He went after the puck, then realizing he was badly cut, sped off to the Leafs dressing room leaving a trail of red. “I saw a ton of blood from somewhere, a lot more than from a usual high stick.”A Leafs medical staffer accompanied Mikheyev to the hospital. Then after losing the puck near Jersey’s net in extra time, Nylander retrieved it, drove the net and had Devils’ defender Damon Severson take it away, only to accidentally shoot it past Mackenzie Blackwood. A lack of finish was evident around Jersey’s net early on and they were vulnerable around Hutchinson, too. That resulted in Jersey’s goal, Justin Holl and Jake Muzzin both pushed off the puck behind Hutchinson, allowing Bratt to find Nico Hischier alone.

Source: National Post December 28, 2019 03:03 UTC