MOSCOW, Mar 24 Toronto Maple Leafs beat New Jersey Devils» in the match of the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL). The meeting, held in Toronto, ended with a score of 3:2 (0:0, 2:2, 1:0) in favor of the hosts. The winners included Ilya Mikheev (33rd minute), Mitchell Marner (35th) and Pierre Engvall (56th) goals. Washers Mikheev and Engvall were abandoned in the minority. The guests scored Damon Severson (26) and Niko Hishir (34). For Mikheev, this puck was the 13th this season. In total, having missed the start of the championship due to injury, he played in 34 matches and scored 18 (13 goals + 5 assists) points. Mikheev has scored in three of Toronto's last five games. The Russian defender of the Canadian team, Ilya Lyubushkin, spent 16 minutes 48 seconds on the ice, did not score with any goals and ended the meeting with a +2 rating. In the Eastern Conference standings, Toronto (85 points, 63 matches) is in fourth place. New Jersey (51 points, 64 games) is 14th. In another game of the day, the Colorado Avalanche lost at home to the Vancouver Canucks 1-3. The hosts' Russian forward Valery Nichushkin scored an assist, while guests' forward Vasily Podkolzin left the ice without scoring points.
