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11/03 21:05 CST Schmaltz scores on the power play late in regulation to lift
Mammoth past Maple Leafs 3-2
Schmaltz scores on the power play late in regulation to lift Mammoth past Maple
Leafs 3-2
TORONTO (AP) --- Nick Schmaltz scored the winner on a power play with 6:48 left
in regulation and the Utah Mammoth beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Tuesday
night.
Dylan Guenther and Andrew Peeke also scored for Utah. Sebastian Cossa made 27
saves. Clayton Keller added three assists and Mikail Sergachev had a pair.
Jack Roslovic scored twice for Toronto, which got 33 stops from Sergei
Bobrovsky. Auston Matthews assisted on Roslovic's goals.
Schmaltz snapped a 2-all tie when he buried a loose puck in the crease on the
man advantage after Bobrovsky made a huge stop on Keller.
Down 2-1 in the third period, the Maple Leafs tied it at 9:05 when Rosolvic
moved in alone on Cossa and scored his second of the night on a backhand shot.
A two-time Stanley Cup champion signed over the summer to a big-money deal in
free agency for the next three seasons, Bobrovsky entered with a 3-5-2 record,
.885 save percentage and a 3.29 goals-against average.
The 38-year-old, who had allowed three goals or more in nine of 10 starts
entering Tuesday, was helped out by some posts in the first, but could do
nothing against the NHL's top-ranked power play when Guenther shot through a
screen with 12.4 seconds left on the clock in the first.
Toronto tied it at 10:20 of the second when Roslovic scored past Cossa moments
after Maple Leafs defenseman Troy Stecher's stick exploded on an odd-man rush
before Peeke pushed the visitors ahead with a controversial goal at 13:42.
Peeke's blast through traffic beat Bobrovsky at 13:42 of the second for a 2-1
lead. Mammoth center Barrett Hayton appeared to interfere with the netminder
when their skates touched, but the officials ruled the sequence a good goal.
The Maple Leafs then declined to challenge and risk a minor penalty.
The Mammoth will have played 13 of their first 19 games on the road before
returning home on Nov. 12 against the St. Louis Blues.
Up next
Mammoth: At Montreal Canadiens on Thursday.
Maple Leafs: Host the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.
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