In Toronto, Mitchell Marner scored late in regulation to rally the Maple to a tie with the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday night. Hos second goal of the game came in extra time for a 4-3 win. 
“It was a bit of a crazy game there, taking the lead, getting the lead taken from us, and then coming back to tie that game,” Marner said. “Just the work ethic, the battle we had tonight, it was something we talked about wanting to do more of going into the second half, and tonight was a great night to kind of start that.”
Petr Mrazek made 28 saves for the Maple Leafs win.
“It’s always a little special (facing an old team),” Mrazek said. “A lot of people have asked me about that, but I think of it as just another team, another game. Just try to prepare as best you can to get the win.”
Nino Niederreiter and Derek Stepan scored for the Hurricanes.
Carolina dropped to 31-9-3.
“It was a good game,” Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind’Amou said. “I thought we played well. I’m not disappointed at all in our effort or anything. Obviously, you’d love the two points, but for not having any power plays, I just thought we created a lot of offense, especially in the second period, where we had four or five breakaways and 2-on-1’s that we didn’t cash in on and it could have been a different game there.
“Give the players credit on both teams. It’s a dead building and these guys played hard tonight. I thought it was a good game.”
Auston Matthews also scored twice for Toronto.
The Maple Leafs improved to 30-10-3.
“A lot of really good things today in the game,” Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe said. “It’s not an easy team to play against, they make it really hard on you to break out, get through the neutral zone and play on offense. I really liked how we stuck with our game.”
Tony DeAngelo also scored for the canes.
Frederik Andersen made 28 saves in the loss.
“I think it’s tough to get too emotional in these circumstances,” Andersen said. “It was nice of them to kind of say thanks for the time here, and then I moved on and focused on the game again. It’s a little bit weird, but eventually the game has to come first, so it was back to focusing on that.”
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