Tyler Bozak scored two goals and three points, and Mitchell Marner
had three assists to help the Toronto Maple Leafs defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 at PPG Paints Arena. After Riley Sheahan and Evgeni Malkin, on the power play, cut a 3-0 Maple Leafs lead to 3-2 with goals at 14:24 and 17:51, respectively, of the second period, Bozak made it 4-2 at 18:13. He deflected a shot from Jake Gardiner past goalie
Casey DeSmith
for his second goal of the game. Bozak centered James van Riemsdyk, who had one goal, and Marner. Sidney Crosby cut it to 4-3 with 2:48 remaining in the third period.Toronto (19-10-1) is 11-3-1 in its past 15 games, including 5-2-0 in its past seven. Pittsburgh (16-12-3) has lost two of its past three games (1-2-0) after winning its previous four. The Maple Leafs scored three first-period goals, including two in the first 1:42. Bozak had the secondary assist on the second goal and scored the third.
Connor Brown gave the Maple Leafs a 1-0 lead after receiving a pass from Morgan Rielly, which he shot through a screen from Zach Hyman at 1:23. The goal ended his eight-game drought, dating to Nov. 18. Van Riemsdyk made it 2-0 19 seconds later. Tristan Jarry stopped a backhand shot from Bozak before Marner retrieved the puck behind the net and attempted a wraparound. Chad Ruhwedel knocked the puck off his stick, but allowed a pass from Marner through his legs to van Riemdyk, who sent a wrist shot past Jarry at 1:42.
Bozak extended the lead to 3-0 after a shot from Marner popped out of Jarry's glove, allowing Bozak to whack at the rebound twice before scoring on a third attempt at 12:55. DeSmith replaced Jarry to start the second period. Jarry made 13 saves on 16 shots; DeSmith made eight saves on nine shots.
Frederik Andersen made 33 saves for Toronto.
Penguins forward Patric Hornqvist left after taking a puck to the head 49 seconds into the third period. Sullivan did not update Hornqvist's status following the game. ... Maple Leafs defenseman Ron Hainsey received his 2017 Stanley Cup championship ring from the Penguins following the game. He had three assists in 16 regular-season games and eight points (two goals, six assists) in 25 Stanley Cup Playoffs games with Pittsburgh after being acquired from the Carolina Hurricanes on Feb. 23. … Crosby and Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews faced each other for the first time this season and fourth time in the NHL. Crosby had one goal and Matthews was held without a point.
"It hasn't been going too well, just points-wise for our line. I think we've been getting chances as of late, but it just hasn't been going in. So it's nice to contribute and be part of a big win for us." Bozak said.
"It's, again, a slow start. Like, we're not ready to play the first 10 minutes, but [we can't] win the game if we only play like two periods. We need to play harder." Evgeni Malkin
Frederik Andersen made 33 saves for Toronto.
Penguins forward Patric Hornqvist left after taking a puck to the head 49 seconds into the third period. Sullivan did not update Hornqvist's status following the game. ... Maple Leafs defenseman Ron Hainsey received his 2017 Stanley Cup championship ring from the Penguins following the game. He had three assists in 16 regular-season games and eight points (two goals, six assists) in 25 Stanley Cup Playoffs games with Pittsburgh after being acquired from the Carolina Hurricanes on Feb. 23. … Crosby and Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews faced each other for the first time this season and fourth time in the NHL. Crosby had one goal and Matthews was held without a point.
"I think we just came out strong. This is a really good team. Whenever you come to this building, you expect a challenge. I think that the guys were just ready to go and obviously created some offensive opportunities, and made them count." Morgan Rielly
"Real good for [Bozak]. Things haven't gone as well for him this year and confidence is always hard. … Worked real hard. Competed real hard." Mike Babcock said.
"We were opportunistic in the first period. Not as experienced of a goalie [Jarry] down there, so we wanted to make sure he saw a lot of pucks and go to the net." Andersen said."It hasn't been going too well, just points-wise for our line. I think we've been getting chances as of late, but it just hasn't been going in. So it's nice to contribute and be part of a big win for us." Bozak said.
Pens Quotes
"It's, again, a slow start. Like, we're not ready to play the first 10 minutes, but [we can't] win the game if we only play like two periods. We need to play harder." Evgeni Malkin
"We've got to come out with the mentality to dictate the pace. We can't come out seeing what kind of game it's going to be and before we know it, we're down two or 3-0." Crosby said."We just weren't good enough and it was the difference in the outcome. I mean, we can't keep chasing games the way we're chasing them, and when you play good teams you can't spot them a three-goal lead. When you give up a couple of goals so early in a game, it's a head-scratcher for me. I'm not sure I understand why, but that's something that we as a group have to solve if we're going to become the team we want to be." Mike Sullivan said.
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