Toronto Maple Leafs at Minnesota Wild

· NHL Global Series

Toronto Maple Leafs

10-5-2

Final
4 - 3

Minnesota Wild

5-8-4

Nylander scores in OT, Maple Leafs extend win streak to 4 with 4-3 victory over Wild in Sweden

Maple Leafs win in OT with a William Nylander goal

Nylander collected the puck, skated toward the net and fired a shot past Marc-Andre Fleury for his 12th goal of the season. He also extended his franchise-record season-opening point streak to 17 games.

Nylander had five points (two goals, three assists) in Toronto’s two games in Stockholm.

Auston Matthews added a goal and an assist for Toronto. He tied Kyle Connor of the Winnipeg Jets for the league lead with 14 goals.

Matthew Knies scored his fifth of the season, Morgan Rielly added a goal and two assists and Joseph Woll stopped 33 shots for Toronto, which was playing outside North America for the first time in its more than 100-year history.

Mitch Marner had two assists for the Maple Leafs to surpass 400 for his career.

Mats Zuccarello had a goal and an assist and defensemen Jon Merrill and Jake Middleton also scored for Minnesota, which lost its fifth straight (0-3-2). Fleury stopped 21 shots.

Trailing 3-1 in the third, the Wild tied it on goals by Middleton's and Zuccarello 2:32 apart to force overtime.

It was the final game of this series at Stockholm's Avicii Arena. Ottawa Senators beat the Detroit Red Wings in overtime on Thursday, the Maple Leafs defeated the Red Wings on Friday and the Wild lost to the Senators in a shootout on Saturday in the first four-team event the league has held in one city outside of North America. The games are the first for the NHL in Sweden since the pandemic.

Merrill put the Wild 1-0 up at 2:37 of the first with a snap shot from the slot for his first of the season.

Toronto rebounded to take a 2-1 lead on Matthews' wrist shot on a power play at 12:43. And Marner found Knies with a cross-ice pass to one-time a slap shot from the right circle at 18:23.

Rielly stretched Toronto’s lead to 3-1 from the top of the left circle 4:22 into the third.

UP NEXT

Maple Leafs: Visit the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday.

Wild: Host the Colorado Avalanche on Friday.

Regular Season Series

TOR wins series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 2:37	Jon Merrill Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Marco Rossi (4), Mats Zuccarello (14)
Goal	1st Period 12:43	Auston Matthews Goal (14) Wrist Shot, assists: William Nylander (15), Morgan Rielly (11)
Goal	1st Period 18:23	Matthew Knies Goal (5) Slap Shot, assists: Mitchell Marner (14), Mark Giordano (3)
Goal	3rd Period 4:22	Morgan Rielly Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Auston Matthews (7), Mitchell Marner (15)
Goal	3rd Period 6:10	Jake Middleton Goal (3) Slap Shot, assists: Marcus Foligno (5), Joel Eriksson Ek (7)
Goal	3rd Period 8:42	Mats Zuccarello Goal (5) Tip-In, assists: Brock Faber (7), Jonas Brodin (7)
Goal	4th Period 3:09	William Nylander Goal (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Morgan Rielly (12)

Statistics

TOR		MIN
16	Blocked Shots	18
14	Hits	22
4	Takeaways	7
25	Shots	36
1	Power Play Goals	0
2	Power Play Opportunities	3
50.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
39	Faceoffs Won	25
60.9	Faceoff Win Percent	39.1
4	Giveaways	6
3	Total Penalties	2
6	Penalty Minutes	4

Minnesota Wild Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Zach Bogosian, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 20
Daemon Hunt, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 18

Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Marshall Rifai, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 18
Anthony Stolarz, G	Injured Reserve	Dec 16
Chris Tanev, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 15
Brandon Carlo, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 12
Dakota Mermis, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 10