The Maple Leafs’ first-period foibles continued. They failed to score on a handful of good early chances, and then later John Tavares flipped a forehand over a wide-open net during a power play from five feet away.
A spotlight followed Tavares as he skated circles around the ice minutes before the puck drop. It was the captain’s first game since he suffered a broken finger against Washington on Oct. 16. He took the Maple Leafs’ first shot, missed on the power play point-blank and otherwise was fairly quiet. “We were patient, didn’t try to force much and grinded through the game,” Nylander, who also had an assist, said.The Kings may not be good but they are big and play a tough, heavy game. Jeff Carter dropped Alexander Kerfoot with a hard, high shoulder in the first period and bodies flew all night. Between them the teams had 49 hits.
The game was the first for Jake Muzzin against his former team. Muzzin played in Los Angeles for eight seasons before he was traded to Toronto early in 2019. He had dinner with some of his former teammates in Toronto on Sunday night. A good time was surely had then, but Tuesday was not a barrel of laughs for anyone.Drew Doughty, the chippy and plain-talking defenceman for the Kings, was less of a pest than usual.
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