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data-reactid="131"><a href="/web/20171213165819/https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2017/12/11/tuesday-game-preview-toronto-maple-leafs-at-philadelphia-flyers.html" data-reactid="132"><div data-reactid="133"></div></a></span></span></div><div class="story__body" data-reactid="135"><div class="story__label" data-reactid="136">Leafs</div><span data-reactid="138"><span data-reactid="139"><a href="/web/20171213165819/https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2017/12/11/tuesday-game-preview-toronto-maple-leafs-at-philadelphia-flyers.html" data-reactid="140"><span class="story__headline" data-reactid="141">Tuesday game preview: Toronto Maple Leafs at Philadelphia Flyers</span><p class="story__abstract" data-reactid="143">The Flyers are coming off a three-game Western Canada sweep.</p></a></span></span></div></div></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="layout-alpha__ad layout-alpha__ad--big-box" data-reactid="144"><div class="big-box" data-reactid="145"></div></div></div></div><div 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data-reactid="186">Curtis McElhinney notched a 41-save shutout with Connor McDavid swooping like a bird of prey all night at the ACC. The anticipated showdown with “bumped and bruised” Auston Matthews didn’t happen, but the Leafs found a way, Bruce Arthur writes.</p></a></span></span></div></div></li><li data-reactid="187"><div class="story small-story--list medium-story--small large-story--small" data-reactid="188"><div class="story__image" data-reactid="189"><span data-reactid="190"><span data-reactid="191"><a href="/web/20171213165819/https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/opinion/2017/12/10/do-pre-game-smelling-salts-pass-the-sniff-test.html" data-reactid="192"><div data-reactid="193"><noscript data-reactid="195"><div class="media-responsive media-responsive-4by3"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20171213165819im_/https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/sports/leafs/opinion/2017/12/10/do-pre-game-smelling-salts-pass-the-sniff-test/salt.jpg.size.customthumb.cropthumb.93x70.jpg" alt="Toronto Maple Leafs left-winger Matt Martin, left, sniffs smelling salts as Mitchell Marner looks on before the Leafs-Flames game last Wednesday."/></div></noscript></div></a></span></span></div><div class="story__body" data-reactid="196"><div class="story__label" data-reactid="197">Opinion</div><span data-reactid="199"><span data-reactid="200"><a href="/web/20171213165819/https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/opinion/2017/12/10/do-pre-game-smelling-salts-pass-the-sniff-test.html" data-reactid="201"><span class="story__headline" data-reactid="202">Do pre-game smelling salts pass the sniff test?</span><p class="story__abstract" data-reactid="204">Taking a whiff of an ammonia capsule is common in many NHL dressing rooms, including Toronto’s. But Dave Feschuk asks, could there be health risks? </p></a></span></span></div></div></li><li data-reactid="205"><div class="story small-story--list medium-story--small large-story--small" data-reactid="206"><div class="story__image" data-reactid="207"><span data-reactid="208"><span data-reactid="209"><a href="/web/20171213165819/https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2017/12/09/sunday-nhl-game-preview-edmonton-oilers-at-toronto-maple-leafs.html" data-reactid="210"><div data-reactid="211"><noscript data-reactid="213"><div class="media-responsive media-responsive-4by3"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20171213165819im_/https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/sports/leafs/2017/12/09/sunday-nhl-game-preview-edmonton-oilers-at-toronto-maple-leafs/mcdavid_leafday.jpg.size.customthumb.cropthumb.93x70.jpg" alt="Oilers sensation Connor McDavid and Leafs counterpart Auston Matthews will renew acquaintances Sunday night at the Air Canada Centre."/></div></noscript></div></a></span></span></div><div class="story__body" data-reactid="214"><div class="story__label" data-reactid="215">Leafs</div><span data-reactid="217"><span data-reactid="218"><a href="/web/20171213165819/https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2017/12/09/sunday-nhl-game-preview-edmonton-oilers-at-toronto-maple-leafs.html" data-reactid="219"><span class="story__headline" data-reactid="220">Sunday NHL game preview: Edmonton Oilers at Toronto Maple Leafs </span><p class="story__abstract" data-reactid="222">Connor McDavid vs. Auston Matthews at the Air Canada Centre. Game on.