May 19, 2024

Matthews’ 200th goal not enough as meandering Maple Leafs fall to Hurricanes | CBC Sports

Frederik Andersen made 24 saves against his former team and the unbeaten Carolina Hurricanes matched the best five-game start in franchise history by defeating the struggling Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 on Monday night.

Sebastian Aho, Steven Lorentz and Nino Niederreiter scored second-period goals for the Hurricanes. Andrei Svechnikov added an empty-netter and Jaccob Slavin had two assists.

Carolina also was 5-0-0 in 2019-20.

Jack Campbell stopped 31 shots for Toronto, which is 0-3-1 in its past four games and has managed just one goal in three of them.

WATCH | Maple Leafs lose to Hurricanes, extend losing streak to 4 games:

Steven Lorentz pots the winner as Canes defeat the Leafs

Carolina Hurricanes defeated Toronto 4-1 Monday night to extend the Maple Leafs winless streak to four games. 0:52

Auston Matthews opened the scoring for the Maple Leafs with his first goal of the season. His wraparound came 3:25 in.

With the Hurricanes failing to score in the first period, it meant they trailed entering the second for the first time this season.

Aho and Lorentz scored less than 2 1/2 minutes apart in the second. Aho has a point in every Carolina game this season, while Lorentz got his first goal of the season.

WATCH | Maple Leafs’ Matthews scores 200th career NHL goal:

Maple Leafs Auston Mattews scores 200th career NHL goal

Toronto Maple Leafs 1-0 opening goal against the Carolina Hurricanes Monday becomes Auston Matthews 200th career NHL goal. 0:46

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