TORONTO – William Nylander returned from a six-game absence as a consequence of damage with one objective and two assists because the Toronto Maple Leafs cruised previous the Vancouver Canucks 5-0 on Saturday evening.
Matias Maccelli, Max Domi, John Tavares and Nick Robertson additionally scored for Toronto (22-15-7), which prolonged its successful streak to 3 video games, and 7 straight at house. Joseph Woll made 29 saves for his second shutout of the season.
Thatcher Demko was pulled after giving up three first-period targets on six photographs for Vancouver (16-23-5), which dropped its sixth in a row. Kevin Lankinen stopped 16 photographs in aid.
Maccelli opened the scoring on the Leafs’ second shot 8:03 into the primary interval. Nylander and Auston Matthews had a give-and-go earlier than Nylander despatched a centring cross in entrance for Maccelli to tip in.
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Domi scored with 3:29 left after being sprung forward right into a partial breakaway by Troy Stecher.
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A streaking Nylander skated round Marcus Pettersson off a feed from Steven Lorentz and tucked in a backhand simply out of the attain of Demko’s stretched out leg with 20 seconds left within the first.
Nylander discovered Tavares on their lonesome behind Vancouver’s defence and Tavares roofed it previous Lankinen at 13:07 of the second interval.
Robertson scored with 13.4 seconds left on the ability play.
TAKEAWAYS
Maple Leafs: Toronto was whistled for 4 penalties, together with ending up in a 4-on-3, and solely had six photographs to Vancouver’s 15 within the opening interval. The Leafs bought their first shot on objective 7:09 into the sport. However the theme of the body, and the sport, was high quality over amount, persistence and capitalizing on errors.
Canucks: Regardless of the shot rely (29-24), Vancouver simply couldn’t determine the Leafs’ defence. The Canucks have been additionally dominated within the faceoff circle (69.6 per cent to 30.4 per cent). Domi pummelling Pettersson in a battle with six minutes left within the second interval was a snippet of how the sport unfolded.
KEY MOMENT
Nylander’s objective appeared to place an early nail within the coffin for Vancouver.
KEY STAT
Domi’s objective was his one centesimal level (22 targets, 78 assists) with the Leafs.
UP NEXT
Canucks: Play the fourth of their six-game highway journey in opposition to the Montreal Canadiens on Monday.
Maple Leafs: Begin a four-game highway journey in opposition to the NHL-best Colorado Avalanche on Monday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Jan. 10, 2026.
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