Marner scores in shootout to lift Leafs over Panthers
SUNRISE, Fla. — The Toronto Maple Leafs won their third straight game on the road and are leaning on their young players to do it.
Mitchell Marner scored in the third round of the shootout to lift the Maple Leafs over the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Wednesday night. Marner’s shot from the slot went between the pads of Roberto Luongo.
“I was just trying to get it over that stick of his,” said the 19-year-old Marner. “He got a piece of it and luckily it had enough juice to get through. I wanted that move from the start and luckily it went in.”
Rookie Auston Matthews, also 19-years-old, got his team-leading 17th goal and an assist, and William Nylander also scored for the Maple Leafs. Frederik Andersen made 45 saves and blanked Florida in the shootout.