Recap: Canes Take Point In Toronto To Start Second Half

TORONTO, ON. -The Carolina Hurricanes started their post-All-Star Game schedule by earning a point Monday night, falling in overtime to the Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-3.

The Rundown:
A frantic start forced both Frederik Andersen and former Hurricane Petr Mrazek to be engaged for their respective teams, as the two clubs combined for nine shots before the first media timeout of the night.
As the two would each establish their presence, ultimately the first goal of the night came for Carolina. Coming courtesy of a wonderful connection between Martin Necas, Ian Cole and Nino Niederreiter, the Swiss forward put the finishing touch on his 14th tally of the season.

Niederreiter's marker would be the only tally of the first period, allowing his team to hold onto the game's first lead for over 20 minutes of play. During the middle stages of the second period was when the tide began to turn for Toronto though, as a few big time stops from Mrazek allowed his team to trail by only one and continue to generate some offense of their own. Then within the span of 3:21 the Maple Leafs went from being down 1-0 to being ahead 2-1. The 30th and 31st of the season for Auston Matthews put his team ahead going into the third.
Despite having the momentum heading onto the clean sheet of ice, Toronto's advantage lasted all of just eight seconds into the new frame. After Jordan Staal won the opening faceoff, Jesper Fast allowed Tony DeAngelo to streak in and fire one past Mrazek to make it 2-2.

The game pushed along tied at that score for a little over nine minutes, before Derek Stepan put the visiting side back in the lead. Another DeAngelo contribution came in the form of a shot through traffic that squeaked to the side of the crease, where the veteran center would push it home.
Stepan's go-ahead tally would make it 3-2 in the Canes favor for just a shade under five minutes, before Mitch Marner sent the game to overtime with just 5:48 remaining in regulation.
It would be the first of two goals in the affair for Marner, who extended his goal-scoring streak to eight games with the tally.
Marner's other would be serve as the overtime winner, giving his club the 4-3 decision.
They Said It:
Rod Brind'Amouron the effort of his club after the All-Star break...
"It was a good game. I thought we played well. I'm not disappointed at all in our effort or anything. Obviously we'd love the two points but for not having any power plays, I just felt like we created a lot of offense. Especially in the second period where we had four or five breakaways, two-on-ones, we just didn't cash in. I thought we took a breath on that one goal against] in the second period and it wound up in our net. That's what these guys do. You give these guys any room? Forget about it. But to come out in the third and have at least a chance to win, I thought it was great by our guys."
***Frederik Andersen****sharing his thoughts on the night and returning to Toronto...*
"I'm disappointed. I thought we played a really good game. I thought I had a really good game up until that last little play that I mishandled. It sucks giving them one of those and eventually losing the game. It hurts a little bit, but we'll get over it and we'll move on to the next one."
***Tony DeAngelo****on his third period quick strike...*
"It was kind of just a broken play off the faceoff. I thought it was coming to me and then going to [Jaccob Slavin], so [Jesper Fast] jumped and I tried to jump around him. It was a great play by Quickie. Some teams play man-to-man and sometimes you get a lucky bounce to get in. Nice play by those two."
**What's Next?** **:**
The Canes head to Canada's capital immediately post-game for a meeting against the Ottawa Senators tomorrow night. Ottawa also played Monday, taking a 4-1 win over the New Jersey Devils.
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