Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner manage to accomplish something no two Maple Leafs teammates have done in 33 years during Thursday's loss to Carolina.

Jordan Staal scored a hat trick and the Carolina Hurricanes overcame a two-goal deficit to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 on Thursday night in Raleigh, N.C.

RALEIGH, N.C. - Just three days before his brother's number is set to be raised to the rafters in Raleigh, Carolina Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal recorded his team's first hat trick of the season to lead a 6-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs at Lenovo Center on Thursday.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jordan Staal scored a hat trick to lead the Carolina Hurricanes to a 6-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night. Eric Robinson, Jackson Blake and Seth Jarvis also scored for the Hurricanes while Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 30 shots for his first home win since Dec. 17.

Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews shared his thoughts on facing Carolina Hurricanes veteran Jordan Staal following the Leafs' disappointing 6-3 loss on Thursday.

Staal delivered a hat trick in a 6-3 win over Toronto on Thursday. It was the fourth hat trick of his 19-year NHL career, and he got those cookies while lining up against Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner on the Leafs' top line.

All good things must come to an end, as the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 on Thursday evening. Toronto lost for the first time during the 2025 calendar year, ending its five-game winning streak,

Carolina Hurricanes dig out of early two-goal hole to double up the Maple Leafs behind a hat trick from captain Jordan Staal.

Tavares won a key puck battle that led to a two-on-one chance one minute in, but Nylander hit the post. He was robbed on an A+ scoring chance in the early third, and looked dangerous once he was reunited with Marner.

Rob Couch searches the fantasy hockey waiver wire for the top forward streamers to add in Week 15 of the NHL season.

However, the five-forward unit should be seen as a high-risk, high-reward strategy that can leave them vulnerable on the defensive side of the puck. With the setup, opposing teams recognize the lack of a defensive presence and are quick to pounce on those opportunities, as seen in Carolina.

Jordan Staal scored a hat trick to lead the Carolina Hurricanes to a 6-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night. — Auston Matthews and John Tavares each had a goal and an assist to ...