Pittsburgh Penguins at Toronto Maple Leafs

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Pittsburgh Penguins

15-12-9

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Toronto Maple Leafs

16-15-5

William Nylander's 4-points lift Maple Leafs over Penguins 6-3, snapping 3-game skid

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Toronto Maple Leafs: Game Highlights

Domi danced around Pittsburgh newcomer Brett Kulak for the deciding goal, a few hours after Toronto general manager Brad Treliving gave coach Craig Berube a vote of confidence for the second time this season.

William Nylander scored twice and added two assists, and Matias Maccelli and Steven Lorentz also scored for Toronto. Bobby McMann added an empty-netter to give Toronto its third win this season against the Penguins.

Bryan Rust, Rutger McGroarty and Anthony Mantha scored for the Penguins, who have lost nine of their last 10.

Nylander scored the icebreaker for his first in 11 games, midway through the first period. But Rust drew the Penguins even 44 seconds later, getting behind Nicolas Roy and Chris Tanev for a successful breakaway.

Tanev returned after a 23-game absence. He was stretchered off the ice after a collision on Nov. 1 in Philadelphia.

Toronto fired 31 shots on goal while the Penguins registered 32, with Joseph Woll picking up his sixth win in 11 starts. Pittsburgh goalie Stuart Skinner has yet to win in three starts, with 12 goals against since being Edmonton Oilers on Dec. 15.

A day after assistant coach Marc Savard was fired for steering the Maple Leafs to the NHL’s worst power play (12 for 90 with four short-handed goals against), Toronto went 0 for 2 against Pittsburgh. Assistant coach Derek Lalonde has been tasked with fixing the team’s power-play struggles.

Up next Penguins: Visit Chicago on Sunday.

Maple Leafs: Host Ottawa on Saturday.

Regular Season Series

TOR wins series 3-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 9:07	William Nylander Goal (12) Backhand, assists: none
Goal	1st Period 9:51	Bryan Rust Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: Sidney Crosby (18), Kris Letang (16)
Goal	1st Period 13:34	Matias Maccelli Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: William Nylander (26), Philippe Myers (2)
Goal	2nd Period 7:38	Steven Lorentz Goal (4) Backhand, assists: none
Goal	2nd Period 11:43	Rutger McGroarty Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal	3rd Period 1:00	Anthony Mantha Goal (11) Slap Shot, assists: Parker Wotherspoon (9), Justin Brazeau (7)
Goal	3rd Period 11:35	Max Domi Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson (17), William Nylander (27)
Goal	3rd Period 17:57	Bobby McMann Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: Max Domi (10)
Goal	3rd Period 18:36	William Nylander Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: John Tavares (18), Matthew Knies (23)

Statistics

PIT		TOR
7	Blocked Shots	14
16	Hits	19
7	Takeaways	6
32	Shots	31
0	Power Play Goals	0
1	Power Play Opportunities	2
0.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
24	Faceoffs Won	34
41.4	Faceoff Win Percent	58.6
14	Giveaways	19
3	Total Penalties	3
6	Penalty Minutes	6

Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
William Nylander, RW	Out	Jan 16
Simon Benoit, D	Day-To-Day	Jan 16
Dakota Mermis, D	Injured Reserve	Jan 12
Anthony Stolarz, G	Injured Reserve	Jan 10
Chris Tanev, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 31

Pittsburgh Penguins Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Erik Karlsson, D	Injured Reserve	Jan 13
Caleb Jones, D	Injured Reserve	Jan 12
Rutger McGroarty, RW	Injured Reserve	Jan 7
Peyton Kettles, D	Out	Nov 24
Tanner Howe, LW	Injured Reserve	Oct 7