DALLAS (AP) — Matt Murray made a season-high 44 saves and Mitch Marner prolonged his Toronto-record level streak to twenty video games with an early help because the Maple Leafs beat the Dallas Stars 4-0 on Tuesday evening.
John Tavares, Auston Matthews, Rasmus Sandin and Alexander Kerfoot scored for the surging Maple Leafs, who’re 9-0-3 of their final 12 video games.
Dallas went 0 for 7 on the facility play in Toronto’s first shutout this season, together with a four-minute double minor and a 5-on-3 for 1:38.
The Stars had been shut out for the primary time this season. Jake Oettinger stopped 25 photographs.
It was the NHL’s first recreation that includes two gamers with level streaks of at the least 18 video games. The Stars’ Jason Robertson noticed his run finish at 18, a Dallas document. Robertson leads the NHL with 23 objectives.
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Marner obtained an help when his wrist shot was stopped however Tavares tapped within the rebound 4:51 in for the primary of two first-period Toronto objectives.
Matthews took possession after his wrist shot was stopped and circled again into the slot to attain at 17:36.
Sandin collected a unfastened puck simply outdoors the crease and scored at 12:19 of the second interval for a 3-0 lead.
Kerfoot added an empty-net objective with 3:53 remaining.
Toronto performed a lot of the recreation with solely 5 defensemen. Victor Mete left with a lower-body harm after enjoying solely 3:04 of the primary interval.
Throughout a part of Dallas’ 5-on-3 late within the second, the Maple Leafs had been additional handcuffed when Marner had to surrender a damaged stick. He nonetheless managed to dam a shot.
Throughout Marner’s streak, which started Oct. 27, he has 9 objectives and 18 assists.
FAMILY AFFAIR
It was the second and ultimate scheduled assembly this season matching Robertson towards his youthful brother, Maple Leafs ahead Nick Robertson.
Their mom, Mercedes, traveled from Michigan to attend the sport. She adopted her customized in these brotherly matchups by sporting the house staff’s sweater and the guests’ cap.
When the groups performed in Toronto on Oct. 20, Nick Robertson scored his solely two objectives of the season up to now — together with the additional time winner.
“He wasn’t too blissful about that,” Nick mentioned of his brother after they visited after that recreation.
UP NEXT
Maple Leafs: Host the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday.
Stars: Host the Ottawa Senators on Thursday.
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