Maple Leafs Challenge Matias Maccelli To Play With More Confidence
Matias Maccelli made his Toronto Maple Leafs debut on the club’s first line alongside star center Auston Matthews and Matthew Knies, and the results were mixed. Although the Leafs defeated the Montreal Canadiens 5-2 on Wednesday, the line only had an expected goals share of 36 percent at 5-on-5, according to NaturalStatTrick.com.
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Islanders' Forward Suspended After Cross-Check On Penguins' Connor Dewar
Norris Being Evaluated After Leaving Sabres Season-Opening Loss
The start of the Buffalo Sabres 2025-26 regular season could not have gone any worse on Thursday. The club was shutout 4-0 by the New York Rangers and goalie Igor Shesterkin in front of a sellout crowd at KeyBank Center and late in the third period lost center Josh Norris to an upper-body injury. Norris was taking a faceoff, fell to the ice, struggled to get back to the bench and did not return to the game.
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Islanders' Jonathan Drouin Suspended One Game For Cross-Checking