Toronto spent a lot of Sunday night in the penalty box, and Matvei Gridin made it pay. The Calgary winger scored twice and assisted on another goal, with five shots and almost six minutes of power-play time, as the Calgary Flames beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2.
The win at the Scotiabank Saddledome, in front of 18,476, moves Calgary to 5-6-0. Toronto is 7-5-2.
Eight Toronto Penalties, 19 Minutes
The Maple Leafs took eight penalties for 19 penalty minutes and gave Calgary five power plays, per ESPN's box score. Calgary converted one. Gridin opened the scoring at 10:05 of the first period, Mikael Backlund made it 2-0 at 11:50, and Gridin scored again 25 seconds into the second, his fourth goal of the season.
Toronto got within 3-2 on goals by Easton Cowan and William Nylander. Joel Farabee and Martin Pospisil scored in the last 1:25 of the third, and Gridin had the assist on Pospisil's goal.
Devin Cooley Held Off a Late Push
Calgary goalie Devin Cooley made 26 saves on 28 shots, including seven while the Flames were short-handed. Calgary outshot Toronto 34-28 even though the Maple Leafs blocked 16 shots and won 58.6 percent of the faceoffs. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 29 of 32 for Toronto. Auston Matthews had an assist and won 6 of 14 faceoffs in 19 minutes.
Calgary plays at Edmonton on Wednesday, and Toronto visits Seattle the same night. Full numbers are in the ESPN box score. More hockey on our NHL page.