What Happened
Gavin McKenna scored on a third-period power play to break a 1-1 tie and give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 3-1 win over the San Jose Sharks on Monday. McKenna scored at 4:56 of the final period. Auston Matthews had a goal and two assists for Toronto, and Nick Paul added an empty-net goal. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 30 shots for his first home win with the Maple Leafs. Mason Marchment scored for San Jose, and Yaroslav Askarov made 28 saves.
Key Details
- Toronto improved to 4-4-2 and ended a three-game slide (0-2-1).
- San Jose fell to 4-4-1.
- Marchment opened the scoring at 13:54 of the first period.
- Matthews tied it on the power play with 12 seconds left in the second.
- The game was the first NHL meeting between 2026 draft picks McKenna (No. 1) and Ivar Stenberg (No. 2).
What It Means
The result ends a three-game slide for Toronto and gives Bobrovsky a first home win since joining the Maple Leafs. Matthews factored in all three Toronto goals, while McKenna delivered the decisive power-play moment in his first meeting with Stenberg, the player taken one pick after him in 2026.