Leafs lose 5-3 to Panthers as Andersen suffers upper-body injury Globe_Sports
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitchell Marner skates with the puck against Florida Panthers in the third period at Scotiabank Arena. The Panthers beat the Leafs 5-3 on Feb. 3, 2020.The Toronto Maple Leafs’ worst fears could have been realized at Scotiabank Arena on Monday night when goaltender Frederik Andersen was pulled from the game with a possible injury.
Andersen’s removal from the game may have led to a crushing 5-3 defeat against a team with which the Maple Leafs are in a tight race for a playoff position. They allowed four consecutive goals in the third period as the Panthers leaped over them in the Atlantic Division standings. In defeat, Matthews scored his 37th goal. It was his 18th in the last 19 games and leaves him one behind David Pastrnak of Boston, who leads the league.William Nylander also scored for Toronto, his career-high 25th of the season. Nylander, who had seven last year in 54 games after holding out for a better contract, has a goal in each of the last five games.
“It didn't go very well, but it's a challenging scenario,” Keefe said. “He came in cold and [was] not expecting to play. He goes in during the second period and other than a couple of dump-ins, I don't know if he had any shots. That's a tough ask of any goalie.” The Maple Leafs dominated the first 20 minutes but could not beat opposing goalie Sergei Bobrovsky. The two-time Vézina Trophy winner turned away 10 shots in the first 11 minutes 24 seconds as his teammates failed to generate one. He had 15 by the end of the period.
"We want to make sure we're ready to play,” Joel Quenneville, the Panthers coach, said earlier in the day."Everybody's looking for the same two points. [This game could be] a huge four-point swing.”
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