Marner scores in SO to give Maple Leafs 4-3 win over Utah
SALT LAKE CITY — — Mitch Marner scored the deciding goal in the shootout and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Utah Hockey Club 4-3 on Monday night.
William Nylander, Calle Jarnkrok and Steven Lorentz scored in regulation for Toronto, and Joseph Woll finished with 30 saves. The Maple Leafs had lost three straight (0-2-1).
Nick Schmaltz, Barrett Hayton and Michael Carcone scored for Utah, which had won four of it’s previous six games. Karel Vejmelka had 23 saves.
Auston Matthews also scored in the tiebreaker for Toronto, and Clayton Keller tied it for Utah.
Nylander and Jarnkrok scored power-play goals in the first period to give Toronto a 2-0 lead. Lorentz made it 3-0 at 4:48 of the second.
Carcone began Utah’s comeback at 8:14 of the middle period, Schmaltz made it a one-goal game 49 seconds later, and Hayton’s power-play goal tied it with 7:49 leftin the period.
Takeaways
Maple Leafs: It wasn’t pretty, with Toronto scoring just once at even strength, but this was a big two points that pulled the Maple Leafs within two of Atlantic-leading Florida.
Utah: This was a point well earned after Utah fell behind by three against a powerful opponent.
Key moment
The game winner was a nice moment for Marner, who has been through a whirlwind recently because of the trade deadline and his pending free agency. He’s still with Toronto — and put the Maple Leafs in the win column.
Key stat
Toronto was involved in a shootout for only the second time this season, and this was its first win. Carolina (0-2), Boston (0-1) and Edmonton (0-1) are the only remaining teams without a shootout victory.
Up next
Maple Leafs host Florida on Thursday, and Utah hosts Anaheim on Wednesday.
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TOR wins 2-0
| 1 | 2 | 3 | SO | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOR | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| UTAH | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Team | W | L | OTL | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 40 | 21 | 3 | 83 |
| Toronto | 39 | 22 | 3 | 81 |
| Tampa Bay | 37 | 22 | 4 | 78 |
| Ottawa | 33 | 25 | 5 | 71 |
| Montreal | 30 | 27 | 6 | 66 |
| Detroit | 30 | 28 | 6 | 66 |
| Boston | 29 | 28 | 8 | 66 |
| Buffalo | 25 | 32 | 6 | 56 |
| Team | W | L | OTL | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winnipeg | 44 | 17 | 4 | 92 |
| Dallas | 42 | 20 | 2 | 86 |
| Colorado | 39 | 24 | 2 | 80 |
| Minnesota | 36 | 24 | 4 | 76 |
| St. Louis | 31 | 27 | 7 | 69 |
| Utah | 28 | 25 | 11 | 67 |
| Nashville | 24 | 32 | 7 | 55 |
| Chicago | 20 | 36 | 9 | 49 |
Maple Leafs at Utah projected lineups
Matthew Knies — Auston Matthews — Mitch Marner
Bobby McMann — John Tavares — William Nylander
Pontus Holmberg — Scott Laughton — Max Domi
Steven Lorentz — David Kampf — Calle Jarnkrok
Morgan Rielly — Brandon Carlo
Jake McCabe — Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Simon Benoit — Philippe Myers
Joseph Woll
Anthony Stolarz
Scratched: Nicholas Robertson
Injured: Chris Tanev (upper body), Max Pacioretty (undisclosed), Jani Hakanpaa (knee)
Clayton Keller — Logan Cooley — Nick Schmaltz
Alexander Kerfoot — Barrett Hayton — Dylan Guenther
Lawson Crouse — Jack McBain — Josh Doan
Liam O’Brien — Kevin Stenlund — Nick Bjugstad
Mikhail Sergachev — John Marino
Olli Maatta — Sean Durzi
Ian Cole — Michael Kesselring
Karel Vejmelka
Jaxson Stauber
Scratched: Mattias Maccelli, Nick DeSimone, Michael Carcone
Injured: Robert Bortuzzo (lower body)
Each team held an optional morning skate. … Stauber was recalled from Tucson of the American Hockey League on Sunday after goalie Connor Ingram entered the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program. … Utah defenseman Juuso Valimaki will miss the rest of the season after having surgery Monday to repair a torn ACL. He is expected to need 8-9 months to recover.
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