In Toronto Monday night, the Maple Leafs’ Frederik Andersen made 26 saves to post a 4-0 shutout over the Calgary Flames.
“It was good, we came right back and played a really good game again,” Andersen said. “This time we scored some good goals at the right times and we played really well defensively.”
Andersen got offensive support from Nazem Kadri who scored two goals (including his 100th NHL goal).
“It’s exciting,” Kadri said. “It’s exciting to be able to share them with my teammates. Obviously I’ve put in a lot of hard work but, at the end of the day, the only reason I care about that is because it helps our team win. It doesn’t really matter how it goes in or 
who scores as long as it’s in the back of the net.”
Toronto improved to 22-14-9.
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Brian Elliott continues to struggle in the Flames net and made 28 saves as Calgary fell back to 24-23-3.
Mitchell Marner‘s tip-in with just over a minute left in the first period broke the Flames’ back.
“If we don’t let in that goal at the end of the first period, it’s a different story, a whole different game,” Elliott said. “We won a draw and it ended up back after an icing in our zone, sometimes you hurt yourself a little bit.”
Zach Hyman scored for the Leafs on a shorthanded situation.
“You don’t look for offense on the PK, you look to stop the other team but our PK is aggressive so it allows for offense and turnovers,” Hyman said “When you have a 2-on-1 or a breakaway, you’re going to take it. Our aggressiveness leads to a lot of turnovers and that leads to chances.”
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