Matthew Knies had a coming-out party during the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Next season, regardless of who is coaching the Maple Leafs, he should be pencilled in the top six.
The significance behind Matthew Knies’ Game 5 overtime winner wasn’t lost on anyone on Tuesday night. For one game, at least, it saved the Toronto Maple Leafs’ season, helping them outlast the Boston Bruins and survive an elimination game on the road.
The Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins will face off in Game 6 tonight at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena as ghosts of postseasons past whoosh heavily through the air.
In Tuesday night’s win over the Boston Bruins, Matthew Knies scored the game-winner to keep his Toronto Maple Leafs alive to play one more game. He’s the only Maple Leafs player in five games this season who’s scored more than once.
With their backs against the wall and without Auston Matthews, the Toronto Maple Leafs played their best game of the series in Game 5 and earned a series-extending 2-1 win. Mitch Marner played his best game of the series, leading a top line that was excellent all night long.
After a lifeless and disappointing effort in Game 4, the Toronto Maple Leafs were in a very tough spot heading into Game 5 against the Boston Bruins. Down
The Toronto Maple Leafs had just about every factor working against them going into Game 5 against the Boston Bruins. With a struggling power play, inconsistency
After two miserable results in Game 3 and 4 in front of their home fans at Scotiabank Arena, the Toronto Maple Leafs travelled to Boston last night with their backs against the wall, facing elimination inside TD Garden for Game 5, looking to keep their season alive.
Last night, there were four teams facing elimination: Toronto, New York (Islanders), Winnipeg, and Nashville. We saw two teams (Toronto and Nashville) survive, but two others (New York and Winnipeg) join Washington and Tampa Bay, who headed for home.
Last night, four teams were facing elimination. Let’s see if these teams saw their seasons come to an end. Here are the results and highlights: Patrick Roy and the Islanders eliminated When Patrick Roy was hired, the Islanders were going nowhere.
Matthew Knies scored 2:26 into overtime as the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs extended their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series against the Boston Bruins with a 2-1 win in Game 5 on Tuesday.
In an elimination must-win game for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Matthew Knies and goaltender Joseph Woll emerged as the overtime heroes, propelling the team to a thrilling 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins in Game 5.
Matthew Knies scored 2:26 into overtime, and the Toronto Maple Leafs forced a Game 6 in Toronto on Thursday with a 2-1 overtime win over the Boston Bruins in Game 5 on Tuesday night at TD Garden.
Matthew Knies scored 2:26 into the first overtime period as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Boston Bruins 2-1 in Game 5 to fend off elimination. John Tavares drove the puck hard to the net and Knies collected the rebound for the game-winner as the series heads back to Scotiabank Arena on Thursday.
Matthew Knies scored 2:26 into overtime as the Toronto Maple Leafs extended their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series against the Boston Bruins with a 2-1 win in Game 5 on Tuesday.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have held off elimination for now, getting an overtime goal from Matthew Knies to hold off the Boston Bruins 2-1. The Maple Leafs still trail 3-2 in the series but have survived an elimination game without Auston Matthews, who missed the game with an undisclosed illness.
There was every reason to give up on the Maple Leafs going into Game 5 against the Bruins on Tuesday night.
Maybe what was holding the Leafs back earlier in the series was that William Nylander’s injury wasn’t enough adversity for them. They needed something bigger.
After Brad Marchand's third-period heroics helped the Boston Bruins secure a 4-2 Game 3 win and a 2-1 series advantage over the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, head coach Sheldon Keefe was in no mood to praise the rival.
Boston Bruins captain and super pest Brad Marchand certainly led his team on Wednesday night.
For one Toronto Maple Leafs superstar, Monday night at TD Garden will go down as a defining performance. Auston Matthews was everywhere in Game 2 against
Toronto Maple Leafs winger Matthew Knies has yet to return to Thursday’s game against the Boston Bruins after a collision with Brad Marchand. The Maple Leafs have yet to confirm if Knies will be out for the game, but he suffered the injury midway through the first period and did not play the rest of the period, nor did he return for the second.
ST LOUIS — Matthew Knies is the only member of the Toronto Maple Leafs to have skated in a game at Mullett Arena before ever playing in an NHL game. But the rookie will cross playing NHL hockey in his hometown off his milestone list when the Leafs visit the Arizona Coyotes on Wednesday.
ELMONT, N.Y. — Matthew Knies has never had a knee injury before So when the Toronto Maple Leafs forward fell to the ice with pain in his knee, his brain took him to a bit of a dark place.
Thursday night hurt the Toronto Maple Leafs’ chances in their second-round playoff matchup against the Florida Panthers in more ways than one.
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