The Leafs need to find ways to ease Joseph Woll's workload or risk burning him out ahead of when they need him most: in the playoffs.

The Carolina Hurricanes host the Vancouver Canucks after Jordan Staal's hat trick against the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Hurricanes' 6-3 win.

The Toronto Maple Leafs are looking to keep a five-game win streak alive when they take on the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday at the Lenovo Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. Game time is 7:30 p.m. ET and you can watch it on ESPN+, which you can subscribe to as part of the Disney Bundle or sign up for separately for as low as $11.99/month.

The Hurricanes scored two goals in 17 seconds to tie the game. Eric Robinson cut it to 2-1 at 13:58 when he finished the rebound of Ty Smith’s shot, then Staal took Andrei Svechnikov’s backhand pass from below the goal line and scored net-front to tie it 2-2 at 14:15.

We have reached the midpoint of the Vancouver Canucks’ five-game road trip, and they are back in action on Friday night in game one of a back-to-back weekend set. The first two games have brought points in the standings,

It started in early November 2019, when Haula, who was coming back from a gruesome knee injury suffered the season before with the Golden Knights, bristled at the media when asked if his absence from the lineup was due to his surgically repaired knee.

All good things must come to an end, as the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 on Thursday evening. Toronto lost for the first time during the 2025 calendar year, ending its five-game winning streak,

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The Toronto Maple Leafs are shaking things up defensively as they prepare to face the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night. Specifically, the Leafs showed a Morgan Rielly and Chris Tanev defense pairing at Thursday morning’s practice – a highly anticipated reunion from the beginning of the season.