NHL

Toronto Maple Leafs at San Jose Sharks

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Toronto Maple Leafs
43-25-4
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5 - 6
San Jose Sharks
20-42-9

Toffoli scores twice and Sharks edge Maple Leafs 6-5 in a shootout after blowing late lead

Sharks defeat Maple Leafs in shootout

Collin Graf, Alexander Wennberg and William Eklund also scored for the Sharks, who led 5-3 with less than a minute left.

John Tavares cut Toronto's deficit to one with 59 seconds remaining and William Nylander tied it 45 seconds later with his second goal of the game.

Will Smith and Macklin Celebrini scored in the shootout and Alexandar Georgiev stopped Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner to seal the win after allowing Nylander to score on Toronto's first shootout shot. Georgiev made 30 saves in regulation.

Matthews and Scott Laughton had second-period goals for Toronto. Joseph Woll made 30 saves.

Takeaways Maple Leafs: Toronto opened its three-game California road trip in inauspicious fashion for its seventh loss in 12 games (5-6-1).

Sharks: An impressive upset win gave San Jose something to build on.

Key moment Graf became the first Sharks rookie to score a short-handed goal since Tomas Plihal did it against the Los Angeles Kings on Oct. 11, 2008.

Key stat Wennberg’s goal was the 100th of his career.

Up next Toronto plays at Los Angeles on Saturday and San Jose hosts the New York Rangers on Saturday night.

Regular Season Series

SJ wins series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 7:50 Tyler Toffoli Goal (26) Wrist Shot, assists: Lucas Carlsson (2), Timothy Liljegren (7)
Goal 1st Period 14:40 William Nylander Goal (41) Wrist Shot, assists: Matthew Knies (23), John Tavares (34)
Goal 1st Period 17:45 Collin Graf Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Mario Ferraro (8)
Goal 2nd Period 1:39 Alexander Wennberg Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Tyler Toffoli (21), Timothy Liljegren (8)
Goal 2nd Period 4:46 Auston Matthews Goal (28) Wrist Shot, assists: Matthew Knies (24), Mitch Marner (65)
Goal 2nd Period 13:18 William Eklund Goal (17) Deflected, assists: none
Goal 2nd Period 15:13 Scott Laughton Goal (12) Slap Shot, assists: David Kampf (7), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (25)
Goal 3rd Period 3:02 Tyler Toffoli Goal (27) Wrist Shot, assists: William Eklund (37), Macklin Celebrini (32)
Goal 3rd Period 19:01 John Tavares Goal (33) Tip-In, assists: Mitch Marner (66)
Goal 3rd Period 19:46 William Nylander Goal (42) Wrist Shot, assists: Mitch Marner (67), Auston Matthews (38)
Goal 5 0:00 William Nylander Goal Backhand
Goal 5 0:00 Will Smith Goal Backhand
Goal 5 0:00 Macklin Celebrini Goal Wrist Shot

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/tor.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originTOR https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/sj.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originSJ
17 Blocked Shots 21
26 Hits 5
2 Takeaways 4
35 Shots 35
2 Power Play Goals 1
4 Power Play Opportunities 4
50.0 Power Play Percentage 25.0
0 Short Handed Goals 1
0 Shootout Goals 0
33 Faceoffs Won 24
57.9 Faceoff Win Percent 42.1
13 Giveaways 10
6 Total Penalties 5
20 Penalty Minutes 10
San Jose Sharks San Jose Sharks Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Ryan Reaves, RW Out Apr 10
Logan Couture, C Injured Reserve Sep 30
Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Max Domi, C Out May 25
Anthony Stolarz, G Out Apr 16
Calle Jarnkrok, C Out Apr 15
Dakota Joshua, C Out Apr 11
Brandon Carlo, D Out Apr 11

Game Information

SAP Center at San Jose

Location: San Jose, CA
Attendance: 15,514 | Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/buf.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Buffalo 50 23 109 9
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/tb.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Tampa Bay 50 26 106 6
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/mtl.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Montreal 48 24 106 10
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/bos.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Boston 45 27 100 10
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/ott.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Ottawa 44 27 99 11
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/det.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Detroit 41 31 92 10
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/fla.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Florida 40 38 84 4
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/tor.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Toronto 32 36 78 14

2025-26 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/vgk.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Vegas 39 26 95 17
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/edm.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Edmonton 41 30 93 11
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/ana.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Anaheim 43 33 92 6
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/la.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Los Angeles 35 27 90 20
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/sj.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">San Jose 39 35 86 8
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/sea.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Seattle 34 37 79 11
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/cgy.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Calgary 34 39 77 9
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/van.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Vancouver 25 49 58 8
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