Hurricanes manage a win with help from Leafs’ goalie Globe_Sports
Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Garret Sparks makes a save against the Carolina Hurricanes during third period NHL hockey action in Toronto on Tuesday, April 2, 2019.The Toronto Maple Leafs had nothing to fight for as far as the NHL playoffs were concerned and looked like it.
That Bruins win, by the way, combined with the Leafs loss guaranteed them home advantage in the first-round series between the two teams that will start next week. The ever-helpful Leafs – showing no lingering bitterness about the Hurricanes claiming their former backup goaltender Curtis McElhinney on waivers last fall – started Sparks in goal, the fellow who makes Leafs fans grind their teeth and think fondly of McElhinney. Leafs head coach Mike Babcock also elected to sit defenceman Jake Muzzin and forward Andreas Johnsson. The latter is ill and Muzzin might be as he was a surprise scratch.
However, it was the Leafs who were the first to put a puck into the net. Auston Matthews started a two-on-one rush and made a superb pass to William Nylander, who beat Mrazek with a shot at 15:01. But ‘Canes head coach Rod Brind’Amour challenged the goal on the basis Nylander was offside and the NHL’s video-review team agreed, wiping out the score.
The Hurricanes finally got a puck behind Sparks three minutes after the Leafs’ goal was waved off. Justin Williams grabbed the puck in the corner and threw it at the net. The puck hit Sparks’ skate blade and bounced into the net.
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