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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Minnesota 3, Toronto 2
When: 7:30 PM ET, Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Where: Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Referees: Kevin Pollock, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Steve Miller
Attendance: 18944
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 2103
Toronto 1102
Periods:
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  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
1
Minnesota   Toronto
  0:00 Auston Matthews wins the face-off against Erik Haula.
  0:17 Auston Matthews shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  0:27 Auston Matthews shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  0:27 Tyler Bozak wins the face-off against Eric Staal.
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against William Nylander. 1:43  
  2:50 Auston Matthews wins the face-off against Tyler Graovac.
Tyler Graovac shoots. Saved by Frederik Andersen. 3:04  
  3:30 Tyler Bozak wins the face-off against Erik Haula.
Zach Parise shoots. Saved by Frederik Andersen. 3:51  
Erik Haula wins the face-off against Auston Matthews. 4:09  
  4:18 Zach Hyman wins the face-off against Erik Haula.
Nate Prosser shoots. Saved by Frederik Andersen. 4:54  
  5:28 Connor Carrick shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
Erik Haula shoots. Saved by Frederik Andersen. 7:16  
  7:23 Auston Matthews wins the face-off against Erik Haula.
  7:37 Tyler Bozak wins the face-off against Eric Staal.
Jason Zucker scores. Assisted by Mikael Granlund. Assisted by Mikko Koivu. 8:42
(1-0) 		 
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against Nazem Kadri. 8:42  
  8:55 Frederik Andersen penalty for Interference - 2 mins.
Eric Staal wins the face-off against Ben Smith. 8:55  
  10:18 Ben Smith wins the face-off against Mikko Koivu.
Nino Niederreiter shoots. Saved by Frederik Andersen. 11:11  
Mikael Granlund shoots. Saved by Frederik Andersen. 13:50  
Chris Stewart scores. Assisted by Jared Spurgeon. Assisted by Kurtis Gabriel. 14:22
(2-0) 		 
  14:22 William Nylander wins the face-off against Erik Haula.
  14:37 William Nylander shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  14:56 Matt Martin shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  15:53 Leo Komarov shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  16:31 Nazem Kadri shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  16:50 Nazem Kadri shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  16:50
(2-1) 		Ben Smith scores. Assisted by Nazem Kadri. Assisted by Morgan Rielly.
Tyler Graovac wins the face-off against William Nylander. 16:50  
Jason Pominville wins the face-off against Auston Matthews. 17:22  
  19:27 Nikita Soshnikov shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  19:49 Ben Smith wins the face-off against Erik Haula.
2
Minnesota   Toronto
  0:00 Auston Matthews wins the face-off against Erik Haula.
Erik Haula wins the face-off against Auston Matthews. 0:09  
Eric Staal scores. Assisted by Charlie Coyle. 1:15
(3-1) 		 
  1:15 Nazem Kadri wins the face-off against Mikko Koivu.
  1:50 Ben Smith wins the face-off against Tyler Graovac.
  2:07 Roman Polak penalty for Fighting - 5 mins.
Kurtis Gabriel penalty for Fighting - 5 mins. 2:07  
  2:07 Auston Matthews wins the face-off against Jason Pominville.
  3:52 Nazem Kadri wins the face-off against Eric Staal.
  4:07 Nazem Kadri wins the face-off against Mikael Granlund.
Jason Pominville shoots. Saved by Frederik Andersen. 5:16  
  5:16 Auston Matthews wins the face-off against Chris Stewart.
  5:42 Matt Hunwick shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
Chris Stewart shoots. Saved by Frederik Andersen. 6:16  
  6:18 Tyler Bozak wins the face-off against Eric Staal.
Eric Staal shoots. Saved by Frederik Andersen. 7:17  
Mikael Granlund shoots. Saved by Frederik Andersen. 7:58  
Erik Haula wins the face-off against Nikita Soshnikov. 7:58  
Jonas Brodin shoots. Saved by Frederik Andersen. 8:03  
  9:18 Auston Matthews shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  9:22 Nazem Kadri wins the face-off against Charlie Coyle.
  9:52 Morgan Rielly shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  10:02 Tyler Bozak wins the face-off against Eric Staal.
