While it might not have the same minutia as the Battle of Ontario or the Battle of Florida, the rivalry that has been brewing between the Panthers and Maple Leafs has been exciting to watch. Dating back to their playoff series in 2023, Florida and Toronto have been two teams that just don’t like each other.

With less than two weeks until the playoffs start, the Maple Leafs don’t want to fret that one of their best defencemen could miss significant time. But there was no sign of Jake McCabe at Friday’s practice,

The Toronto Maple Leafs took to the ice for practice on Friday morning coming off of a huge 3-2 win at home over the Florida Panthers on Wednesday night.

TORONTO (AP) — Mitch Marner scored the goal-ahead goal midway through the third period, Anthony Stolarz made 29 saves and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Florida Panthers 3-2 in an Atlantic Division showdown Wednesday night.

At this point of the season, the Red Wings can ill-afford to drop points, even though they have the toughest schedule in the NHL. They had a good chance to steal a win from the red-hot St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night, but ended up falling in overtime, giving Detroit losses in five of its past seven games.

Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Jake McCabe and forward David Kampf were absent from Friday’s practice due to injuries and have been ruled out of Saturday’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, head coach Craig Berube confirmed Friday.

Knies has seven more games to score four goals, bringing him to the 30-goal mark for the first time in his NHL career.