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Maple Leafs vs. Wild: Mistakes lead to yet another loss on home ice for Toronto

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McGran, K. (2026, November 13). Maple Leafs vs. Wild: Mistakes lead to yet another loss on home ice for Toronto. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/maple-leafs-vs-wild-mistakes-lead-to-yet-another-loss-on-home-ice-for-toronto/article_482d93b2-c39a-4228-8ab2-36459a4bffaf.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-11-13 · by Kevin McGran

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In a Thursday night match at the Scotiabank Arena, the Toronto Maple Leafs lost 5-2 to the Minnesota Wild, dropping them to five losses in five home games. Matt Boldy of the Wild scored a hat trick, two goals coming directly from turnovers by Troy Stecher and William Nylander. Despite a brief lead courtesy of Zach MacEwen, the Leafs struggled with defensive errors and failed to capitalize on power plays, highlighting their ongoing issues with consistency and mistake-prone play.
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The Toronto Maple Leafs suffered a 5-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night at the Scotiabank Arena, extending their losing streak to a franchise-record five consecutive home games. Matt Boldy of the Wild completed his second hat trick of the season, contributing significantly to the defeat with goals that were partly the result of mistakes by the Leafs' players Troy Stecher and William Nylander. The loss came despite the Leafs having strong moments during the game, including being tied 2-2 early in the third period. However, critical errors in defensive and neutral zones ultimately led to the Wild's victory, solidifying the Leafs' struggle during their current six-game home stand.

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Toronto StarThis outlet13 Nov

In a Thursday night match at the Scotiabank Arena, the Toronto Maple Leafs lost 5-2 to the Minnesota Wild, dropping them to five losses in five home games. Matt Boldy of the Wild scored a hat trick, two goals coming directly from turnovers by Troy Stecher and William Nylander. Despite a brief lead courtesy of Zach MacEwen, the Leafs struggled with defensive errors and failed to capitalize on power plays…

Maple Leafs vs. Wild: Mistakes lead to yet another loss on home ice for Toronto (this article)4 articles from Toronto Star on this story
Toronto Sun13 Nov

The Minnesota Wild defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 at Scotiabank Arena on Thursday night, extending Toronto's home losing streak to five games. Matt Boldy recorded a hat trick to secure the win for a Wild team that has now won six consecutive road games and reached a franchise-high point total for this stage of the season. The report focuses on the Maple Leafs' struggle to score, noting they have produced only…

Wild’s Matt Boldy notches hat trick as Maple Leafs lose fifth straight at home →2 articles from Toronto Sun on this story
Global News13 Nov

The Toronto Maple Leafs suffered a 5-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Thursday, marking their fifth consecutive home defeat and bringing their home record to 22-9 during this stretch. Despite Auston Matthews scoring his 12th goal of the season, the team lost the game after a series of neutral and defensive zone miscues allowed Matt Boldy to complete a hat trick. The report focuses on how compounding mistakes and a…

Leafs undone by more mistakes in 5th straight loss →2 articles from Global News on this story

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Kevin McGran
36 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
If moral victories counted in the standings, the Maple Leafs would have earned an impressive two points on Saturday night.
A hat trick by Matt Boldy — two of them gifts due to mistakes by Troy Stecher and William Nylander — led the Minnesota Wild to a 5-2 win over the Leafs on Thursday night at the Scotiabank Arena.
With four goals, three assists with the Marlies in 14 AHL games, he got the call from GM John Chayka, and couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw he’d be playing on a line with John Tavares and William Nylander.
It’s hard to imagine where the Leafs would be without Stecher, who has raised his game with Chris Tanev hurt.
On the ice, it felt like anything could happen with both teams possessing high-octane offence and questionable defence.
It would be understandable if a new GM completely cleaned house, but Chayka largely inherited those players, and is rewarding them (and kept assistant GM Ryan Hardy with the organization).
The Leafs blew the game open with four goals in the second: Matthews and William Nylander scored 46 seconds apart while Easton Cowan scored short-handed. And as if to add salt to the wounds opened with the Marchenko trade, another ex-Blue Jacket — Jack Roslovic, who was born in Columbus — also scored that period and a rough night for Greaves was over. Adding two assists, Cowan had the first three-point night of his career.
It will be his first game for the Maple Leafs winger against the team that drafted and developed him and ultimately agreed to trade him when he wanted out.
It was rumoured over the summer the Leafs coveted Stenberg as well but couldn’t pry the second overall pick from San Jose.
Meanwhile, Russia has been manoeuvring behind the scenes to get into the game’s good books, which may have cost Canada its spot in the September congress in Tenerife, in Spain’s Canary Islands, that landed German Franz Reindl the IIHF top job.
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Topics

