Before being loaned to the Marlies, Reaves had two assists in 35 games this season with the Maple Leafs.

Ryan Reaves is practicing with the Toronto Marlies, but it's still unclear if he'll play in an AHL game.

After clearing waivers, the 38-year-old was assigned to the Marlies by the Toronto Maple Leafs on Mar. 7. The assignment allowed Toronto to use the cap space to acquire players like Scott Laughton and Brandon Carlo at the deadline.

Reaves has been training with Toronto's development staff since being sent to the AHL but hadn't skated with the Marlies before Tuesday. Wednesday was his second practice, and he rotated throughout the team's lineup.

"He's been great coming in. I know he's been working on his game, skating with development staff. He's staying ready," Marlies head coach John Gruden said on Wednesday.

"We've had him in for two days and it's been great because he brings a certain professionalism and energy, and it helps with those younger guys too. He's been really good."

#Marlies head coach John Gruden on Ryan Reaves, who’s practiced with the team for the last two days:

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When asked to speak with the veteran forward, the Marlies said Reaves was unavailable for interviews.

Whether Reaves gets into a game with the Marlies is still being determined. The veteran forward's last AHL game was in February 2011 with the Peoria Rivermen.

"He’s just going to stay ready," Gruden added. "He’s going to work with the development staff and at the end of the day, he’s just going to continue to make sure he’s ready to play regardless."

Although Reaves had only played 35 games with the Maple Leafs this season, he was still a great teammate. Ahead of every home game, a pump-up video featuring him played on the jumbotron inside Scotiabank Arena.

Even before the Maple Leafs took to the ice, if Reaves was a healthy scratch, he was at the entrance to the locker room hyping up his teammates. But amid the uncertainty of when he could return to the NHL, Reaves isn't changing how he is toward teammates.

"He's a guy you want on your team in the locker room," Jacob Quillan said. "It's fun to play with him. He's been around the game a long time. So whatever he says, you just listen and you try to pick up some things."

According to PuckPedia, the Maple Leafs currently have $195,332 in available cap space. For Reaves to return to the NHL before the playoffs, a player would need to be placed on long-term injured reserve, opening up cap space for the forward and his $1.35 million salary.

Unless that occurs, Reaves will remain in the AHL until the NHL playoffs, once the salary cap disappears.

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March 26, 1915, is one of the most important days in Vancouver hockey history. On this day, the Vancouver Millionaires swept the Ottawa Senators to win the Stanley Cup. 110 years later, it is still the only Cup that the city of Vancouver has won, and the first of two for the Province of BC as the Victoria Cougars captured a championship back in 1925.

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 In 1915, the Stanley Cup was awarded a little differently than it is today. Vancouver was part of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) and needed to win the league to participate in the final. Their opponent was the Ottawa Senators, who captured the National Hockey Association (NHA) championship that season.

The Millionaires were virtually unstoppable during the 1914-15 season. They had a record of 13-4 and outscored their opponents 115-71. Their leading scorer that season was Hockey Hall of Fame member Cyclone Taylor, who had 45 points in 16 games. 

As for the 2015 Stanley Cup Final, it was no different, as Vancouver swept Ottawa 3-0. All three games were played at Denman Arena, with the Millionaires winning Game 3 by a score of 12-3. Over the three games, Vancouver scored 26 goals while holding the Senators to eight. 

Vancouver Millionaires Stanley Cup Roster:

Mickey MacKay
Fred Cyclone Taylor
Johnny Matz
Kenny Mallen
Frank Nighbor
Russell Barney Stanley
Lloyd Cook
Si Griffis (captain)
Ken Mallen
Jim Seaborn
Frank Patrick (Owner/President/Manager/Coach/Defence)

Seven players from the 1915 team were later inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. They are Taylor, MacKay, Nighbor, Stanley, Griffis, Patrick, and Lehman. One hundred ten years later, the 1915 Millionaires remain one of the best teams to ever play for the city of Vancouver.

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Heading into the NHL’s 4-Nations Face-off break on Feb. 8, the Ducks had battled back to claim a .500 record (24-24-6) and had won seven of eight games, capped off by back-to-back wins against the Dallas Stars and Los Angeles Kings. It was the first time they’d been at that mark since they were 10-10-3 on Dec. 1, 2024.

