{"id":5744,"date":"2019-02-28T20:24:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T20:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=5744"},"modified":"2019-02-28T20:24:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T20:24:20","slug":"toronto-maple-leafs-decimate-edmonton-in-second-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/toronto-maple-leafs-decimate-edmonton-in-second-period","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Maple Leafs Decimate Edmonton in Second Period"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Andreas Johnsson celebrates after scoring last night in the second period against the Edmonton Oilers<\/p><\/div>\n

The Toronto Maple Leafs earned a hard fought win last night as the beat out the Edmonton Oilers 6-2 and earned their third victory in a row. However, it was not without loss after Travis Dermott was hit from behind by Brad Malone in what resulted in an injury to his shoulder and will be out for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n

Another of the Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> top players, Jake Gardiner, is also out and slated week to week due to a back injury. That compounds the loss of Dermott and places Toronto\u2019s back-end is a bad position. That was not lost on Mike Babcock, head coach for the Leafs who said,<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat are you going to do? Bottom line is, someone else is going to get a chance here. We\u2019ll find a player, maybe a better pair than we had playing, and go from there. Our forwards have to do a better job now and make sure we don\u2019t spend much time in our zone.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Andreas Johnsson scored two goals last night and scoring one each was Mitch Marner, Patrick Marleau, William Nylander and John Tavares. Assists were handed to Mitch Marner, Patrick Marleau, William Nylander, John Tavares, Connor Brown, Tyler Ennis, Ron Hainsey, Zack Hyman, Kasperi Kapanen and Auston Matthews.<\/p>\n

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