TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Nikita Kucherov scored to give him his ninth 30-goal season and added two assists for 701 in his career and the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 on Wednesday night for their sixth straight victory.

TORONTO --Philipp Grubauer made 38 saves for the Colorado Avalanche in a 3-1 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena on Wednesday. Frederik Andersen made 27 saves for the Maple Leafs (13-13-4), who are 1-3-0 in their past four games.

Of the three games this week to restart their season, there was no question that Wednesday would be the hardest for the Maple Leafs.

The Toronto Maple Leafs face a steep climb to a playoff spot as early-game lapses and a lack of desperation continue to plague them coming out of the Olympic break. If Toronto’s 4-2 loss to Tampa on Wednesday wasn’t bad enough, they followed that up ...

TORONTO-- Auston Matthews scored at 3:43 of overtime to give the Toronto Maple Leafs their third straight win, 4-3 against the Chicago Blackhawks at Air Canada Centre on Monday. The Maple Leafs (3-0-0) scored twice in the third period to tie it after ...