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Every traditional and underlying metric suggested the most substantial reason they’d remained within shouting distance of .500 to that point was the Vezina-caliber performance of their goaltending tandem, sophomore sensation Lukas Dostal and calculated veteran John Gibson. The team as a whole was putting in spirited efforts on a nightly basis and finding ways to win. The numbers and process were showing signs of improvement as well.

Lukas Dostal (24) has started 41 and appeared in 45 of the Ducks’ 70 games this season, increasing his usage rate from his rookie season, where he started 38 games and appeared in 44. He has a .907 SV% and has saved 16.11 goals above expected, stats made more impressive because he’s seen the most shots per 60 minutes (32.07) of any goaltender in the NHL (min 25 games) this season.

Dostal’s running mate in the Anaheim crease, John Gibson, has battled various injuries and ailments since suffering a ruptured appendix during Ducks’ training camp in September. Since play resumed following the break, Gibson’s only been able to start four games for the Ducks and has only been able to finish two, leaving the other two with injuries.

Gibson’s name had been prominent in trade discussions for as long as recent memory serves. Cited reasoning for a trade not finding its way over the finish line this season has been Gibson’s health and Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek’s high asking price. From a Ducks perspective, moving on from Gibson would have meant handing the crease completely over to Dostal, perhaps something they weren’t ready to do at this point in the young netminder’s career.

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If that was indeed the Ducks’ thought process on the matter, their concerns might be manifesting in the team’s last 16-game stretch since late February. Since Feb. 22, the Ducks have a 6-8-2 record and a 5-6-2 record in games decided when Dostal is in net. He has performed admirably and better than should have been asked during that time despite the dip in his numbers, which, prior to the break, had been dwelling in the stratosphere.

Since the NHL returned to play, Dostal has a .895 SV% and has saved -1.45 goals above expected. It is unfair to assign blame completely at his feet, the numbers are imperfect, and he’s given the Ducks a chance to win far more often than the play in front of him should dictate, but his play has shown a crack or two of late as he’s let a handful of shots uncharacteristically find their way through him that he would have found ways to stop earlier in the season.

Dostal has played a lot of hockey in the last calendar year. After appearing in over half of the Ducks games in 2023-24, he started eight of ten games for his native Czechia en route to an IIHF World Championship gold medal in May. In 2024-25, he’s now on pace to start in 48 NHL games and, during his time in net, see the most shots of any goaltender in the NHL.

Dostal’s machine-like work ethic and dedication to refining his craft have elevated him into the conversation among the NHL’s brightest young stars between the pipes. His economic movements and positioning in the crease are coupled perfectly with his ability to track pucks throughout the defensive zone and fight through traffic to make difficult perimeter shots look easy to stop. He’s taken his game management skills to another level this season, as he’s recognizing when to freeze pucks behind a tired defense in front of him or play pucks to retrievers in order to potentially capitalize on changing opponents.

Is Dostal ready to take the next step in his career progression and become the new bonafide starter in Anaheim in 2025-26 should a Gibson trade come to fruition as has been indicated it might in the 2025 offseason?

The answer is likely yes, given two conditions: 1. He isn’t tasked with starting 60-plus games, as the days of having a “set it and forget it” nightly starter in the modern-day NHL are dwindling. Those circumstances are reserved for the sport’s most elite veterans like Connor Hellebuyck, Igor Shesterkin, and Andrei Vasilevskiy. And 2. The team defense in front of him ensures he is no longer among the NHL leaders in shots and high-danger shots faced per 60 minutes.

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ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Wild opened the season 18-4-4. They were on top of the league standings on Dec 6. Since then, the Wild have gone 22-23-1 and rank 23rd in the NHL in that span.

Kirill Kaprizov has missed the last 22 games and Joel Eriksson Ek has not played in the last 15 games. All of a sudden, the Wild can't seem to score and the best start in the team's history has now turned into a grinding season that has them hanging on to a playoff spot with other teams on their heels. 

The St. Louis Blues have won seven in a row and are now two points behind the Wild for the top wild card spot in the Western Conference.

The Calgary Flames won on Tuesday and are now six points behind the Wild for the top wild card and four behind the Blues. Calgary has only played 70 games. The Wild have played 72 games. 

