The Toronto Maple Leafs' offensive struggles and penalty-kill woes continued in a 3-1 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday.

The Toronto Maple Leafs remain without Matthew Knies, and his absence continues to impact the team’s results for the worse. The 22-year-old forward was placed on injured reserve (IR) retroactive to Jan.

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube stood up for Morgan Rielly when asked about the defenseman's struggles following a 3-1 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday night. "Can Morgan play better?

The Vancouver Canucks have made it clear, ‘there’s no good solution’ to keeping J.T Miller on the team after the NHL’s trade deadline on March 7. This begs a couple of questions.

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The hot streak comes at at perfect time for Matthews and the United States. The center, who grew up in Arizona, will join Team United States for the 4 Nations Face-Off in Montreal and Boston from Feb. 12-20 and begin play against Team Finland at Bell Centre on Feb. 13 (8 p.m. ET; ESPN, ESPN+, SN, TVAS).

"I feel good despite numbers," said Rielly, who has five goals and 17 assists for 22 points in 51 contests. "It's a battle right now. Just trying to compete and play the best I can."

Victor Hedman of the Tampa Bay Lightning was named captain of Sweden. The other two assistant captains are Erik Karlsson of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Mattias Ekholm of the Edmonton Oilers. Finland was the first team in the tournament to name its captain and assistants on Thursday.

A former first-round pick in the 2016 NHL draft, Kunin is a gritty, physical forward with over 800 career hits on his resume spanning 410 regular-season games. Kunin has 14 games worth of postseason experience, but he's not been there since he left the Nashville Predators after the 2021-22 season.

I’m playing with my food here a little bit,” the Florida Panthers’ veteran coach said. With 30 games left in the regular season and the Panthers looking well on their way to another playoff berth — Florida leads the Atlantic Division with a 30-19-3 record (63 points),

Rielly is the only Leafs defenceman to play in all 51 games and he has 22 points. He’s on pace for 35 points in 82 games, a far cry from the 58 points he had in 72 games in 2023-24. And being taken off the top power play has to be a blow to his pride.