Mitch Marner continued his impressive play with two goals, leading the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 3-2 victory over the Utah Hockey Club in their first-ever matchup.
TORONTO — On a night where William and Alex Nylander entered the Maple Leaf record book, it was business as usual for Mitch Marner . Marner scored twice in a second-period surge as Toronto defeated the Utah Hockey Club 3-2 Sunday to extend its winning streak to four. The victory, in the lone NHL game on the schedule, came in the first-ever meeting between Toronto and Utah.
Marner has six goals and eight assists in the eight games that captain Auston Matthews has been out with an upper-body injury. He now has multi-point games in seven of his last eight outings, upping his season total to 11. Only Minnesota's Kirill Kaprizov has more multi-point games, with 12. His teammates and coach aren't surprised. 'It's just kind of standard — the level that he brings year-in and year-out and what he brings to our club and what he means to this team,' said John Tavares, who set up Marner's first goal with a perfect pass from deep in the Toronto end.'He's an elite player, makes plays, does so many good things ... Plays in all situations, brings an element to our locker-room that's unique. So we're really lucky to have him.' Marner's seventh and eighth goals of the season upped his career total to 202, moving him past Syl Apps (201 goals) into 14th place on the franchise all-time goal list. 'I think it's business as usual,' coach Craig Berube said of Marner's production.'Even early on in the year, he was playing really good hockey for us — in all situations, not just scoring. I find he's shooting a little bit more, which is great. I think he can still shoot more but he's doing a real good job for us.' Toronto (13-6-2) was also without the injured Matthew Knies, Max Domi, David Kampf, Max Pacioretty and Calle Jarnkrok and the suspended Ryan Reaves. Down 1-0 after a sluggish opening period, Toronto turned it up in the second with three goals in five minutes 35 seconds. The Leafs outshot Utah 16-6 in the perio
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