Marner's streak at Leaf-record 18 games
Pierre Engvall scored with 2:27 left in regulation, Mitch Marner had a goal to stretch his point streak to a franchise record-tying 18 games, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the San Jose Sharks 3-1 on Wednesday night.
The Leafs improved to 8-0-2 over their last 10 games.
Marner tied Darryl Sittler (1978-79) and Eddie Olcyzk (1989-90) for the team mark. The 25-year-old is the 23rd player in NHL history with a point streak of at least 18 games. He has seven goals and 17 assists during the streak.
Jack Quinn scored the only goal in a shootout, Dylan Cozens had the second twogoal game of his career and Buffalo held off Detroit after squandering a three-goal lead in the third period. RANGERS 3, SENATORS 1 >> Jimmy Vesey and Barclay Goodrow gave New York a two-goal lead midway through the second period, and the Rangers snapped a three-game skid.
PENGUINS STAR DEFENSEMAN LETANG SUFFERS STROKE >> Penguins defenseman Kris Letang is out indefinitely after suffering a stroke.
GM Ron Hextall said that the 35-year-old Letang had the stroke Monday. Letang was a last-minute scratch in a 3-2 overtime loss to Carolina with an undisclosed illness.
The team said the six-time All-Star is not experiencing “any lasting effects” and is undergoing testing.
This is the second stroke Letang has suffered during his 17-year career, the other in 2014.
The Tempe City Council unanimously approved a proposal for a new Coyotes arena and entertainment district, clearing the way for a public vote on the project next year.
The City Council approved the proposal 7-0 after a lengthy meeting that included NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman.
The $2.1 billion project would include a 16,000-seat arena, practice rink, 1,600 apartments, two hotels and a theater. Approval of the project was the final step before it goes to referendum on May 16.
The team is currently playing at Arizona State's 5,000seat Mullett Arena, by far the NHL's smallest arena.
As the Kings wobble in their own zone, they will seek short-term stability tonight during a visit from one of the NHL's lowest scoring teams, the Arizona Coyotes, who might also help the Kings resolve their defensive struggles with a titillating trade piece.
The Kings placed goalie Cal Petersen on waivers following a 9-8 overtime defeat Tuesday to the Seattle Kraken. It tied for the highest scoring regular-season contest in Kings history, resembling a video game more than an NHL match with its dizzying torrent of scoring and only intermittent structure from the two sides.
Kings coach Todd McLellan said that his club lost Tuesday's game as a group and that every area of his roster merited examination. On a night when both teams seemed porous and particularly poor defending the slot, Kings turnovers also factored into goals against, their two goalies taking a nearly even number of lumps.
That evaluation began with a bang as Petersen, he of a $5 million cap hit and .868 save percentage, was placed on waivers despite McLellan's comments. The move will likely land Petersen in the minors today.
“We have to look at each of the positions, starting with goal, and then D, and then the forwards, and we'll break down the opportunities that we gave up,” McLellan said. “We gave up 30 shots on goal and nine goals, so where were they getting the grade-A chances?”
Center Phillip Danault said the game had a strange feel from the outset and that although he'd never been part of such a loose, back-and-forth affair, the Kings had to glean wisdom from the loss.