Past met present on Sunday at Raleigh, N.C., during a superb goaltending duel in which 75 shots yielded just three goals, albeit ending in a 2-1 Hurricanes win.
Woll made 41 stops, but Andersen shut down his closest friends, namely NHL leading scorer Auston Matthews, through two and a half periods before Nick Robertson scored.
After six straight games of scoring three or more goals — including six the night before against Edmonton — the Leafs were stymied despite finding holes in the usually solid Canes defence.
Toronto was also 0-for-4 on the power play, with some 6-on-4 time before the final buzzer. Matthews was thwarted on each of his team-high seven shots.
Andersen did have a couple of pucks land behind him, but the Leafs couldn’t whack them over the line. But just when it seemed Toronto’s NHL-leading streak of not being shut out would end at 214 games — eighth-longest in league history — Robertson atoned for some earlier mistakes with his 10th goal this year. The assist went to Matthews during a line change.
