Maple Leafs down Kings, pick up third straight win

TORONTO – Auston Matthews scored his archetypal extremity of the play and added 2 assists arsenic the Toronto Maple Leafs thumped the Los Angeles Kings 6-2 connected Wednesday night.

Bobby McMann had 2 goals of his own, portion William Nylander, besides with a extremity and an assist, Morgan Rielly and John Tavares provided the remainder of the offence for Toronto (3-1-0). Mitch Marner had 3 assists.

Anthony Stolarz made 32 saves for the Leafs, who person won 3 straight.

Alex Turcotte and Kevin Fiala replied for Los Angeles (1-1-2). David Rittich allowed 4 goals connected 14 shots earlier getting replaced by Pheonix Copley successful the 2nd period. He finished with 10 stops.

Without a constituent done 3 games successful 2024-25 entering Wednesday, Matthews led the NHL successful goals past play with 69 — the astir successful a run successful much than 3 decades.

The Kings are connected a seven-game roadworthy travel to unfastened the docket due to the fact that of renovations astatine Crypto.com Arena.

Takeaways

The Leafs broke an 0-for-11 tally to commencement the play connected the powerfulness play erstwhile Nylander bushed Copley to marque the people 5-0 precocious successful the second.

The Kings’ antiaircraft issues continued aft falling 8-7 to the Ottawa Senators successful overtime Monday.

Key moment

Matthews fanned connected his archetypal changeable earlier wiring the puck past a helpless Rittich, who had a little Leafs stint successful 2021, to enactment Toronto up 2-0 midway done the first.

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Key stat

Matthews became the 4th subordinate successful Leafs past to grounds 200 goals connected location ice, joining Darryl Sittler (231), Dave Keon (225) and Mats Sundin (217). He besides became the 11th progressive NHL subordinate to people 200 location goals, reaching the people successful 279 games. Alex Ovechkin is adjacent connected the list, accomplishing the feat successful 321 contests, per NHL stats.

Up next

The Kings proceed their seven-game roadworthy travel Thursday successful Montreal. Toronto hosts the New York Rangers connected Saturday successful its 3rd of 4 consecutive contests astatine Scotiabank Arena.

This study by The Canadian Press was archetypal published Oct. 16, 2024.

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