As a group, the Maple Leafs spent time before Game 6 discussing the tragic event that took place earlier in the day in their city. With heavy hearts, the club turned the news into fuel that helped them to a 3-1 victory over the Bruins that forced a series-deciding Game 7 in Boston on Wednesday.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will send out checking centre Nazem Kadri against the Boston Bruins’ high-scoring line in tonight’s Game 6 with the stakes incredibly high in yet another elimination game and Kadri knows it better than anyone, Mark Masters writes.

In each of the five days leading up to the 2018 National Hockey League Draft Lottery, Jeff Paterson will present a different takeaway from the Vancouver Canucks season. He will examine areas of concern that led the Canucks to a 27th place finish in the overall standings giving them a 7.5% chance of landing the first overall pick at this year’s draft in Dallas.

Auston Matthews expected to stay with Connor Brown and Zach Hyman in Game 6, Kristen Shilton writes.

Boston’s top line of Patrice Bergeron, David Pastrnak and Brad Marchand has put on a dominating display against Toronto so far in the first-round series, Travis Yost writes.

Guentzel and Couturier have memorable performances in a series-deciding game, Nashville finishes off the Avalanche and more in Scott Cullen’s Statistically Speaking.

Jake Gardiner insisted that during Saturday’s rollercoaster Game 5 win his mind didn’t wander back to the 2013 series against Boston. But after the dust had settled, the defenceman, one of five Leafs players left from 2013, couldn’t help but make the connection.

To stay alive in this NHL postseason, the Maple Leafs had to overcome the Boston Bruins in Game 5 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series on Saturday. In the process, they also had to overcome themselves, Kristen Shilton writes.

Andersen keeps the Leafs alive, the Lightning finish off the Devils; Backstrom, Calvert and more in Scott Cullen’s Statistically Speaking.