Jared Spurgeon and Marat Khusnutdinov scored in the first period, Filip Gustavsson stopped 31 shots, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Wednesday night. Marcus Foligno added an empty-netter in the final minute as Minnesota won its second straight to improve to 3-5-0 in their last eight games.

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Revenge is best served cold and on the ice… at least in hockey.  Exactly one week after the Los Angeles Kings defeated the Florida Panthers 2-1 at Crypto.com arena in Southern California, the Panthers returned the favor,

The Maple Leafs could soon be getting goaltender Anthony Stolarz, who has missed several weeks with injury, back between the pipes.

Stolarz, who won the Stanley Cup with the Florida Panthers in June as Sergei Bobrovsky’s backup, had a 9-5-2 record, 2.15 goals-against average, .927 save percentage and one shutout before undergoing surgery — there was no structural damage found — to deal with a loose piece of cartilage or bone in his knee.

For the Toronto Maple Leafs to ... And in Florida, the Panthers will be giving Sergei Bobrovsky and Spencer Knight a combined $14.5 million. You can see why Leafs GM Brad Treliving has to be ...

The shutout was his second of the season and the 46th of his career, putting him third among active goalies behind Marc-Andre Fleury (75) and Jonathan Quick (62). Bobrovsky has won three straight starts,

The Toronto Maple Leafs are expected to be aggressive ahead of the trade deadline. One analyst calls them to make a blockbuster with a rival. NHL analyst Jesse Courville-Lynch of The Hockey ...

BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Maple Leafs and the Minnesota Wild hit the ice in a non-conference matchup. Toronto is 19-10-0 at home and 30-18-2 overall. The Maple Leafs have a 13-5-1 record when scoring a power-play goal.

The defending Stanley Cup Champions trail the Toronto Maple Leafs by three points ... has solved the starting goalie problem. Sergei Bobrovsky has not been the rock that led him and the team ...

Sergei Bobrovsky, Florida Panthers Sergei Bobrovsky ... The Panthers are in a tight battle with the Toronto Maple Leafs for the Atlantic Division title, and Knight could keep them in the hunt ...

On Elliotte Friedman's 32 Thoughts podcast, the NHL insider said he thinks the Toronto Maple Leafs will have San Jose Sharks winger Luke Kunin on their trade radar. Friedman referenced the moment ...