nhl Game Recap
Toronto Skates Past Dallas 5-3 - Recap
The Maple Leafs beat Dallas 5-3 on Wednesday, earning a victory backstopped by Frederik Andersen's 31 saves.
Toronto was an underdog by -102 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Toronto got goals from Tyson Barrie, Auston Matthews, Andreas Johnsson, William Nylander, and Zach Hyman in the victory. Matthews opened the scoring at 12:18 of the first period.
Frederik Andersen stopped 31 of 34 Dallas shots in the victory.
Dallas got goals from Alexander Radulov(2), and Denis Gurianov in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Dallas got a 29-stop effort from Ben Bishop in the loss.
Toronto scored 0 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Dallas went 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Toronto lost the shots on goal battle to Dallas by a margin of 34-34.
Next game, Toronto takes its act home to face Ottawa looking for another win. For Dallas, they head on the road to face New Jersey.