</p></a></span></span></div></div></li><li data-reactid="223"><div class="story small-story--list medium-story--small large-story--small" data-reactid="224"><div class="story__image" data-reactid="225"><span data-reactid="226"><span data-reactid="227"><a href="/web/20171213165819/https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2017/12/09/maple-leafs-edge-penguins-in-thriller.html" data-reactid="228"><div data-reactid="229"><noscript data-reactid="231"><div class="media-responsive media-responsive-4by3"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20171213165819im_/https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/sports/leafs/2017/12/09/maple-leafs-edge-penguins-in-thriller/bozak_penguins.jpg.size.customthumb.cropthumb.93x70.jpg" alt="Leaf Tyler Bozak celebrates one of his two goals with linemate Mitch Marner in Saturday night's win over Tristan Jarry and the Penguins in Pittsburgh."/></div></noscript></div></a></span></span></div><div class="story__body" data-reactid="232"><div class="story__label" data-reactid="233">Leafs</div><span data-reactid="235"><span data-reactid="236"><a href="/web/20171213165819/https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2017/12/09/maple-leafs-edge-penguins-in-thriller.html" data-reactid="237"><span class="story__headline" data-reactid="238">Maple Leafs edge Penguins in thriller</span><p class="story__abstract" data-reactid="240">Bozak and Marner steal spotlight in Matthews-Crosby show in Pittsburgh.</p></a></span></span></div></div></li><li data-reactid="241"><div class="story small-story--list medium-story--small large-story--small" data-reactid="242"><div class="story__image" data-reactid="243"><span data-reactid="244"><span data-reactid="245"><a href="/web/20171213165819/https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/opinion/2017/12/08/the-leafs-nazem-kadri-comes-clean-on-his-style-of-play.html" data-reactid="246"><div data-reactid="247"><noscript data-reactid="249"><div class="media-responsive media-responsive-4by3"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20171213165819im_/https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/sports/leafs/opinion/2017/12/08/the-leafs-nazem-kadri-comes-clean-on-his-style-of-play/kadri.jpg.size.customthumb.cropthumb.93x70.jpg" alt="Nazem Kadri says he has learned how to hit, in part because of past suspensions. “You keep your body positioning lower, you keep your arms down, you keep your shoulders tucked," he said."/></div></noscript></div></a></span></span></div><div class="story__body" data-reactid="250"><div class="story__label" data-reactid="251">Opinion</div><span data-reactid="253"><span data-reactid="254"><a href="/web/20171213165819/https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/opinion/2017/12/08/the-leafs-nazem-kadri-comes-clean-on-his-style-of-play.html" data-reactid="255"><span class="story__headline" data-reactid="256">The Leafs’ Nazem Kadri comes clean on his style of play</span><p class="story__abstract" data-reactid="258">Toronto forward admits his run-ins with the league's disciplinary people have helped him change his approach, Bruce Arthur writes</p></a></span></span></div></div></li><li data-reactid="259"><div class="story small-story--list medium-story--small large-story--small" data-reactid="260"><div class="story__image" data-reactid="261"><span data-reactid="262"><span data-reactid="263"><a href="/web/20171213165819/https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2017/12/08/sidney-crosby-likes-what-he-sees-in-leafs-matthews-rielly.html" data-reactid="264"><div data-reactid="265"><noscript data-reactid="267"><div class="media-responsive media-responsive-4by3"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20171213165819im_/https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/sports/leafs/2017/12/08/sidney-crosby-likes-what-he-sees-in-leafs-matthews-rielly/sid.jpg.size.customthumb.cropthumb.93x70.jpg" alt="Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby has been impressed by some of the young Maple Leafs, particularly centre Auston Matthews, a fellow No. 1 pick, and defenceman Morgan 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