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TORONTO — Pierre Engvall scored a short-handed goal with 4:42 left in the third period the Devils lost 3-2 to the Maple Leafs on Wednesday night.
Engvall moved in on a 2-on-1 rush with Ilya Mikheyev off serving a double minor for high-sticking, delayed and then fired his 11th goal of the season past Nico Daws.
Mikheyev also scored a short-handed goal and Mitch Marner had the other score for Toronto, which got 20 saves from Petr Mrazek.
Nico Hischier had a goal and an assist, and Damon Severson also scored for the Devils. Daws stopped 28 shots.
Toronto’s Mark Giordano debuted for his hometown team following Sunday’s trade that brought the 38-year-old defenseman and forward Colin Blackwell to the Maple Leafs from the Seattle Kraken. Giordano played on the third line with Timothy Liljegren, while Blackwell skated on the fourth line with Jason Spezza and Wayne Simmonds.
The Devils, who beat the Rangers 7-4 on Tuesday, opened the scoring at 5:03 of the second on a power play. Severson’s pass to Jack Hughes at the side of the net glanced off a sliding Ilya Lyubushkin and through Mrazek’s pads.
Toronto evened things at 12:30 when Mikheyev blew past P.K. Subban and beat Daws.
The Devils reclaimed the lead at 13:56 shortly after a penalty to Auston Matthews penalty expired and Hischier poked a loose puck home in the crease.
But Toronto responded 58 seconds later when Marner took a pass from Matthews and blasted a one-timer past Daws to set a career high with his 27th goal of the season. Matthews also tied a career best with his 80th point of the season on the setup.
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