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Matthews scores his 53rd as Maple Leafs send Coyotes to 14th straight loss

Thu, Feb 29, 2024
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TORONTO (AP) - Auston Matthews scored his NHL-leading 53rd goal and the Toronto Maple Leafs topped Arizona 4-2 on Thursday night to send the Coyotes to their 14th straight loss.

Matthew Knies had a goal and an assist, Tyler Bertuzzi also scored and William Nylander added an empty-netter to go with two assists for Toronto, which had its seven-game winning streak stopped Tuesday by Vegas. Joseph Woll made 30 saves in his return from a high ankle sprain that sidelined him 35 games.

Alex Kerfoot and Logan Cooley scored for Arizona, which dropped to 0-12-2 since its last victory on Jan. 22. Connor Ingram stopped 22 shots.

The Coyotes entered 10-0-2 over their 12 previous visits to Scotiabank Arena/Air Canada Centre, with Arizona's last regulation loss in Toronto dating to Oct. 17, 2002 - the day Knies was born in Phoenix.

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ISLANDERS 5, RED WINGS 3

DETROIT (AP) - Mathew Barzal had a tiebreaking goal with 6:02 left in the third period, Brock Nelson scored twice and New York ended Detroit's six-game winning streak.

Detroit pulled Alex Lyon to add an extra skater and Pierre Engvall took advantage, sealing the victory with an empty-net goal - the Islanders' first of the season - in the final minute.

Casey Cizikas scored in the first period and Nelson's second goal broke a tie early in the third period. Ilya Sorokin finished with 23 saves for the Islanders.

Olli Maatta matched a career high with two goals, and Patrick Kane had the other goal for Detroit.

BRUINS 5, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4

BOSTON (AP) - Mason Lohrei scored the winning goal on the power play with less than five minutes to play, Morgan Geekie had his first NHL hat trick, and Boston snapped a three-game losing streak.

Lohrei fired a one-timer from inside the right circle and the Bruins held on after surrendering leads of 3-0 and 4-2.

Jesper Boqvist also scored for Boston, which won for just the second time in regulation in February, while David Pastrnak had two assists to help the Bruins complete a season sweep of the defending Stanley Cup champions. Jeremy Swayman had 32 saves.

Paul Cotter, Alex Pietrangelo, Michael Amadio and Chandler Stephenson scored for the Golden Knights and Adin Hill finished with 27 saves.

SABRES 3, LIGHTNING 2, OT

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Rasmus Dahlin scored a power-play goal in overtime and Buffalo rallied to beat Tampa Bay.

With Nikita Kucherov off for hooking, Dahlin scored from in-close 1:42 into overtime.

Alex Tuch and Tage Thompson also scored for the Sabres. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 21 shots.

Brayden Point and Mitchell Chaffee scored for the Lightning. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 20 saves, and NHL points leader Kucherov had an assist to give him 104 this season.

PANTHERS 4, CANADIENS 3, SO

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Sam Reinhart scored twice and Florida defeated Montreal in a shootout.

Reinhart became the fourth player in Florida's franchise history to reach the 40-goal mark with his second-period tally, breaking an eight-game goal drought in the process.

Aleksander Barkov also scored for the Panthers, and Anthony Stolarz made 28 saves.

Nick Suzuki, Juraj Slafkovsky and Alex Newhook scored for the Canadiens, while Samuel Montembeault made 33 saves. The Canadiens became the first team to score more than two goals on the Panthers since Jan. 19, when the Minnesota Wild defeated them 6-4.

HURRICANES 4, BLUE JACKETS 2

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Teuvo Teravainen scored the game's first goal less than a minute into the second period, Spencer Martin stopped 20 shots against his former team and Carolina rolled past Columbus.

Sebastian Aho, Brady Skjei and Seth Jarvis also scored for the Hurricanes, who won for the second time in three days and sixth time in their last eight games. Martin, who was claimed off waivers from Columbus on Jan. 19, improved to 4-0-1 for Carolina.

Alexander Nylander had a goal and assist, his first points with Columbus. Cole Sillinger also scored, and Daniil Tarasov made 30 saves for the Blue Jackets.

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