Tavares made it 4-3 to complete a three-goal outburst in exactly three minutes after he and Matthews forced another turnover out of Darnell Nurse. Marner then stole another puck - this time off Nick Bjugstad - to feed Nylander for his 34th that tied the game 3-3. “When you make mistakes against teams that can hurt you, you’re made to pay.ĭown 3-1 in the second, the Leafs kick-started their comeback when Marner intercepted a Ryan McLeod pass in front of Edmonton’s net before beating Skinner with his 24th goal of the campaign. “This one was a game that we could have done better with,” Edmonton coach Jay Woodcroft said. Evan Bouchard and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins chipped in with two assists each. Leon Draisaitl, Evander Kane and Mattias Ekholm also scored for the Oilers. McDavid replied with his NHL-best 55th goal of the season and added two assists for Edmonton. “Always fun going against great players,” Matthews added. I thought those guys were really focused.” “It’s an opportunity for us to take the puck out of his hands and play on offense, and try to make him have to defend. “I wanted to go with the Matthews-McDavid matchup straight up,” he said. Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe could sense his stars were up for McDavid’s challenge. Good on us to take it and just run with it.” “You just feel it in the atmosphere in the crowd and everything,” Matthews, who went toe-to-toe with Connor McDavid all night, said of Toronto’s surge in the second that saw the Leafs score four times in just under six minutes. Tavares added an assist for a three-point night and Noel Acciari had the other two goals, including into the empty net, for the Leafs. Mitchell Marner had a goal and three assists for Toronto, while William Nylander and Auston Matthews each scored and had an assist. TORONTO - John Tavares scored two of the four goals in the second period as the Toronto Maple Leafs roared back to down the Edmonton Oilers 7-4 on Saturday night.
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