Mitch Marner extended his point streak to 16 games with a goal and an assist, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Saturday night.
Auston Matthews became the seventh player in team history with 200 career even-strength goals, William Nylander scored his 12th of the season and Pontus Holmberg his second for the, who have points in eight straight games and 14 of their last 16 overall. Marner's goal was his sixth of the season.are 5-0 on the road in November.are missing four regulars on defense, including top defenseman Morgan Rielly, but they held a 41-26 advantage in shots.
Marner needed 40 seconds to extend his point streak after he caught Pittsburgh in a bad line change and beat DeSmith on a breakaway. Marner has factored in Toronto's first goal in each of the team's last six games. Toronto is 7-3-2 when it scores first. Toronto dominated play and outshot Pittsburgh 24-6 at one point, yet still held a 1-0 lead. Pittsburgh appeared to tie the game at 7:58 of the second when the puck squeezed through Kallgren's equipment. Rakell battled behind Kallgren to backhand a shot across the line, but the play was deemed dead when the referee lost sight of the puck, and the goal was waved off.a 2-0 lead with a wrist shot from the slot to the glove side.
Nylander scored his 149th career goal, surpassing Hockey Hall of Famer Borje Salming for second-most by a Swedish player inMARNER'S STREAKING Marner is tied with Dave Andreychuk , Babe Dye and John Anderson for the third-longest single-season point streak in franchise history. Darryl Sittler and Ed Olczyk share theMarner has five goals and 22 points during his 16-game run.The teams met for the third time in 15 days. Both won by multiple goals on the road and
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