Toronto Star

The occasional practice goalie considered himself lucky to get the chance to suit up as the Leafs’ backup for Saturday night’s game. Maybe not as lucky as David Ayres, the Zamboni driver who got the call and ended up beating the Leafs. Bishop was on call that season, too.

With a university goalie as the backup and Auston Matthews still not quite ready to return, the Leafs fed off the roar of the crowd at Scotiabank Arena and built some confidence along the way, Rosie DiManno writes.

It was far from a perfect game, and they didn’t quite impose their will as Alex Kerfoot — who had a goal and an assist — had suggested. But they got the job done before a less-than-capacity crowd at Scotiabank Arena.

A combination of injury, illness and salary-cap issues led to University of Toronto goalie Alex Bishop backing up Jack Campbell for Saturday’s home date with the Senators.

For the first time, the Leafs, like the rest of the teams under the MLSE umbrella, aren’t printing up traditional paper tickets. The move has had a significant impact on less tech-savvy fans, the collectibles market and MLSE’s ability to collect data, Dave Feschuk writes.

Thursday’s injury to Petr Mrazek in his Leafs debut is expected to give Campbell a heavier workload at least for the near future.

With Petr Mrazek hurt in his Maple Leafs debut in Ottawa, Campbell will be carrying more of the load in goal. And after Michael Hutchinson cleared waivers, they have some veteran depth when they need it, Chris Johnston writes.

Ottawa builds a 3-0 first-period lead and survives the Leafs’ third-period rally.

The Leafs might have gotten some cap space with the 2019 trade, but Ottawa picked up a key pair of contributors.

While the Lightning will be pushing for a third straight Cup, the Avalanche and other top contenders might have something to say about that.

The Leafs allowed Montreal at least five good scoring chances in the opening eight minutes

Nylander scores the winner as the Leafs return from another summer of wondering what might have been.

TikTok is aiming to broaden its appeal to users between 18 and 49.

Toronto enters the season with the promise of a good team, one capable of a top-three finish in its division. But, naturally, the Maple Leafs are not without question marks.

Can Marner and Matthews thrive with Ritchie? And can they jump-start that power play again?