TORONTO -- Sheldon Keefe coached 150 regular-season games at Scotiabank Arena when he was with the Toronto Maple Leafs from 2019-24. So to say his trip to the arena on Thursday was familiar, right down to the traffic on the Queen Elizabeth Way, is fair.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will welcome back Sheldon Keefe to Scotiabank Arena on Thursday, marking his first visit since being fired by the team in May. While the Leafs and Devils have already faced off twice this season in New Jersey,

When: Thursday, 7 p.m., Scotiabank Arena TV: TSN4 Radio: TSN 1050 Odds: Devils -102, Maple Leafs -122 The buzz If the Maple Leafs are beaten by the Devils in Sheldon Keefe’s return, they’ll do something that never happened during his tenure as coach in Toronto: Lose four games in a row in regulation.

The club is preparing to host the New Jersey Devils with all eyes on the return of former Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe. The 44-year-old coach spent nine years with the Maple Lea