Toronto Fought Back Twice. Utah Still Found a Way.
Toronto tied it. Then tied it again.
And still lost.
Nick Schmaltz poked home a loose rebound on the power play at 13:12 of the third period to give the Utah Mammoth a 3-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena on Tuesday night.
The winner came seconds after Sergei Bobrovsky stretched across for a pad save on Clayton Keller's one-timer, leaving the puck sitting in the crease.
The power play followed a cross-checking penalty on Toronto defenceman Darren Raddysh at 11:42 of the third.
The Night Swung Back and Forth
Dylan Guenther opened the scoring on a power play at 19:47 of the first period.
Jack Roslovic tied it 1-1 at 10:20 of the second — extending his point streak to a career-high 7 games — before Andrew Peeke restored Utah's lead at 13:42.
A further Utah goal was waved off later in the period for goaltender interference.
Roslovic tied it again at 9:05 of the third, taking a pass from Auston Matthews at the blue line, skating in alone and beating Sebastian Cossa with a backhand deke.
But Utah's power play — which leads the NHL with 20 goals — decided the game a few minutes later.
Keller finished with three assists and Mikhail Sergachev had two for Utah (10-6-0), while Cossa made 27 saves.
Matthews had two assists for Toronto (8-7-2), and Bobrovsky stopped 33 shots in the loss.
It was Utah's second win over Toronto this season, after a 5-4 victory on October 13.
The Twikup Take
Toronto fought back twice and still left with nothing, undone by a late penalty against the league's most dangerous power play.
Utah, meanwhile, keeps alternating wins and losses — but beating the Leafs twice before mid-November is a statement from the NHL's newest team.
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