Morgan Rielly's first goal of the season stood up as the winner for Toronto in the Maple Leafs' 5-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday.
Michael Bunting, with a goal and an assist, William Nylander, Pierre Engvall and Zach Aston-Reese provided the rest of the offence for Toronto . Ilya Samsonov made 23 saves in his sixth straight start — and seventh consecutive appearance.
Leafs captain John Tavares, who played the 1,000th regular-season game of his NHL career, was honoured by the team with a ceremony before the rare 5 p.m. ET puck drop at Scotiabank Arena. Murray was scheduled to start Friday's ugly 6-2 loss to Ottawa, but was a late scratch that forced the overworked Samsonov back into action. Joseph Woll was called up from the AHL on an emergency basis Sunday. The Leafs were also without star centre Auston Matthews for a second straight game with a knee injury that will keep him out until at least mid-February.
Rielly then snapped his first of the campaign — the defenceman looked skyward in relief as he celebrated — at exactly seven minutes to make it 2-1.
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