Alex Steeves scored his first NHL goal as the Toronto Maple Leafs jumped on the Carolina Hurricanes early and held on late for a 6-3 victory Saturday.

The Hurricanes won 6-3 in the previous meeting. Jordan Staal led the Hurricanes with three goals. TOP PERFORMERS: William Nylander has 33 goals and 22 assists for the Maple Leafs. Matthew Knies ...

William Nylander added two assists ... first in his 12th NHL game and Holmberg got credited with Toronto's second when Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal accidentally put the puck in his own net. Kampf ...

William Nylander added two assists ... and Holmberg got credited with Toronto's second when Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal accidentally put the puck in his own net. Kampf then finished off ...

William Nylander added two assists ... and Holmberg got credited with Toronto's second when Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal accidentally put the puck in his own net. Kampf then finished off ...

Jordan Staal scored his fourth career hat ... and Seth Jarvis (Canada). The Maple Leafs had William Nylander (Sweden), Auston Matthews (USA) and Mitch Marner (Canada). thehockeynews.comThe Hockey ...

David Kampf and Auston Matthews also scored, William Nylander added two assists ... for the second goal at 3:29 when Carolina's Jordan Staal knocked the puck into his own goal during a goalmouth ...

While the puck lay on the goal line, Jordan Staal inadvertently banked ... After Tavares took a pass from William Nylander in the slot, Kochetkov dropped his stick and reached with his blocker ...

Eric Staal and Dany Heatley responded for Canada ... accepting a pass from William Nylander who stripped the puck from Alexsander Barkov and set up the New York Rangers center to give Sweden ...