The Carolina Hurricanes traveled to Ontario to take on the Toronto Maple Leafs for the first of three games during the 2025-2026 season. It was a special night because it was the “Hall of Fame Game,” with a special pre-game ceremony for the induction of the Hall of Fame Class of 2025. The Hurricanes were winners of four of their last six and were on a three-game winning streak. The Maple Leafs were winners of three straight games before their latest loss to the Boston Bruins. It was two of the best teams in the Eastern Conference in a showdown looking to get a win before the weekend was over. After the last horn the Hurricanes defeated the Maple Leafs 5-4 to claim their fourth win in a row.
Summary of the game
There were five goals in the first period, three from the Maple Leafs and two from the Hurricanes. William Nylander was responsible for the score when he scored the first goal of the match five minutes into the opening phase. He received a pass from Matthew Knies as he flew into the high slot in the Hurricanes zone. He then scored with 59 seconds left to give the Maple Leafs the lead again and make it 3–2. Halfway through, the Hurricanes took a 2-1 lead, thanks to Sebastian Aho and Seth Jarvis.
Aho scored on the power play after a pass from Nikolaj Ehlers that went across the ice, 20 yards to be exact. Jarvis took a 2-1 lead after a great series of passes from Alexander Nikishin and Andrei Svechnikov found him in front of the Maple Leafs’ goal.
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John Tavares, in his 1,200th game, leveled the match at 2-2 exactly one minute after the Jarvis goal. He grabbed the rebound from the loose substitution after an initial save from Brandon Bussi. Bussi and Dennis Hildeby looked exhausted in the first twenty minutes of the match, with shots from 12-11 Hurricanes, but the score was 3-2 after one.
In the second period there were two goals in the middle frame, one from each side. Auston Matthews gave the Maple Leafs a 4-2 lead after receiving a pass right wide of the net and tucking it in with Bussi at the top of the crease. After hitting three posts earlier in the period, the Hurricanes finally got a goal, this one coming from Sean Walker. That is his third goal in four games, bringing the visitors within one goal. After two it was 4-3 Maple Leafs.
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In what was a two-period back-and-forth between the Maple Leafs and the Hurricanes, the visitors were able to score two in the final frame to complete the comeback. Taylor Hall tied the game at 4-4 just 3:20 into the third period. Logan Stankoven would ultimately get the game-winning goal and give himself a multi-point night after the assist on the Hall goal to make it a 5-4 lead for the Hurricanes. Nikolaj Ehlers and K’Andre Miller also had multi-point nights, after adding two assists each on the Aho goal and the Stankoven goal.
After the comeback win, the Hurricanes are now on a four-game winning streak and are 11-4-0 on the season. They return home to take on the Washington Capitals on Tuesday, November 11. As for the Maple Leafs, they fall to 8-7-1 after the loss. Their next game is on November 11th and they travel to Boston to take on the Bruins.
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