Welcome, RotoBallers! My name is Brandon, and I'll be writing both The First-Serve and The Kick-Off for tennis and soccer. It ...

Merzlikins made 18 saves in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to Buffalo. He had little chance on any of the pucks that got past him, including two second-period tip-ins by Alex Tuch, and the final score might have ...

Merzlikins will guard the road goal against the Sabres on Tuesday, per Jeff Svoboda of the Blue Jackets' official site. Merzlikins' three-game winning streak ended in Sunday's 5-3 loss to Dallas. He ...

A flurry of trades and a pile of injuries have opened up opportunities for players such as Sharks forward Will Smith and ...

Can anyone topple Alex Ovechkin & Co. from No. 1? Here's a look at how every team did in the calendar's first month.

Marc-Andre Fleury, MIN at MTL (20% rostered) Jakub Dobes, MTL vs. MIN (22% rostered) ...

I really liked our first period." Reaves actually had a great scoring chance shortly after he got out of the box, but Elvis Merzlikins made a nice poke check. "Reavo had a great game all night ...

Whatever it is the Leafs think of their team, they can’t overlook the apparent fragility at the top of their lineup. When all the buyers take that inevitable step forward at the deadline, the Leafs ...

The Toronto Maple Leafs were on the wrong side of a lopsided encounter against the Blue Jackets. In an even more bizarre incident for the Leafs, their captain, Auston Matthews, exchanged sticks ...

Elvis Merzlikins left the mid-day skate on Wednesday with an apparent ... this season -- tied for 10th in the NHL -- after ...

BLUE JACKETS 5, MAPLE LEAFS 1 TORONTO (AP) — Adam Fantilli scored three goals for his first career hat trick, Elvis Merzlikins stopped 29 shots, and Columbus beat Toronto. Luca Del Bel Belluz ...

TORONTO (AP) — Adam Fantilli scored three goals for his first career hat trick, Elvis Merzlikins stopped 28 shots, and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-1 on Wednesday night.