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The Toronto Maple Leafs and St. Louis Blues face off on Monday at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, and the sportsbooks prefer the away team (-162) over the
Auston Matthews produced his fifth hat trick of the season on Saturday in a 4-3 overtime win against the Philadelphia Flyers. All three goals he scored on Samuel Ersson came from at least 30 feet out. All three came within an eight-minute stretch of game time. The longer-tenured Leafs barely blinked. Mark Masters has more.
Listless for the first half of the game, the Leafs got carried by Matthews, then beat the Flyers in overtime.
Maple Leafs defenceman Morgan Rielly is facing an in-person hearing for his high cross-check on Ridly Greig Saturday night, giving the league the option of suspending him six games or more. That's surprised some in the organization. Mark Masters has more.
The Leafs are hoping the absence of top defenceman Morgan Rielly will galvanize their group. Offered an in-person hearing by the department of player safety, Rielly could be suspended for six or more games for cross-checking Ridly Greig up high. Rielly confronted the Ottawa Senators forward after Greig took a slap shot into Toronto's empty net to seal a win on Saturday.