Tavares became the 49th NHL player to score 500 career goals. Timothy T. Ludwig / Imagn Images Five hundred goals is not one of those hollow milestones. Doug Gilmour didn’t score 500 goals in the NHL.

There are good reasons for the Toronto Maple Leafs to bring back John Tavares, depending on the price and term of his next contract. Tavares is committed to not just maintaining his craft after all ...

However, quietly and almost dutifully, veteran center John Tavares has gone about his business of being a point-per-game machine. In an otherwise-miserable season for the Maple Leafs, the 35-year-old ...

This was their best chance at a deep playoff run because you only played teams in your division through the first two rounds. However, Tavares played in less than a game in the playoffs that season ...

The Toronto Maple Leafs have two of the best pending free agents and could lose both of them. The top free agent is Mitch Marner, and John Tavares is another soon-to-be free agent. Although Tavares ...

TORONTO --It’s a brisk March afternoon in Toronto and a player named Tavares is flicking pucks into the top corner of the net at the east end of Scotiabank Arena. What’s the big deal? A regular ...

Sometimes, the hockey gods write the perfect script. Other times, they let the story unfold in quieter, more meaningful ways. John Tavares’ 500th goal came on a night when the Toronto Maple Leafs didn ...

John Tavares is a polite, dependable sort of player. Yet here he is, stuck in the middle of the current Toronto Maple Leafs' rumpus. Let us be clear: this season for Toronto has been, to put it mildly ...

Tavares scored a goal and added two assists in a 7-6 overtime loss against the Kings. The goal came on the power play. It was Tavares' 30th goal of the season -- he has hit that mark eight times in ...