Overview
- Auston Matthews missed a penalty shot in overtime but converted in the shootout, and William Nylander scored in the shootout in his return from a seven-game groin injury absence.
- Max Domi tied the game early in the third period after Nicolas Roy’s second-period goal, while Jonathan Lekkerimaki and Tom Willander scored for Vancouver.
- Toronto controlled the final frame, outshooting Vancouver 18-5 to force overtime in a tight contest.
- Joseph Woll made 28 saves for the Maple Leafs, and Nikita Tolopilo stopped 39 shots for the Canucks, including the overtime penalty-shot attempt by Matthews.
- Toronto remains eight points back of the Eastern Conference’s final wild-card spot, lost Morgan Rielly to an upper-body injury for evaluation, and now visits Calgary and Edmonton before the Olympic break.