Nylander scores but Maple Leafs, Hutchinson lose to Wild
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Zach Parise scored a tiebreaking goal 4:21 into the third period, and the Minnesota Wild defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 at Scotiabank Arena on Thursday.
Charlie Coyle knocked down Auston Matthews’ clearing attempt and passed to Parise, who shot over Michael Hutchinson’s glove for the 4-3 lead.
“It is encouraging; being down 2-0, if you give up that next one it can get out of hand in a hurry, but I just think the message for us was to not give up another one and we were going to get our looks and we just have to score on them,” Parise said. “Today we were able to get four and [Devan] Dubnyk played well. When we needed to get some big saves, he made them.”
William Nylander scored his first goal of the season, and Hutchinson made 30 saves for the Maple Leafs (26-12-2), who have lost two in a row.
“I didn’t like our first period. I thought they were better than us,” Toronto coach Mike Babcock said. “I thought after that I liked our game a lot. It was a great game for our team; it’s the kind of game, you’ve got to learn how to win all kinds of games, and they’ve got good face-off guys, they’re a veteran team, they make it hard on you physically because they’re physical on offense, they’re near your net, they’re making it hard for you to handle them.”
Let's go! 👍@CoachsCornerDC dropped by the Next Gen Game to help us honour and present a commemorative Leafs sweater to a member of the @CanadianForces. A couple of great looking suits, too! #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/6KFREkyZiC
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Coach said start on time, Leafs score seven seconds in.
Take a peek inside the dressing room before today’s Next Gen Game. #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/nZqkcJ5fqD
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🚨 GOAL 🚨
William Nylander gets the lead back for the Leafs as he roofs the shot from a tough angle! 3-2 with 11:44 left in the second. #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/kz6aVfLSUe
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The next generation of Leafs taking the ice (and bench) at today’s Next Gen Game presented by @scotiahockey. #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/idMz0P8A55
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Marner scored 0:07 & 5:38 into the Next Gen Game.
He is the first @MapleLeafs player with 2 goals in the opening 6:00 of a game since Jan. 30, 2010 (Phil Kessel: 0:52 & 3:49).
His first goal was 0:02 shy of tying the NHL record to start a game: https://t.co/pl1wnnhCgW #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/NvNE22v0kv
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 3, 2019