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Matthews pots two, Leafs dominate the Kraken 5-1: Game Highlights

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Scott Ony
1 year ago
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…
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…
John Tavares put the Leafs up one cleaning up Justin Holl’s point shot. 2-1 Leafs…
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…
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…
Giordano set the all-time blocked shots record with this play a minute later…
The Kraken tried to get back into the game but Samsonov wasn’t having it. He denied Alex Wennberg late in the second…
Noel Acciari made his presence felt with this hit on Jared McCann in the third period…
The solid play from Samsonov continued. He stretched out to make a beauty pad save and keep the Leafs up by three…
Marner set up Matthews for his second goal of the game. Three straight primary assists for Marner. 5-1 Leafs final.
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