Toronto Maple Leafs at San Jose Sharks

· National Hockey League

Toronto Maple Leafs

43-25-4

Final
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

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

TOR		SJ
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 Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Shakir Mukhamadullin, D	Day-To-Day	Dec 14
Will Smith, C	Day-To-Day	Dec 13
Philipp Kurashev, C	Day-To-Day	Dec 13
Vincent Desharnais, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 9
Logan Couture, C	Injured Reserve	Sep 30

Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Dakota Joshua, C	Day-To-Day	Dec 14
Marshall Rifai, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 12
Chris Tanev, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 12
Brandon Carlo, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 12
Joseph Woll, G	Injured Reserve	Dec 12