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Kessel scores 3 to sink Ducks
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Toronto Maple Leafs sniper Phil Kessel found his scoring touch and the Anaheim Ducks lost their composure in the NHL on Tuesday night in Toronto.
Riding Kessel’s three-goal performance, the Leafs recovered from a poor start to defeat Anaheim and deny the Ducks a club-record eighth straight win.
It was a Jekyll and Hyde performance for the Leafs, who were booed off the ice after a woeful first period that saw them outplayed, outshot 6-2 and outscored 1-0. Kessel struck twice and Toronto scored three unanswered goals in the second period to climb out of a 2-0 deficit.
“The first period we were awful tight,” Toronto coach Randy Carlyle said. “We couldn’t execute a 20-foot pass if the guy was wide open. ... We were tripping over one another the first period.”
Toronto got its forecheck going and Kessel started the comeback with a power-play goal at 7:44 of the second period. The Ducks began to unwind and the Leafs soon led 3-2.
Anaheim coach Bruce Boudreau was left lamenting the rapid turnaround.
“We played really good for the first 30 minutes of the game,” he said. “But I think the big thing is we just lost our composure for 10 minutes.”
Captain Dion Phaneuf also scored for the Leafs.
In other games, it was: Capitals 5, Jets 4 (SO); Blackhawks 3, Panthers 2 (SO); Canucks 5, Islanders 4 (OT); Oilers 4, Canadiens 3; Blue Jackets 4, Devils 1; Wild 2, Predators 0; and Coyotes 4, Flames 2.
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