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Pysyk scores 3 times as Panthers beat Maple Leafs 5-3

TORONTO (AP) — Mark Py- to like about what we did."
syk scored three times in his Matthews' 37th goal of the
first career hat trick, and season made it 3-1 38 sec-
the Florida Panthers beat onds into the third. But Py-
the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-3 syk and Huberdeau scored
on Monday night. 58 seconds apart, tying it at
Mike Hoffman had a goal 3 at 3:18.
and an assist for Florida, Hoffman put the Panthers
which trailed 3-1 early in the ahead to stay when he
third period. Mike Mathe- banked his 19th off Leafs
son had three assists, and defenseman Cody Ceci
Sergei Bobrovsky made 31 and through Hutchinson's
saves in the Panthers' sev- pads at 10:30.
enth win in eight games. "It's just one of those series
Frederik Andersen started of unfortunate events that
for Toronto and stopped ends up in the back of your
seven of eight shots, but net," Hutchinson said.
was forced into concus- Florida, which beat Toronto
sion protocol after getting 8-4 in Sunrise on Jan. 12,
bumped into at least three weathered a late surge by
times — with the worst com- the Maple Leafs before Py-
ing on a collision with Pan- syk completed his hat trick
thers center Frank Vatrano. with an empty-netter.
Coach Sheldon Keefe said Florida Panthers defenseman Mark Pysyk (13) scores an empty net goal, his third of the game, "I got lucky at the end
as Toronto Maple Leafs right wing Mitch Marner (16) looks on during the third period of an NHL
his No. 1 goalie passed hockey game, Monday, Feb. 3, 2020 in Toronto. there," Pysyk said. "Break-
concussion protocol, but Associated Press away, open net. I thought I
he didn't know if he would was going to miss it. ... I was
practice Tuesday before a meeting with the Rangers Auston Matthews, William scored for Toronto, which a little nervous."
the Leafs fly to New York for on Wednesday. Nylander and John Tavares had won three in a row. The Panthers were without
Mitch Marner had two as- Aleksander Barkov, who
was sidelined by a lower-
sists.
Canada beats U.S. in OT, pulls "I don't think the result is in body injury. The star center
any way indicative of the got hurt during Saturday's
within 2-1 in Rivalry Series way the game went," Keefe 4-0 loss at Montreal in Flor-
said. "When you talk about ida's first game back after
the maturity of our team, a the All-Star break and bye
lot of the narrative is how week.
VICTORIA, British Colum- we can't defend. That's the Leafs defenseman Travis
bia (AP) — Victoria Bach best defensive game we've Dermott returned to the
scored 3:22 into overtime played the entire season. I lineup after missing Sat-
to lift Canada over the don't know if we gave up urday's 2-1 overtime win
United States on Monday over four scoring chances against Ottawa with an ill-
night in the third game of at even-strength. ness, while winger Kasperi
the Rivalry Series. "(We) just got distracted by Kapanen was also back
Bach's backhander off a the 3-1 goal and perhaps following a one-game ban-
2-on-1 pass from Blayre that's an area we'd like to ishment to the press box
Turnbull beat goalie Nicole have back and do better for being late to Friday's
Hensley, who faced a Ca- job of. There's a lot of things practice.q
nadian onslaught in the
extra frame.
The Canada-U.S. Rivalry
Series was at full intensity.
Canada's Brigette Lac-
quette tied it for Canada Canada celebrates a goal to tie the game against the USA
during the third period of the Rivalry Series hockey game at the
with just under seven min- Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia,
utes left in the third period Monday, Feb. 3, 2020.
with a wrist shot from just Associated Press
inside the blue line during
an intense scramble for anne Jenner scoring short- This was coach Troy Ry-
the puck. handed for Canada early an's first game behind the
Canada had a two-player in the period. Jenner had bench after replacing for-
power-play advantage a clear breakaway and mer coach Perry Pearn
for more than a minute scored when she bobbled last month. The Americans
and Lacquette's goal the puck and it squeezed won the first two games
came with the Americans through Hensley's pads. last December in Hartford,
down one player but fac- Hilary Knight scored on the Connecticut and Monc-
ing fierce pressure from power play for the Ameri- ton, New Brunswick.
the Canadians, who held cans with a blast from The teams play next in
possession for much of the the right face-off circle Vancouver on Wednes-
penalties. the 12:01. It was her 200th day, and the series wraps
The teams traded goals career point with the U.S. up Saturday in Anaheim,
in the second, with Bri- team. California.q