“We’re battling. The reality is what it is. We’re not going to give in. We’re going to battle hard," Mats Zuccarello said after the 5-1 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights. "I think in the same, it’s one game. But I just think it’s better to be honest in what I feel when you’re out there and hopefully we can get a good day of rest, get in late last night, good day of rest and then we gotta get back at it. We need points. It’s a crucial time. Everyone’s behind us winning. It is what it is.”

If the season ended today, the Wild would play the Golden Knights in round one of the playoffs. Tuesday's game was a possible preview of a first round matchup. 

“We know what we’re up against. We gotta raise to that level. Everything can happen in the playoffs, but first we gotta worry about getting there first of all," Zuccarello said. "But you play a solid game defensively but I think as of late, not scoring enough, maybe, I said it before, we gotta make plays. We gotta support each other. We gotta have guys come with speed. I don’t know. It’s hard. Today, you can mix and match, back-to-back, but we play against a team that it’s really hard to play against when they play like that and we don’t play like us.”

Minnesota is 2-8-3 in its last 13 games against Vegas and were swept in the season series. Vegas outscored Minnesota 12-4 in those three games. They have outscored them 49-28 in their last 13 games against the Wild. 

If the Blues, who are on fire right now, pass the Wild for the top wild card spot, Minnesota would drop to the second wild card. They would match up against the Winnipeg Jets in the first round. 

The Jets, who have been at the top of the Central Division all year, withstood the Wild's 18-4-4 start and have since taken hold of the division. Not only that, but they have won eight-straight games against Minnesota. 

The Wild are 0-7-1 in their last eight against Winnipeg and have been outscored 28-12 in that span. They are 3-9-1 in their last 13 games against the Jets and have been outscored 43-29 in that span. 

Their last win against the Jets came 749 days ago on March 8, 2023. 

Nonetheless, the Wild are battling it a bit. They came into Monday's back-to-back with three straight wins. But they have now lost two straight to the Dallas Stars and Golden Knights. 

Wild head coach John Hynes said before the game that he anticipates that Kaprizov and Eriksson Ek will start skating soon but with ten games left in the season, it isn't like those two will save the season.

'I Would Anticipate Them Hitting The Ice In Very Short Order': Kirill Kaprizov, Joel Eriksson Ek To Begin Skating SoonST. PAUL - The Minnesota Wild (40-26-5) hosts the Vegas Golden Knights (42-20-8) tonight. Wild Head Coach John Hynes gave an update before the game about Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek. 

So, is there a concern level with this team without Kaprizov and Eriksson Ek.

"It's just gonna be a battle till the end, right? We expect it. We're missing some big guys, obviously, and a few millions under the cap," Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury said after the Wild's loss. "Guys are battling every night. They're trying their best to stay in it, to find ways to get points and that's why I love this group so much, the character they show every night. It will be a battle though that's for sure."

Speaking of battles, the Wild are set to continue their home stand on Thursday with a game against the best team in the league, the Washington Capitals.

They then play two against the New Jersey Devils, play two playoff hopefuls in the New York Rangers and New York Islanders and then host the Dallas Stars at home. They play a back-to-back with the Flames and the Vancouver Canucks to end the season. Two teams that are on the heels of the Wild in the standings. 

It is starting to get real.

A 18-4-4 start could soon turn into the last spot in the Western Conference playoffs or worse, out of the playoffs. 

The most frustrating part of this all is the it isn't for a lack of effort. The Wild are playing their butts off every night. In Dallas they blocked over 20 shots and played great offensively but just ran into a hot goaltender who shut them out. Vegas was the same. 

"I mean, we got to build off of what we’ve done. I don't think we're playing bad by any means. We're doing a lot of good things. And, like I said, we had enough chances, I think, to score a few more goals tonight and then I think the end of the game might look a little different," Marcus Johansson said after the loss to Vegas. "We did a lot of good things in Dallas, I think, too. The puck’s not going in. It's hard to play with that confidence, and it's hard to have that in the group. It's tough, but we got to keep fighting. It's this time of year, and there's belief in this group."

On Tuesday, the Wild entered the third period down 2-0. They then proceeded to have one of their best periods of the season. Flying around the offensive zone and creating chances. 

