Dud: Joel Edmundson, D
The game's first two goals in the opening frame in the first period yesterday gave the Maple Leafs control of the momentum and the scoreboard before the first intermission during the game's first 20 minutes on the ice. Defenseman Joel Edmundson was stripped of the puck in the neutral zone, and that set up a goal for the Maple Leafs early in the opening frame in the first period.
In the opening frame in the first period yesterday, the Maple Leafs took the lead on the scoreboard with a couple of fortunate bounces from turnovers and unfortunate giveaways in the defensive zone and in neutral zone ice from the Kings on the blue line. Toronto took an Anze Kopitar turnover in the opening frame in the first period early in the game on the ice yesterday and turned it into a 2-0 lead on the scoreboard.
Late in the final frame in the third period yesterday, the Kings had a couple of bad turnovers on the blue line on defense and from Kuemper around the net around the goal line that led to untimely mistakes on the scoreboard. The Maple Leafs scored a goal off of bad and untimely turnovers by both Edmundson on the blue line on defense and by Kuemper in the final frame in the third period yesterday.