Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe didn't mince words after his team's 6-3 loss on home ice against the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday.

"We've got to pull together here to keep pucks out of our net," Keefe said, according to The Toronto Sun's Terry Koshan. "It's out of control."

The Maple Leafs have given up 47 goals in 13 games - the third most league-wide. They've allowed at least three goals in 10 of 13 contests this season.

"We sit in here, and we celebrate guys who score big numbers and score a ton and all that kind of stuff," Keefe said, according to Koshan. "We don't talk enough about what we give up. That's the reality. We've got to prioritize keeping the puck out of our net."

Keefe described his level of concern over the defensive play as "very high," per Koshan.

"Some of it is individual, some of it is collective within the structure," the head coach said. "Some of it is just being committed to it, you know?"

Free-agent signing John Klingberg has been a focal point of the Maple Leafs' defensive struggles. The blue-liner was on the ice for another four goals against at five-on-five against the Senators, dropping him to a minus-8 on the year. Recent recall William Lagesson replaced him on the second pairing in the third period.

"We need to protect (Klingberg) better," Keefe admitted, according to The Hockey News' Mike Stephens.

The Maple Leafs have allowed four or more goals in all seven home games to commence the campaign.

"Our fans deserve better," Keefe said, according to Sportsnet's Luke Fox.

Toronto's next opportunity to turn its defensive play around comes Friday at home to the 4-7-1 Calgary Flames.

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The Seattle Kraken recalled forwards Shane Wright and Ryan Winterton from the AHL's Coachella Valley Firebirds on Wednesday.

Wright was drafted fourth overall by the Kraken in 2022. He received an exemption from the NHL-CHL agreement to be eligible to play in the AHL this season despite being a 2004-born player. Wright has four goals and six points in seven contests to commence the AHL campaign.

The Burlington, Ontario, native split the 2022-23 season between the NHL, AHL, OHL, and world juniors.

Winterton, 20, began his professional career in October after a four-year OHL career with the Hamilton Bulldogs and London Knights. The 2021 third-round pick has three goals and five points in seven games with Coachella Valley.

The Kraken face the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday.

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Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry exited Tuesday's 2-0 win over the Anaheim Ducks due to an injury after a hard collision with forward Adam Henrique.

Jarry was replaced by Magnus Hellberg late in the second period and didn't return for the third frame.

Jarry was bloodied with a cut above his right eye. He stopped all 21 shots he faced prior to his exit. Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan said Wednesday that the netminder is day-to-day, according to team beat reporter Michelle Crechiolo.

Hellberg made 11 stops during Tuesday's win as he and Jarry combined to complete the shutout.

The victory for Pittsburgh snapped a six-game winning streak for the Ducks, which included a remarkable comeback against the Penguins just over a week ago.

The 28-year-old had a .897 save percentage in eight contests entering Tuesday's game. He's in the first season of a five-year, $26.9-million pact signed in July.

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The Minnesota Wild reshaped their defensive depth on Wednesday with a pair of trades.

First, they sent blue-liner Calen Addison to the San Jose Sharks for prospect Adam Raska and a fifth-round draft pick in 2026. Shortly after, they acquired veteran Zach Bogosian from the Tampa Bay Lightning for a seventh-rounder in 2025.

Bogosian, 33, is in the final year of a three-year contract carrying an $850,000 cap hit. He's gone pointless in four games this season, but has 787 career contests under his belt split between the Atlanta Thrashers, Winnipeg Jets, Buffalo Sabres, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Lightning.

Addison is under contract this season at an $825,000 cap hit before becoming a restricted free agent for the second consecutive year.

The 23-year-old has managed five assists in 12 games this season while averaging 16:48 per contest. Addison is likely to take on a bigger role for the last-place Sharks, and he showed he's capable of creating offense with 29 points - including 18 on the power play - in 62 games in 2022-23.

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Connor McDavid is taking responsibility for his role in the Edmonton Oilers' miserable start to the 2023-24 campaign.

The reigning MVP has battled injury and mustered 10 points in nine games but vows to be better going forward as the Oilers aim to dig themselves out of a 2-8-1 hole.

"I feel healthy enough to be out there, and I've got to be better," McDavid told Sportsnet's Mark Spector.

"I've got to be contributing and playing the game that I can. Obviously, I'm a big part of the group and haven't been playing well enough."

McDavid missed two games last month with an upper-body injury but returned to the lineup earlier than expected to spark Edmonton to a win at the Heritage Classic on Oct. 29. The Oilers have lost three consecutive games since, with their captain managing a single assist over that span.

Edmonton was a popular Stanley Cup pick in preseason prognostications after an improved defensive game - along with its usual potent McDavid-led offense - saw the club rack up 109 points last season. That hasn't been the case thus far, as the Oilers rank 31st with a minus-18 goal differential.

The onslaught of goals against prompted the club to waive goaltender Jack Campbell, who's in the second season of a five-year, $25-million contract.

Although nothing's gone right for the Oilers this season, McDavid says he's confident they can turn things around.

"Everybody is disappointed with the start. Sitting at 2-8-1, that's not at all what we expected. Everybody is disappointed, myself included," he said. "With that being said, it's 11 games in. I can't sit here and just give you all dooms. I've got to (shine) a ray of hope.

"We went (17-2-1) coming down the stretch last year. We need a run like that and maybe then some. This group is capable of that. It may not look like that right now, but we are. Everyone has more to give. Myself included."

Edmonton will look to start its turnaround Thursday against the 1-10-1 San Jose Sharks.

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The Calgary Flames are set on moving past Jonathan Huberdeau's benching during the third period of Tuesday's win over the Nashville Predators.

The club's highest-paid player didn't play a shift in the final frame and was visibly upset at the end of the Flames' bench.

"I thought Huby had an off night, and when we went into the third period, we wanted to try to get a little bit more flow, and we went with the guys we felt were going, and that's pretty much all it came down to," head coach Ryan Huska said postgame, per Sportsnet's Eric Francis.

Huska added: "He's fine. It's not anything anybody wants to go through ever, but, hey, at times it's going to happen. You're not going to have your A-plus game every night."

Huberdeau has managed six points and is a minus-12 in 12 games this season while averaging 17:26 per contest. Many expected the veteran winger to bounce back this season after Calgary fired Darryl Sutter. Huberdeau admitted he "really didn't click" with the head coach.

The 30-year-old managed 55 points under Sutter, his lowest total in a full season since 2014-15. Huberdeau was a point per-game player in four consecutive campaigns with the Florida Panthers, including a career-high 115 in 2021-22, before being traded to Calgary.

His teammates offered support after the difficult night.

"It's one period out of his life, out of his career - it's not a big deal," forward Dillon Dube said. "Huby is the man. He's good. He's the most positive guy I've been around.

"He's a hell of a player, he's a hell of a person, and it's fine."

The 4-7-1 Flames return to the ice Friday against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

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