Maple Leafs score six in win against Oilers
Marner has goal, two assists for Toronto; Edmonton has lost 13 of its past 16
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Andreas Johnsson scored two goals, and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Edmonton Oilers 6-2 at Scotiabank Arena on Wednesday.
“The puck has been going in on the few shots I’ve had, so it feels nice,” said Johnsson, who has five goals in his past six games. “Obviously, it’s not going to continue at the same rate, but I’m going to keep working and try to score some more goals.”
Mitchell Marner had a goal and two assists, Patrick Marleau, John Tavares and William Nylander each had a goal and an assist, and Frederik Andersen made 34 saves for the Maple Leafs (39-20-4), who have won three in a row and trail the Boston Bruins by one point for second place in the Atlantic Division.
Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored for the Oilers (26-30-7), who have lost 13 of their past 16 games (3-9-4) and trail the Dallas Stars by eight points for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference.
Mikko Koskinen allowed four goals on 16 shots before being pulled in the second period. He was replaced by Anthony Stolarz, who made 18 saves in his Edmonton debut.
“Too many little mistakes,” Draisaitl said. “We had a really good first, but if you have too many little mistakes against this team, clearly they’ll take full advantage of that and that’s what they did tonight.”
They said it
“We came with the right attitude and the right game in the first period, and then we allow one or two goals in the second period to deflate us and didn’t work in that second period, especially for the last 10 minutes. It’s unfortunate when you’re playing on the big stage. The game is on coast to coast, you don’t want to come out feeling like this losing 6-2. It’s disheartening for sure.” — Oilers forward Milan Lucic
“It’s happened a couple of games now where we haven’t been happy with the start we’ve had, but our goalies have done a great job keeping us in every game. We regroup and know how much better we can play, and in the second and third we’ve done that. Now it’s just making sure we start the first the exact same way.” — Maple Leafs forward Mitchell Marner
Need to know
The Maple Leafs were without defenseman Jake Gardiner, who is week to week with back injury. … Maple Leafs defenseman Travis Dermott left the game with a shoulder injury at 10:07 of the third period after taking a hit from Oilers forward Brad Malone along the sideboards. He is considered week to week. … Martin Marincin will be recalled from Toronto of the American Hockey League. He and defenseman Justin Holl will dress on Thursday against the New York Islanders and defenseman Igor Ozhiganov will be a scratch. … Stolarz was acquired in a trade with the Philadelphia Flyers on Feb. 15.
What’s next
Oilers: At the Ottawa Senators on Thursday (7:30 p.m. ET; TSN5, RDS, SNW, NHL.TV)
Maple Leafs: At the New York Islanders on Thursday (7 p.m. ET; ESPN+, MSG+, TSN4, NHL.TV)
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