Andersen shines for Matthews-less Leafs

No Auston Matthews? No Dicaprio Bootle Jersey problem for the Toronto Maple Leafs. For at least one night,the Leafs showed they can prosper without the services of their young star,as they defeated the Minnesota Wild 4-2 on Wednesday at the Air Canada Centre. It wasn't easy, however. The Wild had nearly double the number of shots than Toronto, finishing with a 37-19 advantage. The Leafs were far more efficient on the night, though, and boosted by a stellar outingfrom goaltender Frederik Andersen. Ive seen Freddie make better Willie Lanier Jersey saves, but he was good," Wild coach Bruce Boudreau said."He won them the game." Creed Humphrey Jersey Ma sive save from Frederik Andersen just before the Marleau goal Jeff Veillette (@JeffVeillette) First star Freddie Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) Shots aside, Minnesota was simplythe more aggre sive team all over the ice. The Wild outhit Toronto by a large margin, and even held a significant advantage in face-offs Chad Williams Jersey won, but at the end of the night the Leafs were simply better in front of goal than the visitors. Just feed it to Patty when he's open like that. NHL (@NHL) Nazem Kadri, Patrick Marleau, Connor Carrick and Connor Brown each scored for the Leafs, while Minnesota's Jason Zucker had goals in each of the first and third periods to make the game interesting. Toronto ultimately prevailed, giving the team itssecond consecutive victory. The Leafs had lost five of Derrick Gore Jersey six heading into this weekand Wednesday's victory improves their record to 10-7-0.