> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Recap: Leafs lose to Carolina in a shootout - URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/recap-leafs-hurricanes-shootout/ - Published: 2024-03-17T02:02:21.000Z - Updated: 2024-03-17T02:02:21.000Z - Description: Two evenly matched teams take it to extra time. - Author: Cathy Squires - Tags: Game Coverage ### First Period Ilya Samsonov makes his first save at five minutes in. The Hurricanes have been concentrating on disrupting the Leafs offence, effectively, so far. As per usual with the Hurricanes and Leafs, there are no whistles, the game roars past, and if you aren't careful, you've forgotten to score. Samsonov with a couple of big saves as the Leafs are allowing a little too much pressure. > Samsonov denies Orlov [pic.twitter.com/raV2CIPyLE](https://t.co/raV2CIPyLE?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 16, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1769144024508621137?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Jesper Fast takes a penalty and the Leafs go to the power play. > Fast goes off for hooking [pic.twitter.com/eNxTzHqv5J](https://t.co/eNxTzHqv5J?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 16, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1769145677391523936?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Timothy Liljegren immediately loses the puck at the blueline, but the Leafs recover fast. William Nylander gives the puck up, and the Canes do nothing with it. And that's that, John Tavares takes a penalty and we're done with this truly terrible power play and worse PK from Carolina. > Tavares to the box for holding [pic.twitter.com/b7a3poHmcl](https://t.co/b7a3poHmcl?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 16, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1769146285565636877?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Conner Dewar with the only chance for either team, and it comes with the Hurricanes on the power play. Defensive indifference from Evgeny Kuznetsov there. > Dewar takes off shorthanded [pic.twitter.com/CvacSLu0vh](https://t.co/CvacSLu0vh?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 16, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1769147042452926729?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) That was a contest for who had the stupidest players on the ice, and I'm not sure which team won. Trash all over the place. Tavares almost immediately draws a penalty from Jordan Staal, so the Leafs power play gets another chance. > Leafs head back to the powerplay > > Staal is called for holding [pic.twitter.com/WkkSMtSK7q](https://t.co/WkkSMtSK7q?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 16, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1769148033986380103?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Nick Robertson with the best chance on what was a much better effort overall. But even that was a shot hooked way wide. > Bertuzzi finds Roberston > > doesn't get enough on it [pic.twitter.com/Oe03zbh91E](https://t.co/Oe03zbh91E?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 16, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1769148786255757433?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Dewar takes a penalty. This game started out free-flowing but that was then. > the holding derby continues > > Dewar to the box [pic.twitter.com/NO2iPizHoU](https://t.co/NO2iPizHoU?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 16, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1769149134814998895?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Okay, everyone's stick is greased with bacon fat. It's the only explanation for the flubbed shots, failed passes and just general bad play from both teams. Thankfully that period is over. Let's forget it ever happened. #### Thoughts Neither team looked very good, but Carolina had the puck more while Toronto did all their shooting on the power play. ### Second Period The second period starts like a contest between two teams whose standings position is set. Oh, hey, green is us! JT opens the scoring after some of the best Leafs puck movement of the game. (Preceded by some Samsonov heroics, of course.) > Brodie makes it difficult on the zone entry and finds Tavares through the middle [pic.twitter.com/9QzpJKGtiO](https://t.co/9QzpJKGtiO?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 17, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1769156936807633256?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) **1-0 Leafs** Oh, even better. Nylander puts it up top right while I was thinking about how good he and Max Domi have been this period. > WILLIAM NYLANDER 🚨 > > We're in style! 36th of the season! [pic.twitter.com/ejXxaiJPyV](https://t.co/ejXxaiJPyV?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 17, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1769157769783861576?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) **2-0 Leafs** Nylander ties his career high in points set last season. Leafs to the box again. Actually playing five-on-five was too good to last. More holding. > Knies to the box for holding [pic.twitter.com/BTT1wUe2qD](https://t.co/BTT1wUe2qD?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 17, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1769159230584410505?