TORONTO – Fraser Minten scored his first NHL objective because the injury-ravaged Toronto Maple Leafs blanked the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 in a feisty contest Wednesday.
The 20-year-old ahead from Vancouver, enjoying his fifth profession NHL sport and first of this season, opened the scoring on Toronto’s second shot on objective at 8:53 of the primary interval with William Nylander because the playmaker.
Nylander scored his thirteenth of the season at 3:01 of the third on the ability play. Pontus Holmberg, together with his first of the season, added an empty-net objective 16:41 into the body.
Joseph Woll was sharp within the Toronto objective, stopping all 31 pictures he confronted for his first shutout of the season. Adin Hill obtained the beginning for Vegas over former Leaf Ilya Samsonov and made 23 saves.
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Toronto’s Nikita Grebenkin made his NHL debut. The 21-year-old Russian, taken within the fifth spherical (one hundred and thirty fifth general) of the 2022 draft, began on a line with Nick Robertson and Minten, and hammered Shea Theodore into the boards late within the first interval.
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Toronto (12-6-2) has gained six of its final seven. Vegas (11-6-2) has misplaced two straight as coach Bruce Cassidy seeks his four-hundredth profession victory.
Takeaways
Each groups had been with out their captains with Toronto’s Auston Matthews (upper-body harm) lacking his seventh straight sport and Vegas’ Mark Stone (decrease physique) his sixth. The Leafs had been additionally lacking Max Domi, David Kampf, Max Pacioretty and Calle Jarnkrok whereas Ryan Reaves began his five-game ban for felling Oilers defenceman Darnell Nurse with an unlawful verify to the top.
Key Second
Toronto ahead Matthew Knies was left dazed following a mid-ice hit by Zach Whitecloud in entrance of the Leafs’ bench at 7:59 of the second interval. Whitecloud, who stood up as he delivered the hit, was not penalized for the punishing verify however obtained a minor roughing penalty for tangling with Toronto’s Simon Benoit, who obtained 4 minutes roughing for his tried retribution. The sport obtained extra bodily after that.
Knies (higher physique harm) didn’t return to the sport. Whitecloud obtained his comeuppance when Toronto scored within the third whereas he served a hooking penalty.
Key Stat
Toronto held off the NHL’s second-best energy play unit, with Vegas going 0 for 3 with the person benefit.
Up Subsequent
Toronto wraps up a three-game homestand Sunday in opposition to the Utah Hockey Membership earlier than heading to Florida for a two-game journey. Las Vegas continues its season-long five-game highway journey in Ottawa on Thursday, adopted by dates in Montreal, Philadelphia and Colorado.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Nov. 20, 2024
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