“It was me,” Slavin said of the infraction. The stretch included the 2021 playoffs and covered parts of 45 games. That was his first penalty in more than 1,074 minutes of ice time dating to last March. Slavin, a defenseman, was called for a second-period tripping penalty. “Hopefully, that’s a good step for me moving forward,” he said. Matthews wasn’t pleased with the outcome, but he tried to find a positive with his goal. He was without an assist across his first three games as well. Matthews was the NHL leader in goals with 41 last season, so getting him in the scoring column was key. “Freddie has just been a rock,” Lorentz said. The Maple Leafs were their busiest in the third period, recording nine shots. Aho has a point in every Carolina game this season, while Lorentz got his first goal of the season. “It was kind of weird how the game kind of went that way.”Īho and Lorentz scored less than 2 1/2 minutes apart in the second. “I thought our first period was our best period of play and we were down 1-0,” Brind’Amour said. With the Hurricanes failing to score in the first period, it meant they trailed entering the second for the first time this season. “I think we’re confident to get out of this rut.”Īuston Matthews opened the scoring for the Maple Leafs with his first goal of the season. “We've just got to believe,” left wing Michael Bunting said. Jack Campbell stopped 31 shots for Toronto, which is 0-3-1 in its past four games and has managed just one goal in three of them. “It was kind of tough mentally to kind of shut that off and not try to analyze every play and what they might do.” “I was trying not to think too much about it,” Andersen said. His latest performance came with personal connections to the opponent. It’s good that we’re finding ways to win.”Īndersen has been the only goalie used by the Hurricanes this season. “This group is going to work hard every night,” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said. Andrei Svechnikov added an empty-netter and Jaccob Slavin had two assists. Sebastian Aho, Steven Lorentz and Nino Niederreiter scored second-period goals for the Hurricanes. (AP) - Frederik Andersen made 24 saves against his former team and the unbeaten Carolina Hurricanes matched the best five-game start in franchise history by defeating the struggling Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 on Monday night. Toronto Maple Leafs' John Tavares (91) moves the puck away from a challenge by Carolina Hurricanes' Jordan Martinook (48) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Monday, Oct. Toronto Maple Leafs' John Tavares (91) moves the puck away from a challenge by Carolina Hurricanes' Jordan Martinook (48) during the first period of a.