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Maple Leafs Beat Ducks 6-4 to End 8-Game Slide. Matthews Injured on Knee-on-Knee Hit
Toronto Maple Leafs ended an eight-game losing streak with a 6-4 win over Anaheim, despite losing captain Auston Matthews to a knee-on-knee hit by Radko Gudas.
- On Thursday, March 12, 2026, the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Anaheim Ducks 6-4 to end an eight-game losing streak in Toronto.
- Mired in a post‑Olympic slump, the Maple Leafs are 1-6-2 since the Olympic break, sinking any realistic hope of a 10th straight playoff appearance with plenty of locker room chatter.
- Matthew Knies, Maple Leafs winger, had three assists and an empty-net goal, while William Nylander added two assists, and Gudas was assessed a major and misconduct.
- Auston Matthews exited after a knee-on-knee hit, Gudas was assessed a five-minute major and a game misconduct, and Craig Berube called it 'Dirty play'.
- Having ended a 12-game goal drought, Matthews, with 27 goals and 53 points in 60 games, faces uncertain availability for Saturday night at Buffalo.
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The Hamilton SpectatorMaple Leafs top Ducks to end losing streak; Matthews injured after knee-on-knee hit
TORONTO - William Nylander scored the go-ahead goal on a power play 36 seconds into the third period as the Maple Leafs came back from a 3-1 deficit to top
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Maple Leafs beat Ducks 6-4 to end 8-game slide. Matthews injured on knee-on-knee hit
William Nylander broke a tie on a power play 36 seconds into the third period and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Anaheim Ducks 6-4 on Thursday night to end an eight-game losing streak.
Maple Leafs top Ducks to end losing streak, lose Matthews to knee injury
Auston Matthews had just taken a pass from William Nylander in the slot and was looking to make a play. A split-second later, the Toronto Maple Leafs captain was lying prone on the ice in agony clutching his left leg — another brutal scene in a season that has gone off the rails in spectacular […]
Maple Leafs top Ducks to end losing streak; Matthews injured after knee-on-knee hit – 105.9 The Region
TORONTO — William Nylander scored the go-ahead goal on a power play 36 seconds into the third period as the Maple Leafs came back from a 3-1 deficit to top the Anaheim Ducks 6-4 and snap an eight-game slide Thursday on a night that saw Toronto lose captain Auston Matthews to injury. Matias Maccelli, with a goal and two assists, Matthews, John Tavares and Benoit-Olivier Groulx, against his former team, provided the rest of the offence for Toronto…
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