Johansson was able to get the Wild on the board early in the third but then a high-sticking penalty by Ryan Hartman put Vegas on the power play just over five minutes left. 

The second best power play in the league converted just 13 seconds into the man-advantage. Jack Eichel scored his second of three on the night to make it a 3-1 game. Tanner Pearson, who drew the Wild's only penalty, scored into the empty net two minutes later. 

Eichel picked up another with under three minutes left and pushed Vegas over Minnesota 5-1. 

One small mistake turned a 2-1 game with the Wild in it, to a 5-1 loss in a matter of a snap of the finger. 

Time will tell if the Wild can withstand this stretch of hockey with ten games left of the season or not. It just seems like a daunting task to try and win games 2-1 until you get some scoring help with Kaprizov and Eriksson Ek back. 

Again, time will tell. 

"We know what we can do. And like I said, there's definitely no quit. We're trying. We're working as hard as we can. And we’re trying to score different ways," Johansson said. "You can kind of tell. Guys are gripping the stick a little tighter. I mean, I have all year. It's not gone in, but like I said, it's not for lack of effort."

The Montreal Canadiens started their four-game road trip against the red-hot St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night, and the Habs seemed unable to execute early on. Martin St-Louis’ men needed over 12 minutes to get a shot on net finally, and it was a dump in on a penalty kill. By that time, the host had already tested Samuel Montembeault nine times.

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Now Is Not The Time For Stage Fright

Over the last few games, the Canadiens have made it a habit of falling behind in the first period and being unable to execute, like actors who have forgotten their lines. Against the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night, they were down 2-0 after 20 minutes, and against the New York Islanders, they gave up the first goal even though they tied the score before the end of the first. Last Thursday, they trailed 2-1 at the start of the third.

It’s all well and good to be able to pull out a comeback win now and then, but having to do it every game is far from ideal. Halfway through the first period, St. Louis led 13-1 in shots on goal and had three high-danger chances, while the Canadiens had none, which was understandable since their sole shot on goal was a dump-in on the penalty kill.

Part of learning to win for this young team is learning to start on time and not be intimidated by the importance of the game. Should Montreal qualify for the playoffs, every game will be do-or-die, and the Canadiens won’t be able to afford false starts.

Time For A Rest

Before this season, Montembeault had never played more than 41 games in a campaign. Earlier this year, when the team had lost confidence in Cayden Primeau, he played 10 games in a row. He admitted his pads felt heavier after a 5-4 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Tuesday night, Montembeault was playing his fifth game in a row. Over the last few games, he has not looked as sharp, and that’s perfectly normal. He has seen a lot of rubber this season, and this current situation is different from the one in December. It’s not a matter of just hanging on until a break. The Habs are in the middle of a race for the playoffs, and if/when they make it, it won’t be time to rest.

Robert Thomas mystifie Samuel Montembeault 😵‍💫 pic.twitter.com/rK5FNz9tml

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With the team playing so poorly in front of its goaltender on Tuesday night, it would have made sense to pull Montembeault and give him a rest. The Canadiens have three games in four nights starting Thursday. Give the man a break, let Jakub Dobes see some action, and shake off the rust in readiness for the start he will get this week when the Habs have a back-to-back. By the time St. Louis finally put him in on Tuesday night, the damage had been done, and there wasn’t much time left for his regular to rest.

Giving Dobest a start over the last few games wouldn’t have been about sending a message to Montembeault, it would have been about resting your top option in the net and making sure he’s as sharp as can be for the 12 games left in the regular season, and, hopefully for at least a round of playoffs hockey.

Tailoring Your Style To Your Opponent

The Canadiens have been very good of late, placing pucks in deep and getting them back, a kind of dump-and-chase with real purpose. Josh Anderson, Juraj Slafkovsky, and Emil Heineman have been perfect examples of how much you can create that way.

St-Louis has praised his players for how well they’ve placed the puck to set the opponent up for punishing hits, but that’s not necessarily a good course of action against a goaltender like Jordan Binnington. The Blues’ netminder might not be one of the best goaltenders in the game in the classical sense of the expression, but his puck handling is brilliant.

