Treliving’s press conference comes at a moment of peak tension within the Leafs organization. Berube revealed on Monday that captain Auston Matthews has not skated since his lower-body injury on Nov. 11. Chris Tanev, Brandon Carlo, Anthony Stolarz, Scott Laughton, and Nicolas Roy are also out.

St. Louis at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Florida at Nashville, 8 p.m. Ottawa at Los Angeles, 9 p.m. Vegas at Utah, 9 p.m. Dallas at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Boston at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Calgary at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Carolina, 7 p.m. Nashville at Detroit, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Florida, 7 p.m.

The Toronto Maple Leafs are reaching a desperate place. The team is 8-9-2 in their first 19 games, good for the second-worst record in the Atlantic Division and