6 days Ago By AP
TORONTO (AP) — Mitch Marner scored 40 seconds into overtime to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night. Edmonton lost defenseman Darnell Nurse in the second period after he was bloodied on a hit to the head from Ryan Reaves. Bobby McMann scored twice, Matthew Knies also scored and Anthony Stolarz made 27 saves to help Toronto improve to 11-6-2.
Marner also had an assist. Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl each had a goal and an assist Edmonton, which had won three in a row. Adam Henrique also scored, and Stuart Skinner stopped 18 shots.
Knies and McMann scored 59 seconds apart in the third period to give Toronto a 3-2 lead before Draisaitl tied it with 1:29 left in regulation and Skinner on the bench for an extra attacker. Marner ended it in the extra period on a 2-on-1 with John Tavares. Maple Leafs: Toronto captain Auston Matthews missed a sixth straight game with an undisclosed upper-body injury.
The star center, who remains listed as day-to-day, hasn’t played since Nov. 3. Oilers: Edmonton coach Kris Knoblauch dressed 11 forwards and seven defensemen with winger Viktor Arvidsson out injured for a second consecutive game.
Nurse wheeled around Edmonton’s net early in the second before getting caught up high by Reaves . Nurse was left bloodied and had to be helped to the locker room. Reaves was assessed a match penalty.
Leafs forward Max Domi has now gone 13 games without a point. The 29-year-old has no goals and six assists this season. Edmonton continues a three-game trip Monday night at Montreal Canadiens.
Toronto hosts Vegas on Wednesday night. AP NHL: https://www.apnews.
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