Auston Matthews took a seat Tuesday. Minus the NHL's reigning goal king, the Toronto Maple Leafs' porous power play finally stepped up. The penalty kill was at attention, too.
, who scored on a man advantage in the second period and set up another goal in the third."It's hard to cover for , but everybody did their job."
That process included suiting up without Matthews against an opponent that had gone 8-0-0 over the teams' last eight regular-season meetings, and beat Toronto in seven games in the first round of last spring's playoffs. Matthews has five goals and 11 points in 13 games this season. He picked up an assist and played more than 22 minutes in Sunday's 2-1 overtime road loss to the
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