WINNIPEG, MANITOBA ¨C The Toronto Maple Leafs continued their early season road dominance on Wednesday, collecting a 4-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets to improve to a perfect 5-0-0 in away games this season.
John Tavares scored his seventh goal of the season, converting a pass from Mitchell Marner at the 8:28 mark of the third period after Marner had driven toward Winnipeg¡¯s net. Tavares¡¯ goal was an important momentum changer, as the Jets had scored twice earlier in the period to narrow Toronto¡¯s lead to a single goal.
Kasperi Kapanen, Nazem Kadri and Tyler Ennis also scored for the Leafs. The goal was Ennis¡¯ first of the season and first in a Maple Leafs jersey after playing for the Minnesota Wild last season.
The Jets suffered their first regulation loss on home ice this season, dropping to 5-1-1 in their own arena.
Panthers 3, Islanders 2 (OT)
In New York, Mike Hoffman scored a power play goal 33 seconds into overtime to cap a late comeback by Florida, which overcame a two-goal deficit in the third period.
Canucks 3, Golden Knights 2 (SO)
In Las Vegas, Markus Granlund scored in the fourth round of a shootout to give Vancouver a victory over the hosts.
Lightning 1, Avalanche 0
In Denver, Nikita Kucherov scored on the power play early in the third period, Andrei Vasilevskiy had 22 saves, and Tampa Bay edged the hosts.
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