There were not enough buttons for Sheldon Keefe to push to get his MapleLeafs out of an early hole. And Connor McDavid was simply too much for them to handle. reporterchris has more from Toronto where the EdmontonOilers star put on a show ⤵️
TORONTO — There were not enough buttons for Sheldon Keefe to push to get hisThe new head coach even gave No. 1 goaltender Frederik Andersen a rare pull in Monday’s 6-4 loss to theThat produced a quick goal in response, but couldn’t spark the Leafs to a bigger comeback.
Connor McDavid was simply too much for Toronto handle — setting up Oscar Klefbom and Darnell Nurse for Edmonton’s first two goals before scoring on a highlight-reel move in the third period where he danced around Morgan Rielly and beat backup goalie Michael Hutchinson glove side.Jason Spezza, Frederik Gauthier and Pierre Engvall replied for Toronto on a night where the bottom-six generated most of the offence.The Leafs fell to 15-5-1 since Keefe replaced Mike Babcock behind the Leafs bench.
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