William Nylander had a purpose and an help, and Joseph Woll made 23 saves for the Maple Leafs (13-6-2), who’re 7-1-0 of their previous eight video games, every of which has been performed with out captain Auston Matthews, who’s out with an upper-body damage.
“There’s guys in and out throughout the course of seasons in different years,” Tavares mentioned. “Auston has missed a little bit of time before, but it’s just believing in the group and the identity we are trying to build, the type of game we are trying to play, the depth we have, and everyone is a part of it. Don’t get me wrong, we want him back as soon as possible, but good job by everyone just continuing to go to work to build and get better and earn results.”
Logan Cooley had a purpose and an help for Utah (8-10-3), which was coming off a 6-1 win on the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday however is 1-4-0 in its previous 5 video games. Karel Vejmelka, who made 27 saves within the win towards Pittsburgh, allowed three targets on 35 photographs.
“First back-to-back of the season,” Utah coach Andre Tourigny mentioned. “The boys fought arduous, they deserve credit score for that, however we have to be taught to handle the sport higher, be taught to verify we’ve got quick shifts, particularly on back-to-backs, and play the correct manner.”
Cooley put Utah forward 1-0 at 17:48 of the primary interval when Dylan Guenther’s one-timer from the left circle deflected in off him on the proper put up for a power-play purpose.
“We were flat in the first I thought, and you could tell off face-offs guys weren’t jumping, not getting a pick, little things like that,” Toronto coach Craig Berube mentioned. “We didn’t play north right away in the first, we were kind of trying to go back and regroup too much. We just talked about it between periods, and they did a real good job of adjusting and played a great second period.”
Marner tied it 1-1 at 5:15 of the second interval, beating Vejmelka glove aspect on a breakaway after receiving a stretch go from Tavares, who was under his personal purpose line in the correct nook.
“I saw John was able to go get it and turn up ice with his head up and free space in front of him,” Marner mentioned. “I just tried to read what I had in front of me and there was a big gap there, so I just tried to find it and John made a great pass.”
Marner then gave the Maple Leafs a 2-1 lead with a power-play purpose at 9:34. Fraser Minten’s redirection try went extensive of the online, however Marner received the puck under the purpose line and instantly banked a shot in off Vejmelka’s pads.
The purpose got here on the second of 4 penalties Utah took in a 7:07 span.
“It’s a big issue. You get on the road you repeat the same mistakes, same guys, stick penalties. That’s tough,” Tourigny mentioned. “Our game management, our game in the game, cost us a lot today, from bad changes to get in penalty trouble, it costs you at some point. We were playing a team that was playing well, who had won three in a row. They’re not easy to play against.”
