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02/03 22:30 CST Maccelli scores 2 as Maple Leafs beat Oilers 5-2, head into
Olympic break with 3 straight wins
Maccelli scores 2 as Maple Leafs beat Oilers 5-2, head into Olympic break with
3 straight wins
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) --- Matias Maccelli scored twice and the Toronto Maple
Leafs defeated the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 on Tuesday night.
Matthew Knies added a goal and an assist for Toronto (27-21-9). John Tavares
scored his 20th of the season and Bobby McMann added an empty-netter.
Anthony Stolarz stopped 34 of the 36 shots he faced for the Maple Leafs,
including a diving stop on Leon Draisaitl that prevent the Edmonton from
getting back into the game in the final minutes of the third period.
Jake Walman and Kasperi Kapanen scored for the Oilers (28-20-9), who have lost
two straight. Connor Ingram made 22 saves.
Toronto was coming off a 4-2 victory over the Flames in Calgary on Monday, and
heads into the Olympic break with a three-game winning streak.
Kapanen tied the score at 2 early in the third period, but a pair of penalties
proved to be Edmonton's undoing. Rookie winger Matthew Savoie was sent off for
interference, and Mattias Janmark joined him seconds later on a high-sticking
infraction. Maccelli scored just under a minute into Toronto's 5-on-3 advantage
and Tavares swiped a shot in from the side of the net on the power play to give
Toronto a 3-2 lead at the 7:42 mark of the third period.
Toronto went 2 for 2 on the power play, while Edmonton failed to score on its
only man-advantage chance of the game.
Up next
Maple Leafs: Off for the Olympic break and at Tampa Bay on Feb. 25.
Oilers: At Calgary on Wednesday.
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