Toronto — Shane Gostisvihia He scored the power play tiebreaker goal with 1:33 left in the third period to help the Arizona Coyotes beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 at Scotiabank Arena on Monday.
One-time pass from Gostisbehere clayton keller A right faceoff dot gave Arizona a 3-2 lead. Justin Hall You missed your chance to clear the puck from the zone.
“I knew it was just a glitch and Keller would pass it to me,” Gostisbehere said. It was a problem.
“We know the perception of the team outside of this rink. But it’s coming in. On my journey to bond with my team, I said to the team, “Who cares about the noise? It’s the people in this locker room that matter. We can surprise some teams that night.” If you ask me, it didn’t look like we had a tank there tonight.
Video: ARI@TOR: Gostisbehere Fills Keller’s Plate and Seeks Lead
The Maple Leafs thought they had tied the score with 39 seconds remaining, but the goal was disallowed as the Situation Room ruled that the game could not be interrupted for a hand pass. Lawson Cruise Then, at 19:49, he made it 4-2 when he shot into an empty net.
Karel Weimerka He made 26 saves against the Coyotes (1-2-0), who allowed 12 goals in the first two games.
‘Pressure, I think it’s a big thing,’ Coyote steps forward Christian Fisher Said. “In the third period, [Auston] Matthews, [Mitchell] manor, [William] Nylander, I can go on and on, you give them space, they’re trying to kill you.Then you start chasing them and dragging them down [and they] Get some power plays. I don’t want to oppose that power play again and again. Many lessons to learn. I think the best thing we did was put pressure on them, and that’s exactly what we didn’t do in the third race, and it almost cost us.”
Nylander and Marner scored, Eric Calgren After being recalled by Toronto of the American Hockey League on Saturday, he made 15 saves against the Maple Leafs (2-2-0) in his season debut.
‘Inconsistent’ Maple Leafs defense Morgan Riley Said. “There was a period early on when we had a lot of pucks. To find our game again. Looking at the first period, we had a lot of packs, but (but) didn’t generate a ton from within.
Nick Ritchie gave the Coyotes a 1-0 lead when he redirected a pass from Gostisbehere to the slot on a power play at 19:34 of the first period.
Fischer made it 2-0 at 8:32. Nick Bugstad He won a loose pack fight with Riley behind the net and passed to Fisher at the top of the crease.
Nylander cut the lead to 2-1 with a power play at 12:54 in the third period. John Tavares‘shot from high slot hit Josh Brownand Nylander passed Weimerka’s glove from under the left hash mark.
Marner drew 2-2 at 13:18. troy stickerwas behind the net, tried to pass to JJ Moser in the slot, but he mishandled the puck and Marner scored with a backhand in the slot.
“We competed hard and scored big. [go-ahead] Arizona coach André Turigny said. I’m really happy with what happened on the bench. We had leadership and we had people standing up and speaking, so that was good.”
Video: ARI@TOR: Marner uses miscue to equalize
Toronto went 1-for-5 on the powerplay, producing just two shots on goal while allowing two powerplay goals.
“I thought the special teams were clearly a problem and as the game progressed they gained confidence and our team got frustrated and lost.
“I couldn’t adapt, I couldn’t score. [on] special team. It’s an area to improve, a lot of areas to improve and we still have four games left. Our best talent has not found its rhythm. The difference between us and Arizona is that we have elite players. Our elite players didn’t play like elite players today and couldn’t make a difference, so in that sense, it’s going to be a close match.”
Note: maple leafs defense Jake Mazin He left the game with a neck injury at 11:03 of the second period following a collision with Keller. Keef didn’t have an update after the game. …the Coyotes announced its center before the game Nick Schmaltz Out for 6-8 weeks with an upper body injury. … Tavares’ assist on Nylander’s goal was his 900th NHL point of his career.
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