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The Dallas Stars face the Toronto Maple Leafs Tuesday night for the second and final time this season. Entering Tuesday's match, the Stars are 27-14-1 while the Maple Leafs are 27-15-2. Dallas is 93-99-33 all-time vs. Toronto, including a 39-55-20 mark on the road.

Logan Stankoven had two goals and an assist to lead the Dallas Stars to a 4-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1

Logan Stankoven had two goals to snap a 25-game scoring drought and the visiting Dallas Stars defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 on Tuesday night.

It's hard to pick an aspect of the game where the Leafs played well, turning what could have been a coin flip into a routine win for Dallas.

After a prosperous five-game win streak, the Maple Leafs have fallen to earth with back-to-back losses to the Carolina Hurricanes and Vancouver Canucks, being outscored 9-3 along the way. Another lackluster goaltending performance is the last thing the Leafs need against the Stars, who are scoring the 10th-most goals per game this season.

Dallas Stars' Logan Stankoven, right, celebrates a goal on Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Joseph Woll (60) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Toronto on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.(Frank Gunn / AP) TORONTO — Logan Stankoven had two goals and ...

Last night, the Toronto Maple Leafs hosted the Dallas Stars, and they didn’t get the result they were hoping for. They came into the game as losers of two in a row and coming off what might have been their worst effort of the season against the Vancouver Canucks.

The Dallas Stars look to start a new winning streak when traveling for the last stop of their five-game road trip to Toronto to take on the Maple Leafs. The Stars are coming off their first loss in eight games when they were edged out 3-2 by the Ottawa Senators on Sunday.

For the first time this season, William Nylander and the Toronto Maple Leafs have suffered three straight losses ... However, Tuesday's 4-1 defeat to the Dallas Stars means they've lost to teams either firmly in playoff contention (Carolina Hurricanes ...

My Leafs analysis The Toronto Maple Leafs are coming off back-to-back losses to Carolina and Vancouver, two playoff-worthy opponents, and have another top team in their way tonight in the Dallas Stars, who are 8-1-1 in their last 10 games.

The Dallas Stars will return one of their top forwards to the lineup when they take on the Carolina Hurricanes at home Tuesday night. Stars coach Pete DeBoer announced Tuesday morning that center Roope Hintz is ready to return after suffering an upper-body injury a week ago against the Toronto Maple Leafs.