Mitch Marner scored the game-winner for the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 4-3 win Tuesday over the host Calgary Flames.
Marner scored Toronto’s fourth purpose at 12:14 of the third interval.
Together with his help on an Auston Matthews purpose, Marner has two targets and 4 assists in his final 4 video games.
Matthews additionally had a purpose and an help for the Maple Leafs (6-2-0).
Wayne Simmonds and Travis Boyd scored Toronto’s different targets and defenceman Morgan Rielly had a pair of assists.
Frederik Andersen stopped 23-of-26 pictures for the win.
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Johnny Gaudreau scored twice for Calgary (2-2-1).
Milan Lucic additionally scored for the Flames and Jacob Markstrom stopped 17 pictures within the loss.
A sluggish begin by the Flames pressured the hosts to chase Toronto.
Calgary drew even at 3-3 within the third on Gaudreau’s second purpose of the sport, however Marner’s fast launch on a Matthews move from the boards restored Toronto’s lead.
Sean Monahan beside Toronto’s web feathered a move as much as Gaudreau to attain high nook from the face-off circle at 9:03.
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Calgary outshot the guests 18-5 within the second interval however nonetheless trailed by a purpose after two.
Lucic pulled the Flames inside one at 14:21.
A Juusu Valimaki move caromed off Leaf Alex Kerfoot’s skate to Lucic within the slot for him to beat Andersen between the pads.
Toronto Maple Leafs’ Justin Holl, proper, crashes over goalie Frederik Andersen, centre, attempting hold Calgary Flames’ Matthew Tkachuk from the puck throughout second interval NHL hockey motion in Calgary, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021.
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Gaudreau halved a two-goal deficit at 1:08 of the second interval, however Boyd restored Toronto’s two-goal cushion 61 seconds later.
Pierre Engvall dished to an unchallenged Boyd charging into the slot. Boyd scored his first as a Leaf fishing the puck out of his toes and chipping it over Markstrom.
Monahan dealt the puck to an unchecked Gaudreau on Andersen’s proper and the Flames left-winger had time to go backhand-forehand on Toronto’s goalie.
Toronto outshot the Flames 10-1 and led 2-0 after the opening interval. It took practically 16 minutes for Calgary to register a shot on web.
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Marner fed Matthews with a cross-ice move, and the latter whipped the puck over Markstrom’s proper shoulder at 14:16 of the primary interval for a power-play purpose.
Simmonds scored his second purpose in as many video games tucking his personal rebound by Markstrom’s proper toe at 3:44.
Toronto Maple Leafs’ Wayne Simmonds, left, is checked by Calgary Flames’ Nikita Nesterov throughout first interval NHL hockey motion in Calgary, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021.
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Leafs backup goaltender Jack Campbell was changed within the lineup by Michael Hutchinson.
Campbell’s leg was injured within the closing minute of Sunday’s 3-2 win over the Flames when Matthew Tkachuk fell on him in a goal-mouth scrum.
Toronto head coach Sheldon Keefe mentioned Tuesday that Campbell shall be sidelined for “weeks.”
After having fun with the gentlest schedule to start out the season of any workforce within the all-Canadian Scotia North Division, the Flames will now play 21 video games within the subsequent 40 days.
Calgary departs on a five-game street journey with two video games in Montreal beginning Thursday, adopted by three video games in 4 days in Winnipeg.
Toronto faces the Oilers on Thursday and Saturday in Edmonton to conclude a four-game street journey.
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