He may not quite be as good as Martin Brodeur when handling the puck, but he is solid enough to be considered in the game plan. Putting the puck in his vicinity is like turning it over to a third defenseman.

Overall, just about everyone struggled all night for the Canadiens on Tuesday. Alexandre Carrier and Mike Matheson were minus-four, while Joel Armia and Jake Evans were minus-three. Those are not normal numbers. Montembeault gave five goals on 32 shots for a .844 save percentage, and Patrik Laine just couldn’t get his shot off properly, not even on the power play. In short, the Blues played an aggressive game and just wanted it more as evidenced by this 6-1 win. 

This is one to forget for the Habs, who will need to shake it off and move on to their next challenge, a duel with the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night. Thankfully, Montreal’s opponents in the playoffs race could not make any ground tonight, the Buffalo Sabres even beat the Ottawa Senators in regulation, while the Los Angeles Kings did the same to the New York Rangers, but the Canadiens would do well to start winning again if they want to remain in control of their fate.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin Fiala scored twice, Darcy Kuemper stopped 22 shots, and the Los Angeles Kings beat the New York Rangers 3-1 on Tuesday night.

Phillip Danault also scored as the Kings extended their home point streak to 15 games (12-0-3). Los Angeles is the second team in the NHL to have a home streak of at least 15 games, joining Washington (11-0-5).

J. T. Miller scored for New York, and Igor Shesterkin finished with 30 saves. The Rangers have lost four of their last five games.

Miller put New York ahead 1-0 at 2:10 of the second period with a goal awarded after a review. It initially appeared a sprawled Kuemper kept the puck out with a sweeping right pad. However, it was called a goal by the situation room in Toronto after replays showed the puck crossed the line before the goalie’s right skate swept it away.

Fiala tied it on a power play with 9:06 left in the middle period on a deflection from the right doorstep.

Danault, playing in his 700th NHL game, put the Kings ahead on their second power-play goal of the night as he put in the rebound with 2:12 to go in the second.

Fiala added an empty-netter for his second of the night with 15.1 seconds remaining.

Takeaways

Rangers: New York has lost eight of 11 (3-6-8) to remain one point out of a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

Kings: Los Angeles won for the ninth time in 10 games and moved two points ahead of Edmonton for second place in the Pacific Division.

Key moment

Kuemper made a point-black save on the Rangers’ Will Cuylle from the right doorstep with about 7:47 to go. He then slid across to pounce on the loose puck after Vincent Trocheck’s shot was blocked by Adrian Kempe seconds later, preserving the Kings’ 2-1 lead.

Key stat

The Kings, 28th on the power play at 15.7% coming in, converted on multiple chances in a game for the first time since Oct. 14 when they went 3 for 5 in an 8-7 overtime loss at Ottawa in their third game of the season.

Up next

Rangers visit Anaheim on Friday, and Kings play at Colorado on Thursday.

Calgary, AB - The Seattle Kraken concluded their road trip with a 4-3 overtime loss to the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Nazem Kadri played a pivotal role in the Flames' victory, scoring both the game-winning goal and his second goal of the night. This win was crucial for Calgary, as it secured them two points, bringing their total to 79. The Flames are now just four points behind the St. Louis Blues, who sit in second place in the wild card standings with 83 points.

In goal, Joey Daccord defended the net for Seattle, while Dustin Wolf did the same for Calgary. Both teams celebrated milestones, with Seattle’s Ryker Evans and Calgary’s Matt Coronato each playing in their 100th NHL game.

The game began with a goal from Adam Klapka, who scored his second of the season to give the Flames a 1-0 lead. The Kraken answered in the second period, with Jaden Schwartz scoring his 21st goal of the season on a power play, followed by Tye Kartye’s fifth goal, which gave Seattle a 2-1 lead. 

Calgary responded with two goals of their own. First, Kadri capitalized on a power play to score his 27th of the season, tying the game at 2-2. Then, Rasmus Andersson fired a snap shot past Daccord, assisted by Matt Coronato, putting the Flames ahead 3-2.

With less than two minutes on the clock Jordan Eberle tied things up 3-3 with a wicked wrist shot past Wolf, forcing the overtime.

The Kraken return home to host the final contest of the season with the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday at 7PM PST.

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