Maple Leafs skate past Capitals for 7-3 win

Michael Bunting, William Nylander and Ilya Mikheyev each scored two goals and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the visiting Washington Capitals 7-3 on Thursday night.

Ilya Lyubushkin added a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs (48-20-6, 102 points). John Tavares added three assists to give him 501 for his career. Pierre Engvall, Auston Matthews and Morgan Rielly had two assists each. Rielly has 301 career assists.

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