Marner, Bozak fuel Maple Leafs in rout of Hurricanes
TORONTO -- Mitch Marner and Tyler Bozak each scored a goal and added three assists as the Toronto Maple Leafs breezed to an 8-1 rout of the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday afternoon.
James van Riemsdyk contributed a goal and two assists for the Maple Leafs (21-13-1), who ended a three-game losing streak.
Leo Komarov, Patrick Marleau, Kasperi Kapanen, William Nylander and Connor Carrick also scored for Toronto, which celebrated the 100th anniversary of its first game. The Toronto Arenas, who eventually became the Maple Leafs, lost 10-9 to the Montreal Wanderers on Dec. 19, 1917.
Zach Hyman had two assists and goaltender Frederik Andersen stopped 32 shots for Toronto.
Jeff Skinner scored for the Hurricanes (14-12-7), who had their three-game winning streak stopped. Scott Darling permitted eight goals on 36 shots.
The Maple Leafs led 4-1 after the first period.
Komarov scored with his team short-handed for his fourth goal of the season at 2:52 of the first period, nine seconds after Toronto's Matt Martin was penalized for holding. Darling was beaten on a high shot from above the right circle.
Marner scored from the top of the right circle on a power play at 5:33, his third goal of the season and his first since Nov. 11.
It came after Carolina's Josh Jooris was assessed four minutes for roughing and Toronto's Roman Polak two minutes for roughing after their skirmish.
Skinner notched his 12th goal of the season at 9:07 to trim the Toronto lead to 2-1.
Toronto scored again on a power play at 10:34 when van Riemsdyk knocked in a loose puck for his 16th goal of the season. Brett Pesce was off for slashing.
Bozak scored his seventh of the season at 13:28 on an easy shot after Marner worked the puck in front of the goal.
The Maple Leafs scored six seconds apart in the third period. Marleau banked his 12th goal of the season off a defenseman at 9:25 and Kapanen scored his second.
Nylander scored his sixth of the season at 14:05 and Carrick netted his second of the season on a power play at 18:33.
NOTES: Toronto C Auston Matthews (upper body) missed his fifth straight game Tuesday and D Nikita Zaitsev (lower body) was put on injured reserve after blocking a shot in the loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Friday. D Martin Marincin was recalled from the Marlies of the AHL but was not in uniform Tuesday. ... Toronto wore jerseys based on the design of those worn by the Arenas. ... The Maple Leafs visit the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday. ... The Hurricanes will visit the Nashville Predators on Thursday.