Toronto 4, Utah 3
When: 10:00 PM ET, Monday, March 10, 2025
Where: Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Referees:
Cody Beach, Chris Rooney
Linesmen:
Brandon Gawryletz, Mitch Hunt
Attendance:
11131
By Field Level Media
Mitch Marner scored the shootout winner as the Toronto Maple Leafs edged the Utah Hockey Club 4-3 on Monday night in Salt Lake City.
William Nylander, Calle Jarnkrok and Simon Benoit scored in regulation for Toronto, which squandered a 3-0 lead but still snapped a three-game losing streak (0-2-1).
Joseph Woll made 29 saves for the Leafs, who improved to 9-3-1 over the past 13 games and 19-11-2 on the road this season.
Michael Carcone, Nick Schmaltz and Barrett Hayton responded for Utah, which has dropped back-to-back games, both of which went beyond regulation.
Karel Vejmelka stopped 23 shots in the loss.
Down 3-0, Utah responded with three unanswered in the middle frame, including two in 49 seconds.
Carcone got Utah on the board at 8:14, redirecting a Josh Doan pass up and over Woll's glove.
Schmaltz tipped an Olli Maatta pass past Woll at 9:03.
Utah tied it 3-3 on a power play at 12:11 as Hayton deflected a Mikhail Sergachev point shot past Woll.
Toronto outshot Utah 13-4 in the first period and led 2-0 thanks to a pair of power-play markers.
Nylander opened the scoring, snapping a shot blocker-side past Vejmelka at 12:42, his team-leading 36th goal.
Toronto doubled its lead with 21.9 seconds remaining in the first as Jarnkrok one-timed a Max Domi feed past Vejmelka for his first goal since Jan. 6, 2024.
With the secondary assist, Morgan Rielly (418 assists) moved into seventh on the Maple Leafs' all-time list.
Benoit gave the Toronto a 3-0 lead at 4:48 of the second period as his point shot got past a screened Vejmelka.
On Monday morning, Utah general manager Bill Armstrong announced that defenseman Juuso Valimaki had surgery to repair a torn ACL and would miss eight to nine months.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Toronto |
|
Utah |
Simon Benoit 1 |
Points |
Michael Carcone 1 |
Simon Benoit 1 |
Goals |
Michael Carcone 1 |
Max Domi 1 |
Assists |
Josh Doan 1 |
Calle Jarnkrok 1 |
Power Play Goals |
Barrett Hayton 1 |
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
Joseph Woll .909 |
Save Percentage |
Karel Vejmelka .885 |
Joseph Woll 30 |
Saves |
Karel Vejmelka 23 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
Toronto
|
26 |
4 |
2-5 |
4-5 |
15 |
34 |
Utah
|
33 |
3 |
1-5 |
3-5 |
15 |
31 |
Upcoming Games
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Utah will play their next game at home against Anaheim. The Hockey Club have a W/L % of .414 after a win and .457 after a loss.
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Toronto will play their next game at home against Florida. The Maple Leafs have a W/L % of .641 after a win and .560 after a loss.