Give William Nylander an A. His home country of Sweden did that ... offence continues to let down Maple Leafs in loss to Wild Aleksander Barkov of the Florida Panthers will wear the ‘C’ for Finland. His assistants are Sebastian Aho and Mikko Rantanen ...

Victor Hedman draws the 'C' for Sweden with Toronto Maple Leafs forward William Nylander, Pittsburgh Penguins defenceman Erik Karlsson and Edmonton Oilers defenceman Mattias Ekholm serving as alternates.

Jared Spurgeon and Marat Khusnutdinov scored in the first period, Filip Gustavsson stopped 31 shots, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Wednesday night. Marcus Foligno added an empty-netter in the final minute as Minnesota won its second straight to improve to 3-5-0 in their last eight games.

Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube has revealed what his relationship with star winger William Nylander is like after Nylander's recent inconsistencies.

The goal tied Reinhart with Toronto's William Nylander for second in the league ... second line with Leo Carlsson and Alex Killorn. Florida Panthers center Carter Verhaeghe (23) shoots during ...

Sam Reinhart snapped a three-game goal drought and the Florida Panthers ... tied Reinhart with Toronto's William Nylander for second in the league. Takeaways Panthers: Bobrovsky is 5-0 record ...

Give William Nylander an A. His home country of Sweden did that on Thursday morning, naming the Maple Leafs star winger as an alternate captain for the 4 Nations Face-Off in Montreal and Boston Feb. 12-20.

The 4-Nations Face-Off is just around the corner, at which point the top players from the United States, Canada, Finland and Sweden will battle in a coveted tournament. It'll be a chance for players to represent their nation on one of the sport's biggest stages.

Verhaeghe stole the puck from Anaheim defenseman Jacob Trouba behind the Ducks' goal before putting it into the upper right corner of the net to extend the Panthers' lead to 3-1 with 1:11 remaining in the first period. Florida has scored three times in the first period four times this season which trails only Tampa Bay and Ottawa (both five).