  10:05 Nazem Kadri wins the face-off against Mikko Koivu.
Mikko Koivu shoots. Saved by Frederik Andersen. 10:37  
Erik Haula wins the face-off against Tyler Bozak. 10:45  
  10:54
(3-2) 		Tyler Bozak scores.
  10:54 Auston Matthews wins the face-off against Erik Haula.
Tyler Graovac wins the face-off against Ben Smith. 11:13  
Chris Stewart shoots. Saved by Frederik Andersen. 11:24  
  11:24 Ben Smith wins the face-off against Tyler Graovac.
  11:47 Ben Smith shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  12:16 Tyler Bozak wins the face-off against Eric Staal.
Eric Staal penalty for Slashing - 2 mins. 12:57  
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against Auston Matthews. 12:57  
  13:37 Nazem Kadri shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  13:38 Leo Komarov shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
Erik Haula wins the face-off against Tyler Bozak. 13:41  
  13:50 Tyler Bozak wins the face-off against Erik Haula.
  14:58 Mitchell Marner shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
Eric Staal wins the face-off against Nazem Kadri. 16:08  
Matt Dumba shoots. Saved by Frederik Andersen. 16:13  
Tyler Graovac wins the face-off against Ben Smith. 16:13  
  16:46 Ben Smith wins the face-off against Erik Haula.
  17:17 Auston Matthews wins the face-off against Mikko Koivu.
  17:41 Auston Matthews shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
Eric Staal wins the face-off against Nazem Kadri. 19:10  
3
Minnesota   Toronto
Erik Haula wins the face-off against Auston Matthews. 0:00  
Erik Haula wins the face-off against Auston Matthews. 0:10  
Erik Haula wins the face-off against Auston Matthews. 0:14  
Eric Staal wins the face-off against Tyler Bozak. 0:43  
Charlie Coyle shoots. Saved by Frederik Andersen. 0:47  
Tyler Graovac wins the face-off against Matt Martin. 1:50  
Tyler Graovac wins the face-off against Auston Matthews. 1:57  
Tyler Graovac wins the face-off against Mitchell Marner. 2:13  
  2:34 Jake Gardiner shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
Eric Staal wins the face-off against Auston Matthews. 2:48  
Mikael Granlund shoots. Saved by Frederik Andersen. 3:53  
Mikko Koivu wins the face-off against Ben Smith. 3:53  
  4:27 Leo Komarov shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  4:33 William Nylander shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  6:16 Jake Gardiner shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  6:25 Mitchell Marner shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  8:00 Nazem Kadri wins the face-off against Mikko Koivu.
  9:13 Roman Polak shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
Eric Staal wins the face-off against Tyler Bozak. 9:13  
  9:26 Jake Gardiner shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
Eric Staal wins the face-off against Auston Matthews. 9:26  
  10:01 Connor Brown shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  10:27 Nazem Kadri shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  11:26 Tyler Bozak wins the face-off against Mikko Koivu.
Erik Haula wins the face-off against Auston Matthews. 11:47  
  12:12 Zach Hyman shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  12:13 Tyler Bozak wins the face-off against Eric Staal.
Eric Staal wins the face-off against Tyler Bozak. 12:20  
Ryan Suter penalty for Interference - 2 mins. 12:46  
  12:46 Nazem Kadri wins the face-off against Mikko Koivu.
  12:57 Nazem Kadri shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  13:16 Jake Gardiner shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  13:16 Nazem Kadri wins the face-off against Mikko Koivu.
  13:31 Jake Gardiner shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
Eric Staal wins the face-off against Tyler Bozak. 13:31  
  14:37 Nazem Kadri wins the face-off against Mikko Koivu.
  14:44 Leo Komarov shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
Charlie Coyle shoots. Saved by Frederik Andersen. 15:56  
  18:07 Tyler Bozak wins the face-off against Erik Haula.
  18:51 Connor Brown shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  19:27 Morgan Rielly shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  19:33 Jake Gardiner shoots. Saved by Devan Dubnyk.
  19:33 Nazem Kadri wins the face-off against Mikko Koivu.