VANCOUVER – Auston Matthews and William Nylander, getting back from damage, scored in a shootout because the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 Saturday in a battle between two struggling Canadian groups.
Matthews had an opportunity to win the sport in three-on-three extra time when he was awarded a penalty shot after Conor Garland was referred to as for hooking however Vancouver goaltender Nikita Tolopilo made the save.
Nicolas Roy and Max Domi scored for Toronto (25-21-9), which snapped a six-game dropping streak.
Jonathan Lekkerimaki and Tom Willander scored for Vancouver (18-31-6). The Canucks have two wins of their final 17 video games.
Joseph Woll made 28 saves for Toronto, whereas Tolopilo stopped 39 shot for Vancouver.
After a scoreless first interval the groups scored thrice within the second.
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Lekkerimaki gave Vancouver the lead at 1:55 of the interval. He took Liam Ohgren’s go from the boards and fired a shot previous Woll’s stick facet for his second purpose of the season. Roy tied the sport at 13:34 of the second with a shot from the faceoff circle. Simply 71 seconds later Vancouver’s Evander Kane crossed the blue line and despatched a go throughout the ice to Willander. The puck went off Willander’s skate, onto his stick and he beat Woll with a shot underneath his blocker.
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Domi tied the sport early within the third with a shot that hit Tolopilo’s shoulder then rolled over his again into the online.
TAKEAWAYS
Canucks: The Canucks had been outshot 18-5 within the third interval. … Lekkerimaki was enjoying in his eleventh recreation. His different purpose got here within the opening recreation of the season. … Ahead Brock Boeser missed his third recreation underneath concussion protocol.
Maple Leafs: Roy’s purpose was his first in 16 video games. … Defenceman Morgan Rielly left the sport within the second interval with an upper-body damage. … Nylander returned to the lineup after lacking seven video games with a groin damage. … Defenceman Marshall Rifai dressed for his first recreation with the Leafs since Feb. 21, 2024. He had wrist surgical procedure in September after an damage in a pre-season recreation.
KEY MOMENT
Elias Pettersson seemed to have given Vancouver a 2-0 lead seven minutes into the second interval however Garland was referred to as for goaltender interference.
KEY STAT
Vancouver has simply six residence wins this 12 months and hasn’t gained consecutive video games at Rogers Area all season.
UP NEXT
Maple Leafs: Go to the Calgary Flames on Monday.
Canucks: Go to the Utah Mammoth on Monday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Jan. 31, 2026.
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