Mitch Marner scored two goals and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the visiting Utah Hockey Club 3-2 on Sunday night.
William Nylander added a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs, who have won four in a row. Toronto goaltender Joseph Woll made 23 saves.
Logan Cooley had a goal and an assist for Utah, which has lost two of three on a four-game road trip. Jack McBain also scored.
Utah goaltender Karel Vejmelka, who also played on Saturday, stopped 32 shots.
Toronto’s Pontus Holmberg hit the crossbar at 8:28 of the first period. The Maple Leafs went 0-for-2 on the power play in the period.
Utah took advantage of its first power play. Mikhail Sergachev passed to Dylan Guenther, whose shot was tipped in by Cooley from the left circle for his fourth goal of the season at 17:48 of the first. Toronto’s Jake McCabe was off for interference.
John Tavares made a long pass to Marner, who scored on a breakaway at 5:15 of the second period.
With Sergachev off for tripping, Marner scored his eighth goal of the season at 9:34 of the second during a power play, banking in a sharp-angled shot off Vejmelka.
Nylander scored his 14th at 10:50 of the second after winning the puck on a breakaway. He tucked in a backhand that beat Vejmelka.
Toronto had a five-on-three power play at 13:17 of the second but did not score.
McBain deflected Cooley’s shot for his seventh goal of the season at 1:51 of the third period.
Toronto’s Nicholas Robertson hit the right post with a shot at 8:34 of the third. Utah’s Michael Carcone also had his shot hit the left post at 13:19.
Toronto signed Alex Nylander, William’s brother, and he was in the lineup on Sunday with Matthew Knies (upper body) on injured reserve. Nylander started the season with the AHL Toronto Marlies.
–Field Level Media
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