SCORES: Guentzel scores in the second overtime to help the Hurricanes defeat the Maple Leafs 5–4.

TORONTO (AP) — On Saturday night, the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 after coming back from a two-goal deficit in the shootout. Jake Guentzel scored the game’s winning goal.

For Carolina, Guentzel and Brent Burns each had two assists, Jordan Martinook and Seth Jarvis scored, and Sebastian Aho had two goals and an assist. 36 shots were stopped by Pyotr Kochetkov.

Burns became the 42nd player in NHL history to skate in 1,400 games during the regular season.

Guentzel was called for cutting in overtime, and Carolina had to kill the penalty.

“You don’t feel well. Guentzel stated, “You never want to put the team in that situation.” “Penalty Kill performed a fantastic job. Much relief.

In the third round of the shootout, Guentzel scored the only goal of the tiebreaker with a shot through Samsonov’s pads. The teams swapped chances in the 3-on-3 extra period, which included a Maple Leafs power play.

“Winning the shootout and coming out on top is the cherry on top,” Guentzel remarked.

Toronto also had goals from David Kampf, Nick Robertson, and William Nylander in addition to John Tavares’ goal and assist. Ilya Samsonov made 36 saves, and Morgan Rielly had two assists.

Sheldon Keefe, the coach of the Maple Leafs, said, “We got good efforts.” “The outcome is disappointing, but I believed we were there.”

Forwards Calle Jarnkrok (hand injury) and Mitch Marner (high ankle sprain) were out for Toronto. Due to an upper-body injury, Teuvo Teravainen was unable to participate for the Hurricanes.

Aho scored a power-play goal with 1:32 remaining in the third period, with the Hurricanes trailing 4-2 and Kochetkov having withdrawn for an extra player. Then, with 5.8 seconds left and the team playing 6-on-5 to force overtime, Aho tied the score with his 27th goal of the year.

Despite exchanging opportunities, including a Toronto power play, neither side was able to score in the extra period.

Then, in the third round of the shootout, Guentzel prevailed by shooting through Samsonov’s pads.

Before last week’s trade deadline, Carolina, who fell to Florida in the Eastern Conference final the previous season, added Evgeny Kuznetsov and Guentzel, while Toronto added some depth players.

At 4:47 in the second period, Tavares scored his 21st goal for the Maple Leafs by putting a shot under the crossbar while on a breakaway.

At 6:27, Nylander doubled the score with his 36th goal on another breakaway. Robertson, who had not appeared in the starting lineup since February 29th, then collected a pass from Tavares in close and finished upstairs for a three-goal lead.

With 6:33 left in the game, Martinook scored his 12th point of the game off a rebound to give the Hurricanes the lead.

With 2.7 seconds remaining in the first, Jarvis scored his 22nd goal to give the Hurricanes a 3-2 lead.

Following a scoreless second in which the Hurricanes outshot the Maple Leafs 16–14, Kampf scored his sixth on a breakaway at 2:55 to increase Toronto’s lead to 4–2 and give Toronto a bigger advantage.

Rod Brind’Amour, the coach of the Hurricanes, stated, “We gave them four goals.” “I give the guys a lot of credit, but giving up breakaways like that was not typical of how we (do) it.” persevered and had a strong conclusion.

Later in the period, Samsonov had his supporters singing his name after he stopped Jesper Fast with a short-handed glove before Aho pushed back.

Marner has returned to skating after missing his third straight game. After suffering an injury during Thursday’s 6-2 triumph in Philadelphia, Jarnkrok is regarded as week-to-week.

Next up

Hurricanes: Playing the second of a three-game trip at Ottawa on Sunday night.

Maple Leafs: Starting a two-game trip Tuesday night at Philadelphia.