A few minutes after the fight, the Leafs got the go ahead goal from Brad Boyes and never looked back.
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A buck 30 left in the first, Leafs get on the board from a 3 on 2. At that time, the club will have the injury re-examined to determine whether more recovery time is needed; for now, the projected return is for early March.
Polak’s two assists gave him eight career two-point games, and first since November 20, 2014, against the Lightning.
The Blues didn’t look like a team that had gotten into town at 1:15 that morning after playing Friday night in NY. Good scrap. (The Blues’ David) Backes tries to be bully.
Tarasenko gave the Blues a 1-0 lead just 1:51 into the first period on his 15th of the season after a 2-on-1 breakaway with Paul Stastny. Backes came in alone but Sparks, playing his third National Hockey League game, made the save and Backes couldn’t get to the rebound. But a heads up play by Leo Komarov pushed the puck just enough off of the stick of Bouwmeester to allow Kadri to take the flubbed clear and deposit it into the back of the net. “That’s a contending team right there, they’re a great team, one of the better teams in the league and we came in here and got a solid road win”.
The period ended with forward Steve Ott hunched over on the bench in pain.
If the missed chances stung in the first intermission, in the second, they hurt.
Polak, who also assisted on Kadri’s goal, was originally credited with the next goal, on a top-shelf slap shot at 6:11 of the second period after taking a pass from Shawn Matthias. And with 11:03 to go, Toronto took the lead. 3-1 Leafs after 40. It was only a temporary move, as Allen went back in 2 minutes, 18 seconds later.
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Third period, Morgan Reilly to Nazem Kadri, his 2nd of the game, 5th of the year.
