Late in the first period, McCabe engaged in a fight with Flyers forward Garnet Hathaway. The altercation stemmed from an earlier collision between Hathaway and Leafs goaltender Dennis Hildeby. McCabe, defending his teammate, initiated the fight but quickly found himself on the losing end with the fight ending in a worrying way.

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The Boston Bruins fell to the Toronto Maple Leafs by a 6-4 final score on Saturday night. With this, the Bruins have now lost three straight games and trail the first-place Maple Leafs by eight points in the Atlantic Division.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will have to play with one defenceman short. The team announced that Jake McCabe will not return to the game. The Leafs’ d-man got into a spat with Philadelphia Flyers grinder Garnet Hathaway behind the play.

The Philadelphia Flyers may have fallen 3-2 in overtime to the Toronto Maple Leafs, but the game provided plenty for fans to dissect. It was an intense, fast-paced contest with no shortage of physicality and grit,