Some games matter less for their final score than for what they reveal. With a back-to-back on the schedule, last night’s 4-2 loss to the Washington Capitals will slip quickly out of the news cycle.

Toronto’s performance so far this season has been brutal enough to speculate if this team could be sellers at the trade deadline, Travis Yost writes.

The Leafs' loss to the Capitals was yet another example of how far they have fallen, and how far they look from being a playoff team.

WASHINGTON -- Jakob Chychrun extended his goal streak to five games when he scored the go-ahead goal at 16:04 of the third period, and the Washington Capitals rallied for a 4-2 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Capital One Arena on Friday.

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Several $3 million players have been healthy scratched of late. Multiple goalies have struggled to stem the bleeding. And three waiver claims have played a regular shift. Plus, the coach and GM are already on the hot seat — and it isn’t even December.

MONTREAL -- Noah Dobson and Josh Anderson each scored twice, and the Montreal Canadiens ended a five-game skid with a 5-2 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Bell Centre on Saturday.

According to NHL insider Chris Johnston, Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly has emerged as a notable trade target amid the team’s underperforming season.

For months, the consensus around Easton Cowan was firm: he’d need some seasoning with the Toronto Maple Leafs‘ American Hockey League (AHL) Toronto Marlies before he’d be ready for the NHL.

David Kampf officially joined the Vancouver Canucks following the termination of his contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs, ending one of the most discussed off-ice sagas of the early NHL season. Kampf began this season in the AHL with the Toronto Marlies and did not appear in a single NHL game before being released.