Toronto Maple Leafs at Carolina Hurricanes

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Toronto Maple Leafs

13-11-3

Final
5 - 1

Carolina Hurricanes

16-8-2

Maple Leafs beat Hurricanes 5-1 to wrap up 6-game trip with 3rd straight victory

Bobby McMann tallies goal vs. Hurricanes

Auston Matthews, Scott Laughton and Matthew Knies also scored for Toronto.

Seth Jarvis scored for Carolina, and Frederik Andersen stopped 18 shots. Playing the fourth game of seven-game homestand, the Hurricanes had been off since beating Calgary 1-0 in overtime Sunday night for their second straight victory.

McMann opened the scoring at 53 seconds of the first on Toronto's first shot on goal, beating Andersen with a one-timer from the high slot. Laughton made it 2-0 with 8:15 left in the period.

Jarvis countered for Carolina with 2:15 left in the first, snapping a shot past Woll for his 16th goal of the season. Knies scored a backhander at 4:44 of the second to restore Toronto's two-goal lead.

Matthews made it 4-1 on a snap shot with 9:21 left in the second. He has 11 goals this season. McMann had an empty-netter in the third.

Up next Maple Leafs: Host Montreal on Saturday night to open a five-game homestand.

Hurricanes: Host Nashville on Saturday night.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 0:53	Bobby McMann Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: Nicolas Roy (6), Jake McCabe (8)
Goal	1st Period 11:45	Scott Laughton Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Philippe Myers (1), Simon Benoit (3)
Goal	1st Period 15:45	Seth Jarvis Goal (16) Snap Shot, assists: Shayne Gostisbehere (16), Sebastian Aho (17)
Goal	2nd Period 4:44	Matthew Knies Goal (7) Backhand, assists: Max Domi (7), Morgan Rielly (17)
Goal	2nd Period 10:39	Auston Matthews Goal (11) Snap Shot, assists: Max Domi (8), Matthew Knies (21)
Goal	3rd Period 18:16	Bobby McMann Goal (8) Backhand, assists: Nicolas Roy (7)

Statistics

TOR		CAR
20	Blocked Shots	4
20	Hits	18
5	Takeaways	6
24	Shots	33
0	Power Play Goals	0
2	Power Play Opportunities	3
0.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
35	Faceoffs Won	27
56.5	Faceoff Win Percent	43.5
18	Giveaways	13
3	Total Penalties	2
6	Penalty Minutes	4

Carolina Hurricanes Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
William Carrier, LW	Out	Jan 12
Noah Philp, C	Out	Jan 10
Pyotr Kochetkov, G	Injured Reserve	Dec 29

Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Nicholas Robertson, LW	Out	Jan 12
Dakota Mermis, D	Injured Reserve	Jan 12
Anthony Stolarz, G	Injured Reserve	Jan 10
Chris Tanev, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 31
Dakota Joshua, C	Injured Reserve	Dec 31