After losing to the Ottawa Senators 5-3 on Friday night, the Toronto Maple Leafs redeemed themselves with a 3-2 win last night.
Toronto outshot the Senators last night 40-19.
"We didn't spent that much time in our own end," said Leaf's head coach, Sheldon Keefe, at the postgame press conference.
Ottawa opened the scoring at 10:55 of the first period with a goal by Nick Paul.
Sheldon Keefe
Joe Thornton tied the game at 14:17.
Keefe said he was really impressed with Thornton's goal.
"I thought it was a great goal," said Keefe.
Mitch Marner put the Leafs head 2-1 1:10 into the second period.
Toronto outshot Ottawa in the second period 19-8.
Auston Matthews scored his first goal of the season 2:42 into the third period to put Toronto ahead 3-1.
Ottawa's German rookie, Tim Stutzel, scored his first ever National Hockey League goal at 11:44.
Marner had three points last night.
Mitch Marner
Ottawa's goalie, Matt Murray stopped 37 shots last night.
Toronto plays the Winnipeg Jets tomorrow night.
Submitted: January 17, 2021
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