Muzzin scores first goal with Maple Leafs in win against Ducks
Johnsson has four points; Anaheim loses fourth straight
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Jake Muzzin scored his first goal since joining the Toronto Maple Leafs and had two assists in a 6-1 win against the Anaheim Ducks at Scotiabank Arena on Monday.
Andreas Johnsson had two goals and two assists, William Nylander and John Tavares each had a goal and an assist and Frederik Andersen made 24 saves for Toronto (32-17-3), which has a four-game point streak (3-0-1).
It was Muzzin’s first three points with the Maple Leafs after being acquired from the Los Angeles Kings on Jan. 28.
Rickard Rakell scored for Anaheim (21-23-9), which has been outscored 23-5 during a four-game losing streak. John Gibson was pulled after allowing five goals on 30 shots; Chad Johnson made eight saves.
The Maple Leafs took a 1-0 lead at 3:02 of the second period when Tavares took a pass from Johnsson and shot over Gibson’s blocker from the left faceoff dot for his 31st goal of the season.
Johnsson made 2-0 at 13:40 when he put in a rebound from Muzzin’s point shot.
Muzzin scored on the power play at 19:57 to make it 3-0 when he one-timed Jake Gardiner’s feed past Gibson after Patrick Marleau won a face-off against Ryan Kesler.
Rakell made it 3-1 at 2:45 of the third period when he took a pass from Hampus Lindholm and beat Andersen from the right circle.
The Maple Leafs made it 4-1 when Nylander got around Cam Fowler and passed to Connor Brown at the top of the goal crease.
Nylander ended an 11-game goal drought when he put the Maple Leafs up 5-1 at 6:04.
Johnsson scored his second of the game at 14:51 for the 6-1 final.
Kicking off the week with a W.
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First ⭐️ feeling.#LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/53capAYPXd
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Johnsson: 'You just have those days sometimes when the puck bounces with you.' WATCH: https://t.co/pLiN8qdTi9 pic.twitter.com/P1pyrnfVZN
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Frederik Andersen has recorded his 94th win as a Maple Leaf tonight, passing Ed Belfour for sole possession of ninth place on the franchise’s wins by a goaltender list. #LeafsForever
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Andreas Johnsson of the @MapleLeafs became the third different rookie this season to record four or more points in a game. The others: Elias Pettersson (2x) and Juho Lammikko. #NHLStats #ANAvsTOR pic.twitter.com/xCtHsM6ztB
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Jake Muzzin became the fourth @MapleLeafs defensemen in the League's modern era (since 1943-44) to post 3+ points in a game within his first three outings with the club.
The others: Brian Leetch in 2003-04, Bryan Berard in 1998-99 and Bob Manno in 1981-82. #NHLStats #ANAvsTOR pic.twitter.com/JqK8LeLPHz
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