<img class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual" src="https://display.blogto.com/articles/hetfield-leafs.jpg?w=1200&amp;cmd=resize_then_crop&amp;height=630&amp;quality=70&amp;format=jpeg" width="100%" /><p>The Toronto Maple Leafs got a bit of hardcore help rooting them on Tuesday night.</p><p>Taking on the Ottawa Senators in their second home game of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, a trio of celebrities found themselves in the crowd for the Battle of Ontario matchup.</p><p>Metallica lead vocalist and guitarist James Hetfield was pictured in a box on the evening, and got a loud cheer from the crowd when shown on the Scotiabank Arena jumbotron midway through the second period.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="fr">Enter Passion 🔵 <a href="https://twitter.com/Metallica?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Metallica</a> <a href="https://t.co/1lFJxBhPEU">pic.twitter.com/1lFJxBhPEU</a></p>&mdash; Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) <a href="https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1914860214165045747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2025</a></blockquote><p>Hetfield and his band are performing at the Rogers Centre this week on April 24th and 26th as part of their M72 World Tour.</p><p>It's an eighty-leg world tour, with forty cities being visited for two dates each. They began the tour in 2023 and are concluding this fall, having already visited Montreal and Edmonton as their two previous Canadian tour stops.</p><p>But he wasn't the only big name out cheering the team on.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">When in Toronto... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/game2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#game2</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MapleLeafs</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RatedRCope?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RatedRCope</a> <a href="https://t.co/KWyZOLASVk">pic.twitter.com/KWyZOLASVk</a></p>&mdash; Trish Stratus (@trishstratuscom) <a href="https://twitter.com/trishstratuscom/status/1914823757555773622?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2025</a></blockquote><p>Wrestling icons Trish Stratus and Adam "Edge" Copeland were also in attendance, with the two Ontario natives both <a href="https://dailyhive.com/toronto/celebrities-toronto-maple-leafs-fans">longtime public fans of their hometown team.</a> Copeland&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/MapleLeafs/status/1913729321908277372">actually also put out a hype video with the team for the playoffs</a>.</p><h2>Remaining Leafs playoff schedule</h2><p><strong>Game 3:</strong> Toronto at Ottawa, Thursday, April 24, 7 p.m.&nbsp;<br /><strong>Game 4:</strong> Toronto at Ottawa, Saturday, April 26, 7 p.m.&nbsp;<br /><strong>Game 5:</strong> Ottawa at Toronto, Tuesday, April 29, TBD*<br /><strong>Game 6:</strong> Toronto at Ottawa, Thursday, May 1, TBD*<br /><strong>Game 7:</strong> Ottawa at Toronto, Saturday, May 3, TBD*<br />*if necessary</p>