The Toronto Maple Leafs called up Fraser Minten from the Toronto Marlies on Thursday morning. Following an injury to John Tavares at practice on Wednesday, it made sense for the club to call up their prospect center who has played in the third-line center spot previously.

Before practice on Wednesday morning, Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube pulled Max Domi aside for a chat. Berube did most of the talking for the five minutes or so. When he was done, he tapped Domi on the chest for encouragement.

It was only three games, this most recent losing skid for the Maple Leafs. And William Nylander made certain the slump wouldn't make it to four.

Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube passed on some sage wisdom to forward Max Domi at practice on Wednesday, and now revealed his wise words. With Toronto

Toronto couldn't open their scoring until Max Domi set up William Nylander for a second-period goal and earned his 300th NHL assist in the process.

William Nylander scored his second goal of the game at 1:10 of overtime and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the visiting New Jersey Devils 4-3 on Thursday night.

Slugging from behind the entire evening, and balanced on the usual mid-season fan revolt, the Toronto Maple Leafs won their first game in more than a week on Thursday. William Nylander scored the overtime goal that put away the New Jersey Devils, led by former Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe.

The Leafs’ offensive approach under Craig Berube depends on a hard and heavy forecheck, point shots and bodies around the net. “We gotta find a way to generate shots and get them through and have more traffic there,” Berube said over the weekend. “I didn’t think we won any of the rebound battles.”

Maple Leafs forward William Nylander helped secure a 4-3 overtime win over the New Jersey Devils on Thursday. Nylander’s sister, Ella, was in attendance at the Scotiabank Arena on the night.

WHEN: Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. TV: Sportsnet RADIO: FAN 590 ODDS Toronto +110, Columbus –130 THE BUZZ There’s a polar vortex everywhere in Eastern Canada, except with the heated Leafs offence. It has burned goalies 16 times during a three-game winning streak,

The Blue Jackets are still 10-3-2 in their last 15, so it’s fair to say this is a matchup of two of the hotter teams in the NHL, placing fourth (Columbus) and seventh (Toronto) in the NHL in points since Dec. 19.

Joseph Woll is set to make his 24th start of the season on Monday, which will mark a new career high for the Leafs goaltender. "He feels like he's in a good spot," said head coach Craig Berube.