Tyler Bozak scored in the sixth round of the shootout to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 3-2 win against the San Jose Sharks at Air Canada Centre on Thursday.
“They’re a veteran team, they know how to play, and it looks like it when the game is on the line,” Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock said of the Sharks. “We’ve got a long way to go and yet it was a big win for us, it was good.”
Auston Matthews and Nazem Kadri scored, and Frederik Andersen made 33 saves for the Maple Leafs (24-16-2), who ended a three-game losing streak and defeated the Sharks at home for the first time since Jan. 29, 2002.
First star in the spotlight. #TMLtalk pic.twitter.com/4KHX4sMEq3
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) January 5, 2018
🙌🙌🙌 #TMLtalk pic.twitter.com/6gaGLStHhn
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) January 5, 2018
That Shootout Winning Feeling. #TMLtalk pic.twitter.com/aycOOT8yAx
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) January 5, 2018