Maple Leafs recall Matt Murray from AHL

TORONTO – The Toronto Maple Leafs made a crease determination Thursday.

The nine recalled seasoned goaltender Matt Murray from the American Hockey League and demoted rookie Dennis Hildeby.

Murray is 8-4-2 this play with the Toronto Marlies to spell on with a .934 prevention percent and an AHL-best 1.68 goals-against average.

The 30-year-old, who won the Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins successful 2016 and 2017, has 3 victories and 2 shutouts implicit the past week with the Leafs’ workplace club, including an 18-save show successful Wednesday’s 3-1 roadworthy triumph implicit the Bakersfield Condors.

Hildeby is 3-3-0 successful the NHL this play with a .878 prevention percent and a 3.16 GAA. The 23-year-old allowed 4 goals connected 18 shots successful Wednesday’s 5-1 location nonaccomplishment to the Columbus Blue Jackets.

The Leafs person been moving with Joseph Woll since Anthony Stolarz underwent genu country past month. The 31-year-old Stolarz, who had terrific numbers splitting clip with Woll earlier getting hurt, is backmost skating arsenic helium rehabs the injury.

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Murray, who signed connected for the 2024-25 run with Toronto astatine US$875,000 aft undergoing bilateral hep country successful October 2023 that outgo him each of past season, made 2 starts for the Leafs successful December. He went 1-1-0 with an .879 prevention percent and a 3.54 GAA.

The Leafs sojourn the Ottawa Senators connected Saturday.

This study by The Canadian Press was archetypal published Jan. 23, 2025.