TORONTO – Joseph Woll made 33 saves for his first shutout of the season, whereas Bobby McMann, Nicolas Roy, Calle Jarnkrok and Matthew Knies scored because the injury-riddled Toronto Maple Leafs blanked the New Jersey Devils 4-0 on Tuesday.
Enjoying their third sport in 4 nights because the Christmas break, the Maple Leafs had been with out William Nylander (lower-body harm) for a second straight sport, Auston Matthews (decrease physique), Chris Tanev (decrease physique) and Dakota Joshua, who remained in Detroit after struggling a kidney harm in opposition to the Purple Wings on Sunday.
McMann scored on the facility play late within the first interval, and Roy added a redirect aim simply as one other man-advantage state of affairs had expired. McMann tipped the puck to Roy. Nicholas Robertson helped arrange each objectives.
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Jarnkrok scored within the third interval for his first aim since Nov. 1. Knies added an empty-netter.
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Woll led the Maple Leafs (18-15-6) to their third win in 4 outings together with his first shutout since Nov. 20, 2024, as the house squad was outshot 33-30.
The Maple Leafs’ goalie, who has gained three in a row, was notably stellar late within the second interval with the Devils urgent on the facility play, highlighted by a cease on Jesper Bratt’s wrister.
The Devils (20-17-2) misplaced their fourth straight earlier than 18,923 at Scotiabank Enviornment.
TAKEAWAYS
Leafs: With all of the accidents, 31-year-old defenceman Matt Benning, son of former NHLer Brian Benning, was promoted from the AHL Toronto Marlies. However the former Boston Bruins draft decide didn’t gown and hasn’t performed an NHL sport since his time with the San Jose Sharks on Oct. 29, 2024.
Devils: Centre Dawson Mercer carried out in his 367th consecutive sport. In his fifth season, the 24-year-old Carbonear, Nfld., native has but to overlook an outing. Earlier than the sport, the patron saint of Newfoundland hockey, Alex Faulkner, was honoured throughout a pre-game scoreboard tribute to Maple Leafs of the previous who handed away in 2025. Faulkner was 88.
KEY MOMENT
After the Maple Leafs constructed a 2-0 lead within the second interval, Woll made just a few acrobatic stops throughout a late-period energy play.
KEY STAT
McMann has 4 objectives in his final six video games.
UP NEXT
Devils: Go to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday.
Maple Leafs: Host the Winnipeg Jets on New Yr’s Day.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Dec. 30, 2025.
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