Red-hot Mitch Marner scores twice to lead Maple Leafs over Rangers 5-3
TORONTO — Mitch Marner was stuck on six goals for nearly a month.
Now the red-hot winger can’t stop putting the puck in the net.
Marner scored twice in the third period as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the New York Rangers 5-3 on Saturday night.
The 21-year-old was originally credited with another goal eventually given to Andreas Johnsson, which prompted fans at Scotiabank Arena to litter the ice with headwear for a second consecutive hat trick that wasn’t. Marner scored late in Thursday’s 6-1 spanking of the Florida Panthers — a goal that some in the crowd thought was a third for John Tavares.