It was an eventful morning for the Toronto Maple Leafs, prior to their matchup against the New Jersey Devils. Jake McCabe will return to the lineup after a four-game absence.

Crag Berube was forced to shuffle the Leafs' lines at practice ahead of Wednesday's game against the Minnesota Wild with the imminent return of Max Pacioretty.

Pacioretty missed the last three games after taking a puck to the head in a game against the Montreal Canadiens.

Morgan Rielly, who has spent much of the past month skating alongside Philippe Myers, found himself paired with Jake McCabe ... Reaves Absent: Pacioretty (upper body) Rielly-McCabe

All season, the Maple Leafs have managed to keep the plane in the air minus a couple of main engines and iced-up wings.

Leafs answered our poll. In part 1, we reveal the teammates most Leafs would like to be stuck with in an elevator, and more.

A timeline for the injured centre’s return from a lower-body injury is starting to come into focus, Mark Masters writes.

Toronto Maple Leafs forward John Tavares has resumed skating and could return to practice by the end of this week, head coach Craig Berube told Joshua Kloke of The Athletic on Monday.

The Ottawa Senators are hosting the “battle of Ontario” for the only team of the season as the Toronto Maple Leafs’ fans travel to the nation’s capitol to see the second meeting of the Ontario teams this season.

The Columbus Blue Jackets are on game three of four of their January road trip as they clash with the Toronto Maple Leafs for the first time at the Scotibank Arena this season. Columbus and Toronto faced off a few months ago as Columbus crushed the Leafs 6-2.

Max Pacioretty was injured in Saturday's comeback victory over the Montreal Canadiens and will now miss significant time according to Leafs head coach Craig Berube.

Never forget: kickers are football players, too! Detroit Lions kicker Jake Bates was awkwardly stretching on the sideline in a funky-looking position when ESPN sideline reporter Lisa Salters ...