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each banked in goals from behind Toronto's net as the Carolina Hurricanes picked up a big two points in the Eastern Conference playoff race with a 4-1 victory over the listless Maple Leafs on Tuesday.stopped 22 shots for Carolina , which came in having lost three of its last four in regulation as the franchise looks to make the post-season for the first time since 2009 — currently the NHL's longest streak of playoff futility.
The Hurricanes, meanwhile, started the day in the East's second wild-card spot — a point back of Columbus and one up on the ninth-place Montreal Canadiens, who beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Tuesday. Playing the second of a back-to-back and its third in four nights, the Leafs were sluggish most of the evening against a motivated opponent.in the box for interference. Sparks made a desperation save on Hamilton at the side of the crease, but the Hurricanes defenceman managed to bank his follow-up effort off the netminder's right leg from below the goal line — Carolina's second from behind the Leafs' net — for the Toronto native's 17th of the season.
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