The Leafs cruised to a 5-1 win over the Kraken on Sunday night. Auston Matthews lit the lamp twice, Mitch Marner set up three straight goals and Ilya Samsonov outdueled both Kraken goaltenders. Below are the highlights from the game.
Vince Dunn opened the scoring after the Leafs failed to clear the zone. Jordan Eberle set him up in the slot and Dunn beat Samsonov blocker side…
Vince Dunn just likes scoring against the Maple Leafs 🤷 pic.twitter.com/i6ZmfDn2qU
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) February 27, 2023
The Leafs tied it up a couple minutes later. Mark Giordano beat a screened Philipp Grubauer with a soft shot from the top of the circle to make it 1-1…
Mark….
Geee-or-DAAAAAAAAAN-O!!! pic.twitter.com/lhzP2QqDtf
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) February 27, 2023
John Tavares put the Leafs up one cleaning up Justin Holl’s point shot. 2-1 Leafs…
HERE’S JOHNNY!!! pic.twitter.com/oKnfUIQwQ4
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) February 27, 2023
They got an insurance marker from Timothy Liljegren later in the first. Mitch Marner found him all alone and he hammered a one timer to make it 3-1…
HIMOTHY!! pic.twitter.com/BWlq551PI1
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) February 27, 2023
Matthews put the Leafs up three early in the second period. He did his best Vladdy Guerrero Jr. impression batting the puck past Grubauer. That was it for Grubauer. Martin Jones replaced him after the goal…
Hey batta batta!! pic.twitter.com/aUawRuIBfS
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) February 27, 2023
Giordano set the all-time blocked shots record with this play a minute later…
Mark Giordano makes history
2045 blocks pic.twitter.com/Fg2Ml5eun4
— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) February 27, 2023
The Kraken tried to get back into the game but Samsonov wasn’t having it. He denied Alex Wennberg late in the second…
strong read from Samsonov on this save pic.twitter.com/4tHaGeknfk
— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) February 27, 2023
Noel Acciari made his presence felt with this hit on Jared McCann in the third period…
McCann ran into a wall named Noel Acciari pic.twitter.com/2ecAUsMROi
— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) February 27, 2023
The solid play from Samsonov continued. He stretched out to make a beauty pad save and keep the Leafs up by three…
at the top of the crease with good positioning and Samsonov makes the save pic.twitter.com/3bqhMwHyUO
— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) February 27, 2023
Marner set up Matthews for his second goal of the game. Three straight primary assists for Marner. 5-1 Leafs final.
PAPI DOUBLE DIPS 🚨 pic.twitter.com/ywJu793LXK
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) February 27, 2023
