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Game #23 Review: Vegas Golden Knights 4 vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 2

Your game in ten:

1. The quick and dirty game summary: It was a tightly-contested first period in which there were some half chances both ways and a breakaway apiece that didn’t result in either goalie really being challenged (by Ilya Mikheyev for the Leafs and Tomas Nosek for Vegas). The Leafs didn’t get scored on by a team that usually starts well at home, so it was a minor victory there.

The second period was rough 20 from the Leafs (40% possession, lost 14 of 22 faceoffs), and while they didn’t give one up at evens (just on the PK, as is tradition), one of a couple of lengthy own-zone spells led to the penalty that set up the goal, marking the 18th time the Leafs have trailed first in 23 games.