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Nylander with a shorty chance, and he is not Mitch Marner at this task. Not even close. Bobby McMann with a breakaway, and his is better. No goal, though. Now 34 tries it, and he's okay, just okay. Something has happened to the Canes power play and it's not pretty. LOL JT gets a break, goes deep, and NRob comes too! > NICK ROBERSTON 🚨 > > THE COMEBACK KING! IT'S 3-0! [pic.twitter.com/eor7WiAUqh](https://t.co/eor7WiAUqh?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 17, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1769160641753874571?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) **3-0 Leafs** Jordan Martinook gets one back > Jordan Martinook puts Carolina on the board [pic.twitter.com/YaKmYG8L9z](https://t.co/YaKmYG8L9z?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 17, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1769162564334702804?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) **3-1 Leafs** Samsonov never really handles a point shot while standing. Jake McCabe goes off for tripping because the other guy fell down. > McCabe goes to the box for tripping [pic.twitter.com/h5s3miJeKK](https://t.co/h5s3miJeKK?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 17, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1769164131821670771?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Booooo. Canes finally get a functional segment of power play and get a goal with a second left in the second period. > Seth Jarvis brings Carolina within one [pic.twitter.com/C9SBst5mR6](https://t.co/C9SBst5mR6?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 17, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1769164827274907719?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) **3-2 Leafs** #### Thoughts So, do you remember way back last year when the Leafs were much more dominant at xG%? Their biggest weakness, as they worked their butts off to maintain o-zone possession, was rush chances against. Interesting, no? In totally unrelated news, Nylander and Domi look great in this game. ### Third Period Joel Edmundson and Liljegren make a save in the first few seconds. Samsonov is not in control in this game. > Liljegren and Edmundson save a goal [pic.twitter.com/nGifQyrhRv](https://t.co/nGifQyrhRv?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 17, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1769169788226486783?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Breakaway! David "sick hands" Kämpf get the two goal lead back. > the neutral zone has been the Leafs' hunting ground this game [pic.twitter.com/cEYWVvTPsV](https://t.co/cEYWVvTPsV?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 17, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1769170657604985280?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) **4-2 Leafs** This southern cooking is excellent. Mmmmm turnovers. Martinook goes off for high sticking giving the Leafs a chance to showcase this weird Liljegren as the D, Rielly as an F power play. This one is better, but some chances were left on the ice. And then Samsonov has to make a big, big save shorthanded. > Samsonov shows him the glove [pic.twitter.com/JZWY4VKWxG](https://t.co/JZWY4VKWxG?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 17, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1769171842625921338?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Carolina certainly getting some chances, but a team effort is keeping them out. Carolina pull the goalie with 3:30 to go. Leafs take a penalty so on the one hand, it's six-on-four. On the other hand, the Leafs can ice it. > Kampf to the box > > Hooking is the call [pic.twitter.com/LkdqvLBZDI](https://t.co/LkdqvLBZDI?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 17, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1769176927586189427?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) And the puck finds the back of the net. David Kämpf with the game-winning goal because David Kämpf took a very ill-timed penalty. > Sebastian Aho brings Carolina within one [pic.twitter.com/Kl4kzhQzbX](https://t.co/Kl4kzhQzbX?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 17, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1769177763716514131?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) **4-3 Leafs** Brent Burns looses the shot, and it's tipped in. > Sebastian Aho again > > tie game [pic.twitter.com/ntgNE87hjY](https://t.co/ntgNE87hjY?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Omar (@TicTacTOmar) [March 17, 2024](https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1769178379394179458?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) **Tie Game** #### Thoughts So, Sebastian Aho. Not a bad player. ### Overtime Nylander with a break, but no! Kuznetsov comes back, but also no! This isn't OT, it's a shootout. Domi can't do it. Matthews can't do it, but he does get the Leafs a power play. Leafs win the first faceoff and get some chances, but lose the second. They get the puck back quickly, though. Four forward PP for this second portion. Domi and Nylander both fan on shots, and the Canes are helping their goalie enough. I don't know why David Kämpf is playing in OT, but Morgan Rielly gets two great shots while he's there. ### Shootout We always knew it was headed here. Kuznetsov with some goofy business where he goes really slow. Whatever, guy. Jake Guentzel wins it in the coinflip. --- Next game is Tuesday in Philadelphia again, followed by a Wednesday game in Washington. Tomorrow afternoon is PWHL Toronto vs Montréal in Pittsburgh, so see you then!