Leaf Leafs The Verve the Edmonton Oilers the Minnesota Wild

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Leafs ORG · 7× Boldy PERSON · 5× Stecher PERSON · 3× Leaf ORG · 2× Nylander PERSON · 2× Matt Boldy PERSON · 1× Michael McCarron PERSON · 1× Troy Stecher PERSON · 1× William Nylander PERSON · 1× the Minnesota Wild ORG · 1×

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A hat trick by Matt Boldy — two of them gifts due to mistakes by Troy Stecher and William Nylander — led the Minnesota Wild to a 5-2 win over the Leafs on Thursday night at the Scotiabank Arena.
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A hat trick by Matt Boldy — two of them gifts due to mistakes by Troy Stecher and William Nylander — led the Minnesota Wild to a 5-2 win over the Leafs on Thursday night at the Scotiabank Arena.

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A hat trick by Matt Boldy — two of them gifts due to mistakes by Troy Stecher and William Nylander — led the Minnesota Wild to a 5-2 win over the Leafs on Thursday night at the Scotiabank Arena. asserted
two → lead → Arena
When Michael McCarron scored on a third-period power play, the arena’s game operations crew played “Bittersweet Symphony,” a ’90s anthem by The Verve. asserted
crew → score → Verve
“From one day to the next, I can’t change my mould,” go the lyrics of the chorus. asserted
lyrics → change → chorus
The song ends with “Have you ever been down?” asserted
you → end → ?
The Leafs are down, and they might not be able to get up. uncertain
they → get → ?
The Leafs have lost all five games so far in a six-game homestand, with the finale on Saturday against Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers. asserted
Leafs → lose → McDavid
The Leafs are yet to post a win in November, have lost seven of their past eight — all in regulation. asserted
Leafs → post → regulation
They have been talking a good game about fixing mistakes. asserted
They → talk → mistakes
But actions speak louder than words. asserted
actions → speak → words
Boldy was the benefit of a Stecher turnover in the first period, and Nylander basically abandoned any idea of checking Boldy for his hat-trick goal that made it 3-2 early in third. asserted
it → abandon → third
And as has become custom, Leaf goaltending couldn’t bail the team out. asserted
goaltending → become → team
He made a number of terrific saves, but one in either of those moments might have changed the outcome, or at least the momentum of the game. uncertain
one → make → game
Mistakes are going to happen, but why are they happening so often with the Leafs’ No. 1 overall asserted
they → go → .
A couple of first period breakaways — one by Auston Matthews, one by Nylander — failed to produce goal and Minnesota stymied a couple of Leaf power plays. asserted
Minnesota → fail → plays
A giveaway by Stecher turned into a 1-0 Wild lead. asserted
giveaway → turn → lead
Stecher tried a pass up the middle of the but the puck landed instead on Boldy’s stick. asserted
puck → try → stick
After a give and go with the always dangerous Kirill Kaprizov, Boldy had no trouble beating Stolarz at 17:53. asserted
Boldy → have → 17:53
The Leafs had allowed the first goal for the 12th time in 21 games and are 3-9-0 in such situations. asserted
Leafs → allow → situations
It looked like the wheels would fall off right then when, just 22 seconds later, Ryan Tverberg was called for interference. asserted
Tverberg → look → interference
The Leafs killed off that penalty early in the second period and got a bit of momentum. asserted
Leafs → kill → momentum
Matthews has been struggling somewhat, coming into the game with one goal in his last seven. asserted
Matthews → struggle → seven
Zach MacEwen of all people sent him in alone to tie the game at 4:05 of the second. asserted
MacEwen → send → second
MacEwen then put the Maple Leafs ahead, finishing a play with a wrist shot for his third goal of the season, at 6:59. asserted
MacEwen → put → 6:59
The lead held only a few minutes, Boldy getting his second of the game on the power play with Darren Raddysh off for cross checking. asserted
Boldy → hold → checking
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