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Bozak makes history

Tyler Bozak became the second player in Toronto Maple Leafs’ history to score a goal with his team skating two men short.
Tyler Bozak, Martin Brodeur
Toronto Maple Leafs' Tyler Bozak

NEWARK, N.J. — Tyler Bozak became the second player in Toronto Maple Leafs’ history to score a goal with his team skating two men short. Thirty one years after Darryl Sittler’s feat, Bozak matched it when he beat Martin Brodeur with Toronto skating 3-on-5 at 12:42 of the third period Wednesday night. Bozak lost a faceoff in his own end, but pushed the puck past Brian Rolston at the point and beat Brodeur with a backhander on a breakaway for his 15th goal. It cut the Devils’ lead to 3-2, but New Jersey went on to win 4-2. “I have missed quite a few short-handed breakaways this season,” said Bozak, who lost the faceoff in his own end on the play. “I can’t tell you what I did. I went in there and thought I’d go backhand, and it worked.” Sittler scored 3-on-5 on March 19, 1980, in a 9-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets.