In Toronto, the Maple Leads’ Nicholas Robertson‘s second goal of the game came in extra time on Thursday to give the Leafs a 3-2 win over the Dallas Stars.
“It was exciting,” Robertson said. “I was just excited. You kind of dream of this stuff to score an overtime winner in the NHL but now for me it’s just to keep going and earning every day.
“A 3-on-1 and I’m going out there with the best player and one of the best defensemen in the League (Morgan Rielly), so it was kind of easy to put that one in.”
Ilya Samsonov made 26 saves in the Leafs win.
The victory came a game after the Maple Leafs were embarrassed by the Arizona Coyotes in a 4-2 loss.
Dallas was whistled for eight minor penalties, Toronto scored once off the power play.
“A lot of penalties,” the Stars’ Tyler Seguin said. “Our PK did a great job but when we are taking so many penalties, it’s hard for anybody to really stay in a rhythm but for a road game, it was decent.”
Sequin had a power play goal to tie the 2-2.
“I figured it wouldn’t count because they said no goal on the ice and then took that long,” Seguin said. “I was saying it probably wasn’t going to happen, but I didn’t think I did anything wrong and I’m one of those guys who always thinks you’re innocent.”
Alexander Kerfoot had a single marker for the Maple Leafs.
“It was a good win,” Kerfoot said. “That team doesn’t give up much. They play well through the neutral zone, don’t give you anything off the rush and you have to work for everything you get against them. Our special teams weren’t great tonight, that was kind of the difference in how the game ended up but we found a way to get it done in overtime and get the two points.”
The Stars took a 1-0 lead on a strike from Luke Glendening.
“We know we have to keep building, keep getting better and that’s what the season is all about,” Kerfoot said. “We haven’t come close to our best right now, but we just have to continue to stick with it, stay together as a group, know that we have to work harder and we’re going to get to a better spot.”
Scott Wedgewood made 40 saves in the Stars loss.
“It is a good road point,” Stars coach Peter DeBoer said. “I thought Wedgewood was excellent. We found a way to get a point in a tough building. We knew they’d be really good and they were. Had we been able to stay out of the box, I liked our chances of winning the game.”
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