The Toronto Maple Leafs are glad to have avoided another potential disruptive injury to their blueline, but despite the positive news, it may still be in their best interest to explore the trade market for upgrades to their defense core.

The Edmonton Oilers visit the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.

Toronto's blue line is at risk of taking another hit if Ekman-Larsson, who left Thursday's game with an injury, is out long term.

Auston Matthews and Connor McDavid square up tonight, but it's the former that has our attention in these Oilers vs. Maple Leafs predictions.

TORONTO - Dennis Hildeby earned the first shutout of his NHL career in a 2-0 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night. The 24-year-old rookie is the interim starter with Joseph Woll and Anthony Stolarz out with injury, and he has come up huge for Toronto in the meantime.

Anthony Stolarz has been out with what the team describes as an upper-body injury and the goaltender has yet to hit the ice. And it appears it will stay that way for a while.

Toronto Maple Leafs are showing renewed promise, climbing back into playoff contention with a string of recent points. Coach Craig Berube, however, de