Recap: Toronto's Second Half Push Tops Canes, 3-1

RALEIGH, NC. - The Toronto Maple Leafs scored three times in the final 21:30 to take a 3-1 victory from the Carolina Hurricanes Sunday.

The Story

Toronto came to PNC Arena for the second half of a back-to-back set, taking down the Boston Bruins by a score of 2-1 on home ice Saturday night.
Their game reflected that it was their second bout in as many days through the first half of the contest, as the ice was tilted much in the favor of the Hurricanes.
Limiting the Maple Leafs to just four shots through the opening 20 minutes, Carolina was able to obtain an early lead courtesy of a power play goal from Stefan Noesen. Operating against his former team, the forward banked one off of Toronto netminder Erik Kallgren and in to start the day's scoring.

The Canes carried their advantage into the second frame with little pushback, but midway through the Maple Leafs flipped the switch and got to their game.
After mustering just eight shots on goal through the first 30:08 of the contest, the visitors produced the same amount in the final 9:52 of the middle frame, including the game-tying goal.
Amid their charge Calle Jarnkrok was left unmarked in the faceoff circle, firing one past Frederik Andersen to even the score.
Heading to the final frame of regulation tied at 1-1, Toronto would then utilize the momentum to push the score in their favor.
Catching Carolina on a line change, Captain John Tavares transitioned play into the Carolina end. Seconds later Mitchell Marner sent a feed back toward Tavares, who didn't miss.
They'd then add one more courtesy of William Nylander to finalize their 3-1 victory.

They Said It

Rod Brind'Amourwalking through what he saw in the contest...
"It was a good first half and then we got off of it. They started coming on, you could see it. The second half of that second period was not good for us. We were just kind of on our heels the whole way. The penalty we took just gave them momentum. Then we had one mess up in the defensive zone and we left the guy [open]. That's all it takes. Now suddenly a pretty good game is just thrown out the window... It's a tough game. I didn't think we were great, but we certainly weren't poor."
Jaccob Slavinoffering his thoughts on the game...
"The first period we came out strong and then in the second we got away from our game a little bit. We stopped getting pucks deep and stopped having good checks. That's our bread and butter, getting on puck pressure and being able to hem them in. We got away from that."
Jordan Staalproviding his assessment...
"Against a good team like that, you take one little breath or make one little mistake and they're going to make you pay. I think the whole second period was a big lull in our game. Had we had a better second we would have built a better game and had a better result in the third. I thought we hit a lull and they took advantage. They took it to us. We tried to build a game in the third but it was too little, too late."

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Bonus Notes

• Leafs stars Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner were both held without a shot in the affair. On the other side, Sebastian Aho, Teuvo Teravainen and Andrei Svechnikov were all held without shots.
• Frederik Andersen moves to 5-3 on the season with the loss. He allowed three goals on 21 shots.
• Carolina debuted their Reverse Retro 2022 uniforms for the affair, the first of two times they'll wear them this season.
• The Canes move to 8-3-1 on the season.

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What's Next?

The team is scheduled to practice Monday and Tuesday before another back-to-back set awaits them on Wednesday and Thursday. They'll travel to Sunrise following Tuesday's practice ahead of a meeting against the Panthers before turning it right back around to take on the Oilers Thursday.
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