Campbell logs third shutout in Leafs' 3-0 win over Predators

Updated Nov. 16, 2021 9:58 p.m. ET

Associated Press

TORONTO (AP) — Jack Campbell made 24 saves to register his third shutout of the season as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Nashville Predators 3-0 on Tuesday night.

Auston Matthews, David Kampf and Mitch Marner scored for Toronto, which has won nine of its last 10 games. Matthews and Kampf both added assists.

Juuse Saros stopped 31 shots as Nashville lost in regulation for just the second time in its last 11 contests.

It was Campbell's seventh career shutout and his 100th regular-season NHL game.

Toronto honored Dion Phaneuf before puck drop after the former captain announced his retirement earlier Tuesday. Then the Maple Leafs jumped out to a 1-0 lead at 7:37 of the opening period. William Nylander found Matthews with a cross-ice pass, and he beat Saros shortside for his seventh goal of the season.

Toronto appeared to go up 2-0 at 4:35 on a scramble in front, but Matthews’ shot hit the crossbar and post and stayed out on a sequence that was originally called a goal on the ice.

Campbell kept his shutout bid alive midway through the period when he stopped Roman Josi in close.

Kampf sealed it with 3:56 left off a pass from Ondrej Kase, and Campbell shut the door from there before Marner got an empty-netter.

Nashville was at Scotiabank Arena for the first time since March 12, 2020, when they were supposed to play the Leafs before the NHL suspended its schedule because of the pandemic.

Notes: Toronto reacquired Kyle Clifford from St. Louis for future consideration on Tuesday. The Leafs originally traded for the grinding winger along with Campbell from the Los Angeles Kings in February 2020.

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Predators: Were supposed to play Thursday in Ottawa, but that game was among the three postponed this week because of the Senators’ COVID-19 outbreak. Nashville visits the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.

Maple Leafs: Hosts the New York Rangers on Thursday.

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