The Toronto Maple Leafs went on the road to face a Metropolitan Division team with a former Maple Leaf making the start in net…there was no way this game was going to turn out well. Frederik Andersen played as well as he could, but it was Curtis McElhinney’s night as his new team, the Carolina Hurricanes, picked up the win at home, 5-2.
The Hurricanes out shot the Maple Leafs 45-32 (29 of their shots coming in the first period alone), and the Leafs once again went down 2-0 in the first period. But unlike their win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday, the Leafs couldn’t find a way to tie the game, trailing 3-1 in the third period and not able to find that tying goal.