The Lyubushkin family welcomed their third child on Thursday during the Maple Leafs' playoff run.
Ilya Lyubushkin and his wife, Diana, have become a family of five.
The couple welcomed their third child and first daughter on Thursday, in a post on Instagram, at the same time as the Maple Leafs' first-round series against the Boston Bruins.
The family already has two sons, Matthew and Miroslav, and, are shown by Lyubushkin on his Instagram wearing Anaheim Jr. Ducks gear. Toronto acquired the 30-year-old defenseman on Feb. 29 in a three-team trade — his second tenure with the hockey club — from Anaheim in exchange for a 2025 third-round pick.
The Ducks retained 50% of Lyubushkin's salary while the Carolina Hurricanes also took another 50% for a 2024 sixth-round pick. The defenseman was a part of the Maple Leafs' playoff run in 2022 against the Tampa Bay Lightning, appearing in all seven games, before losing the series 4-3.
Lyubushkin, since joining Toronto for the second time, has four assists in 19 regular season games and has one assist in three postseason games while averaging 14:03 of ice time. He's mainly played on Toronto's top defense pairing alongside Morgan Rielly.
The Maple Leafs are down 2-1 in their series against the Bruins. Game 4 is set for Saturday night inside Scotiabank Arena at 8 p.m. ET.
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