Anthony Stolarz stopped 22 of 23 shots on Saturday while making consecutive starts for the first time this season. "I'm an easygoing guy, so just try to enjoy the moment," Stolarz said. "I felt good about my game." Coach Jim Hiller liked what he saw from the goalie.
After sitting two of three games for planned maintenance, Chris Tanev felt good in returning to the Leafs lineup Saturday. "I'm gonna work my butt off to make sure that I'm doing everything I can to stay healthy," the 36-year-old defenceman said. "Hopefully I can stay healthy for a period of time and then we can reevaluate what's happening."
The Leafs appeared to tie up the game against the Oilers early in the third period on Saturday, but a John Tavares goal was disallowed when it was ruled the centre deflected it in while his stick was above the crossbar. The video review lasted more than four minutes.
The Leafs have dropped eight of nine games, including six straight at home and the frustration is evident. "It's been challenging," admitted centre John Tavares. "First and foremost, we feel for our fans and the difficulty we've had here at home and not taking advantage of home ice."
Jim Hiller insists the Leafs have reasons to feel positive despite failing to pick up even one point during a six-game run at Scotiabank Arena. "You write your stories, but I'm here to tell you, we deserve better than that over that six-game homestand," the coach stressed.
Matvei Gridin scored the go-ahead goal with 8:39 remaining and the Flames held off the Kings on Saturday night. Yegor Sharangovich had an empty-net goal and an assist, and Morgan Frost also scored for Calgary.
Mason Marchment dances around Mammoth goalie Yaroslav Askarov for the Sharks' shootout winner.
Simon Holmstrom had his first career hat trick, Matthew Schaefer added three assists, and the Islanders rolled to a victory over the Ducks on Saturday night. Cutter Gauthier scored for Anaheim to extend his goals streak to eight games.
Mark Scheifele became the Jets’ all-time points leader with 930 points, passing Dale Hawerchuk and Winnipeg erased another four-goal deficit to stun the Blackhawks in a shootout.
Mason Marchment flicked in a wrist shot in the fifth round of the shootout to lift the Sharks to a win over the Mammoth on Saturday night.
Connor McDavid extended his season-opening points streak to 21 games with an assist, Devon Levi made 19 saves for his first NHL shutout, and the Oilers beat Toronto on Saturday night to hand the Maple Leafs their sixth straight home loss.
Jake Oettinger made 22 saves to lead Dallas to a win over the Sabres on Saturday night, just two days after being pulled after allowing a season-high six goals. Stars captain Jamie Benn snapped a scoreless game late in the second period with a goal for the 1,000th point of his 18-year career.
Mark Jankowski and Andrei Svechnikov each found the back of the net twice as the league-leading Hurricanes crushed the Kraken for their 16th win of the season.
Brady and Matthew Tkachuk participated in a pregame ceremony to honour their father, then led the Panthers to a win over the Blues on Saturday night. Brady scored the opening goal, and each brother had an assist in a dominant homecoming.
Connor Hellebuyck recovered from a shaky start to make 43 saves, remaining unbeaten in net with New Jersey as the surging Devils defeated the Capitals on Saturday night. Evan Rodrigues scored twice for New Jersey, which earned its second win against Washington in three days.
Ryan Hartman and Danila Yurov scored two goals each, Jesper Wallstedt stopped 30 shots, and the Wild beat the Bruins on Saturday night to extend their road winning streak to eight games.
Daniil Tarasov stopped 31 shots for his second shutout of the season, Lucas Raymond had a goal and an assist, and the Red Wings blanked the Lightning on Saturday night to snap a five-game losing streak.
With just one win in their last nine games after suffering six straight losses at home, where do the Maple Leafs go from here? What did the team say about John Tavares' disallowed goal in the third period? Mark Masters joins SportsCentre to discuss this and more.
Claude Giroux scored in the second period and Tim Stutzle netted his 11th goal of the season as the Senators beat the Penguins on Saturday night to notch their fifth win in seven games.
Artturi Lehkonen had a goal and an assist and the short-handed Avalanche beat the Canadiens on Saturday night without injured stars Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar.
Denver Barkey scored twice and the Flyers rallied to beat Columbus on Saturday night, sending the Blue Jackets to their fourth consecutive loss and third straight at home. Trevor Zegras and Matvei Michkov also scored, and Joseph Woll stopped 28 shots for Philadelphia.
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