Utah Mammoth at Toronto Maple Leafs

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Utah Mammoth

9-5-0

Final
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Toronto Maple Leafs

8-5-1

Tavares helps the Maple Leafs beat the Mammoth 5-3 for their 3rd consecutive win

Auston Matthews tallies 8th goal of the season

Tavares, William Nylander, Matthew Knies and Matias Maccelli each had a goal and an assist for Toronto. Nylander has five goals and 11 assists during an eight-game point streak.

Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz stopped 21 shots.

Mikhail Sergachev, Michael Carcone and Dylan Guenther scored for Utah, which was coming off a 2-1 overtime win at Buffalo on Tuesday night. Vitek Vanecek had 14 saves.

Auston Matthews gave Toronto a 2-1 lead when he scored his eighth goal of the season 8:56 into the second period. But Sergachev responded for the Mammoth with 3:33 left.

Tavares made it 3-2 when he knocked in his seventh goal at 8:06 of the third. Maccelli beat Vanecek at 15:40, and Knies added an empty-netter with 2:59 left.

Guenther's sixth goal of the season made it 5-3 with 1:07 remaining.

Up next Mammoth: Visit Montreal on Saturday.

Maple Leafs: Host Boston on Saturday.

Regular Season Series

TOR leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 18:49	Michael Carcone Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Lawson Crouse (2)
Goal	2nd Period 4:46	William Nylander Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Matthew Knies (13), John Tavares (11)
Goal	2nd Period 8:56	Auston Matthews Goal (8) Snap Shot, assists: Matias Maccelli (4), Jake McCabe (5)
Goal	2nd Period 16:27	Mikhail Sergachev Goal (3) Slap Shot, assists: Dmitri Simashev (1)
Goal	3rd Period 8:06	John Tavares Goal (7) Backhand, assists: Bobby McMann (2), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (8)
Goal	3rd Period 15:40	Matias Maccelli Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Dakota Joshua (3), Morgan Rielly (8)
Goal	3rd Period 17:01	Matthew Knies Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: William Nylander (14), Jake McCabe (6)
Goal	3rd Period 18:53	Dylan Guenther Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Nate Schmidt (3), John Marino (6)

Statistics

UTA		TOR
6	Blocked Shots	8
17	Hits	15
5	Takeaways	6
24	Shots	19
0	Power Play Goals	0
3	Power Play Opportunities	1
0.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
23	Faceoffs Won	28
45.1	Faceoff Win Percent	54.9
27	Giveaways	19
1	Total Penalties	3
2	Penalty Minutes	6

Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
William Nylander, RW	Day-To-Day	Dec 13
Dakota Joshua, C	Day-To-Day	Dec 13
Marshall Rifai, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 12
Chris Tanev, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 12
Brandon Carlo, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 12