Matthews, Hyman each scores twice for Maple Leafs in win against Blues
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Auston Matthews and Zach Hyman each scored two goals for the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 5-2 win against the St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center on Saturday.
Toronto (14-13-4) chased Blues goalie Jordan Binnington for the first time in a regular-season game after he allowed four goals on 11 shots in the first period. Binnington has lost two straight games in the regular season for the first time in his NHL career.
“We got off to a good start,” Matthews said. “[Frederik] Andersen made some big saves, and we got to roll all four lines.”
Jason Spezza scored, Mitchell Marner had two assists, and Andersen made 26 saves for the Maple Leafs, who had not won in their previous seven games against the Blues (0-4-3).
Ivan Barbashev and David Perron scored for the Blues (18-7-6), who lost their second straight. Jake Allen allowed one goal on 16 shots in relief of Binnington.
“We gave them some pretty good chances, obviously the shorthanded one,” Blues defenseman Alex Pietrangelo said. “We were a little bit sloppy with the puck, we knew we had to defend against these guys, obviously highly skilled. Just weren’t ready. It happens. At the start of the first period, I thought we had some decent looks. Once that team gets momentum offensively, they’re going to keep going. We know what we did wrong.”
They said it
“It’s got to feel good for him. I had full confidence it was going to fall in for him.” — Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe on Auston Matthews scoring for the first time in six games
“We’re not worried about him. He’s always responded well and the whole season he’s been our best player. I thought tonight there were kind of a couple missed shots and bad bounces that happened that do happen in the game of hockey and it’s not his fault. I’m not worried about him at all. He’s going to do his thing. We just have to be better in front of him to make it easier for him.” — Blues center Ryan O’Reilly on goalie Jordan Binnington
Need to know
Hyman has three goals in the past two games. … The Maple Leafs are 5-3-0 since Keefe took over for Mike Babcock on Nov. 20. … Toronto had not won against St. Louis since Jan. 2, 2016. … Perron has 10 points (four goals, six assists) in his past 10 games. … Sanford sustained an upper-body injury in the first period.
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