TORONTO – – Alexander Kerfoot broke a tie with 9:14, Frederik Andersen scored 27 saves and the NHL-leading Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the last Ottawa Senators 2-1 on Wednesday night
Auston Matthews scored his 14th NHL leader in the second game of the three-game series in Toronto Goal for league leaders Toronto Jake Muzzin had two assists
Brady Tkachuk scored for Ottawa and Matt Murray made 26 stops
At the start on Monday evening, Ottawa overcame a 5-1 deficit with a 6-5 win in extra time.The teams will complete the series on Thursday evening
Not long after a power game in Toronto ended, Kerfoot fished a puck out of a fight in front of Murray after Muzzin’s first shot for his third goal of the season
Toronto opened the 13th Matthews scored in his last 12 games at 4:32 a.m. Shortly after Joe Thornton waved off one of his own players for the second time in that game – a high stick this time – Matthews took a pass from Justin Holl and shot a one-timer Murray over
Tkachuk connected it with 1:22 in the second for his fifth of the season and 100 NHL point
Senators Against Maple Leafs
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