The Maple Leafs captain is scoring all the time again, but is he back to peak Matthews? Also, what's behind Rielly's struggles?

The Maple Leafs' dependence on their 'Core Four' forwards is even more pronounced this season as their blueliners struggle to put up points. That's not likely to change.

Lorentz and Woll stood by Matthews after his words on Wednesday, also admitting how special Toronto's fanbase is.

While the Toronto Maple Leafs are a first-place team in the Atlantic Division, they’ve been having success this season with some inconsistent performances from two very important players.

After the Toronto Maple Leafs were outclassed 3-0 by the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday, head coach Craig Berube made several changes during Monday’s practice.

TORONTO -- Auston Matthews scored for the fourth straight game and had an assist for the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 5-3 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Scotiabank Arena on Monday. The goal was Matthews’ eighth in nine games since his return after missing the previous six because of an upper-body injury.

The Toronto Maple Leafs' recent games have shown one thing: fighting's place in the NHL is evolving to the point that it's not a needle-mover, says Adam Proteau.

The Toronto Maple Leafs' recent games have shown one thing: fighting's place in the NHL is evolving to the point that it's not a needle-mover, says Adam Proteau.

In other Maple Leafs news, Matt Murray started for the Toronto Marlies on Wednesday night in Bakersfield, Calif. If only that Murray start had been in the National Hockey League and several thousand kilometres to the northeast.

More than one Maple Leaf said this was a game lost right in front of both nets. Toronto couldn’t convert and the Columbus Blue Jackets rarely missed on a porous defence and a shaky Dennis Hildeby in the 5-1 thrashing ,

Matthew Knies had two goals and an assist and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 on Monday night. Mitchell Marner had a goal and two assists and Auston Matthews added a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs,

The Toronto Maple Leafs host the Columbus Blue Jackets after Matthew Knies' two-goal game against the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Maple Leafs' 5-3 win.