Leafs win second straight with win over Jets
Like so many other NHLers who grow up in the Greater Toronto Area, Winnipeg Jets rookie Cole Perfetti was excited to play his first game at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena.
There was much to excite those in blue and white, though. While the dynamic duo of Auston Matthews and Michael Bunting carried much of the offensive load, with the latter setting up the former for the first two goals of the game, the star turn was left to goaltender Ilya Samsonov, who stopped 37 of 38 shots for his 14th win of the season.
While both teams are flying high in their respective conference – and realistically the only two Canadian teams that appear locks to make the playoffs – the Leafs actually had a two-point edge on the Jets in the standing entering Thursday’s game. Their 27-11-7 record was only good enough for fourth in the East though, far back of the league-leading Boston Bruins.
Whatever Toronto head coach Sheldon Keefe said to his players during the first intermission had the desired effect. The Leafs attacked the second period right from the off.
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