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Calle Jarnkrok had a goal and two assists for the Maple Leafs,
who are 12-2-1 in their last 15 games.
Justin Holl, John Tavares and Alexander Kerfoot also scored for
Toronto, and Ilya Samsonsov made 30 saves.
Calle Rosen, Ryan O'Reilly, Justin Faulk and Jordan Kyrou scored
for the Blues, and Jordan Binnington stopped 32 shots.
The Maple Leafs scored just 3:08 into the game. Mark Giordano
fired a slap shot into Auston Matthews' screen, and then Holl
converted the rebound after moving in from the right point.
Rosen tied the game 1-1 with a slap shot from atop the left
circle. Samsonov stopped Alexey Toropchenko's jam shot, but
Logan Brown sent the rebound back to Rosen.
Toronto took a 2-1 lead with 57 seconds left in the first
period. Tavares scored from the right faceoff dot off Mitchell
Marner's pass from the right corner.
Kerfoot scored shorthanded to make it 3-1 at 5:26 of the second
period. Jarnkrok attacked from the left corner and Kerfoot
rolled the bouncing rebound into the net.
O'Reilly cut the Toronto lead to 3-2 by coming down the middle
on a 3-on-2 break and banking in a shot off the right post.
Faulk tied the game 3-3 with a power-play slap shot from the
center point off Pavel Buchnevich's pass back from the right
circle.
Toronto then retook the lead 4-3 on Jarnkrok's goal. Pontus
Holmberg moved in from the right side, and Jarnkrok converted
the rebound from a tough left-side angle.
Kyrou tied the game 4-4 by snapping a shot from the right
faceoff dot through Robert Thomas' screen for his seventh goal
in his last four games.
Binnington stopped TJ Brodie's penalty shot in overtime, but
Nylander scored on a breakaway after stealing the puck from
Vladimir Tarasenko at center ice.
--Field Level Media
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