive lapses, quiet night offensively halts Maple Leafs’ winning streak
The Vegas Golden Knights exacted revenge with a solid 6-2 win over Toronto, snapping the Leafs' seven-game winning streak in the process.
A sleepy first...
Game in 10: Auston Matthews, Bobby McMann keep piling up the goals as Maple...
The Toronto Maple Leafs finished the Morgan Rielly suspension 5-0-0 after a 6-3 win over the Arizona Coyotes in which Auston Matthews scored his...
Game in 10: Matthews’ natural hat trick, Nylander’s OT winner overcomes ugly first period...
Auston Matthews scored a second-period natural hat trick, but a late third-period collapse meant the Toronto Maple Leafs needed William Nylander's OT goal to...
Game in 10: Maple Leafs struggle to finish, shoot themselves in the foot defensively...
The Toronto Maple Leafs allowed a crushing late goal to former Leaf Pierre Engvall as they dropped a frustrating game by a score of...
Game in 10: Ilya Samsonov carries Maple Leafs to two points with statement first-star...
The Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Winnipeg Jets 1-0 in overtime on a night when Ilya Samsonov stole the show and Toronto's top power-play...
Game in 10: Special teams sink Maple Leafs as winning streak ends on Long...
The Toronto Maple Leafs went to OT on Long Island for the second time this season and left with the same result: a loser-point...
Game in 10: Maple Leafs take care of business, obliterate Sharks to win fourth...
Facing one of the worst teams of the modern era for the second time in as many games, the Toronto Maple Leafs throttled the...
Game in 10: Maple Leafs concede nine goals for the first time since 2014...
The Maple Leafs' sloppy and careless defensive effort was compounded by a goaltending catastrophe as they let an early 2-1 lead turn into a...
Game in 10: Led by Matthews’ four points, Maple Leafs overcome adversity in impressive...
On the second night of a back-to-back on the road against a rested and elite team, the Toronto Maple Leafs stitched together one of...
Game in 10: Joseph Woll goes from first star to IR as Maple Leafs...
On a night when the Maple Leafs weren't playing their A+ game and lost their starting goalie (who was playing his A+ game), the...
Is this the year the Maple Leafs finally win the division? Eight Atlantic Division...
A new NHL season is upon us, and the Maple Leafs enter the campaign facing high expectations yet again for the 2023-24 regular season.
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Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Philadelphia Flyers – Game #61 Projected Lines,...
It's likely the final home game as a Leaf for several players in this Monday night matchup against the Philadelphia Flyers (7:30 p.m. EST,...
