Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
96/100
Toronto Sun's corrections and
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May the Maple Leafs never experience anything like that again.
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Leafs → experience → that
A six-game home stand with no points to show for Toronto ended on Saturday night with no goals, as the Leafs were shut out 1-0 by the Edmonton Oilers at Scotiabank Arena.
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Leafs → show → Arena
It’s the first time in team history that the Leafs went 0-6-0 on a six-game home stand.
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Leafs → ’ → stand
And that’s eight losses in regulation in the past nine games.
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that → ’ → games
By no means were the Leafs bad on Saturday, but they were going to have to play perfect hockey, more or less, to beat an Oilers team that lost just three times in regulation in its first 20 games.
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that → go → games
Anthony Stolarz provided better goaltending than what Sergei Bobrovsky has been supplying.
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Bobrovsky → provide → what
At the Oilers’ end, Devon Levi wasn’t peppered often and made 19 saves for the shutout.
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Levi → pepper → shutout
Oilers defenceman Evan Bouchard, who was fourth in National Hockey League scoring with 33 points going into the game, scored at 15:34 of the second period.
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who → go → period
A point shot by Bouchard eluded a screened Stolarz after Easton Cowan was unable to clear the zone.
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Cowan → elude → zone
Connor McDavid had an assist to extend his season-opening point streak to 21 games.
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McDavid → have → games
At the one-minute mark of the third period, the Leafs appeared to tie the game when John Tavares re-directed a William Nylander shot past Levi.
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Tavares → appear → Levi
After referees Jean Hebert and Brandon Blandina reviewed the play, the goal was waved off because of a Tavares high stick.
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goal → review → stick
Prior to the Bouchard goal, Stolarz made more than a few difficult saves, including stops on McDavid and Leon Draisaitl as Jake McCabe served a high-sticking minor earlier in the second.
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McCabe → make → second
On that kill, Leafs defenceman Dakota Mermis got some crowd appreciation when he checked a streaking McDavid off the puck.
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he → get → puck
Chris Tanev, back on the Leafs blue line after sitting out the team’s game against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday for load management, made a fine play to break up a Zach Hyman rush not long before the Bouchard goal.
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Tanev → sit → goal
Nylander finished the home stand with one goal, but he came close to passing George Armstrong for sole possession of seventh place on the Toronto franchise scoring list when he rang a shot off the crossbar in the first period.
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he → finish → period
Nylander and Armstrong are tied with 713 points.
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Nylander → tie → points
Some early Leafs energy in the first period did not bear fruit.
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energy → bear → fruit
Captain Auston Matthews was denied by Levi on a wraparound, and Ryan Tverberg failed to take advantage of a couple of chances from close quarters.
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Tverberg → deny → quarters
The Aporia
