Claims extracted
28
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 28 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
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Outlets on this story
5
Sports
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Kirill Marchenko’s smile could not have been wider after he got his fifth career hat trick on Thursday night in his 300th career game.
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he → get → game
But Marchenko’s three goals, and another by captain Auston Matthews, only got the Maple Leafs so far, dropping a 5-4 overtime decision to the Buffalo Sabres at Scotiabank Arena.
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goals → get → Arena
Owen Power got the winner with 1:46 left in the extra period.
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Power → get → period
The Leafs lost veteran centre John Tavares in the third period due to a freak collision with Buffalo’s Josh Norris.
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Leafs → lose → Norris
The Sabres player was down on the ice when Tavares skated unaware into him.
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Tavares → skate → him
The replay showed Tavares’s legs at an awkward angle, but also his midsection falling hard on Norris’s helmet.
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midsection → show → helmet
Tavares lay prone on the ice until help from the bench arrived.
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help → lie → bench
He got a big cheer as he was escorted to the Leafs room.
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he → get → room
He was holding his stomach.
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He → hold → stomach
That caused a pall over the remainder of the game.
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That → cause → game
Tavares played all 82 games last season, and only missed one this season due the birth of his child.
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Tavares → play → child
The Sabres scored twice after Tavares’s injury to tie the game 4-4 and force overtime.
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Sabres → score → overtime
Marchenko had taken some heat this week.
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Marchenko → take → heat
He hadn’t scored since the third game of the season, and even though he had six points in seven games — third on the team in that category — even he expected more of himself.
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he → score → himself
“Off the ice, everything is awesome for me,” he said after the morning skate.
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he → say → skate
“If I play a little better on the ice, I will be so happy.”
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I → play → ice
Leaf fans were certainly happy to throw their hats as his 300th game turned into more than what he expected.
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he → throw → what
“It’s a good career but I hope it will be better,” said Marchenko.
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Marchenko → ’ → ?
I don’t think about 300 games, just think about my game, about team game.”
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I → think → game
The first goal was a between-the-legs, no-look shot reminiscent of a play made famous by ex-Leaf James van Riemsdyk.
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goal → make → Riemsdyk
It was the first such goal of the season in the NHL, the league’s stats department said.
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department → say → NHL
It was a power-play goal that put the Leafs up 2-1 to end the first period.
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that → put → period
His second goal was a wrist shot from 35 feet, responding to Jack Quinn’s second goal that had tied the game.
His third goal was a tap-in set up by Colton Sissons with a behind-the-net cross-crease pass as the second period ended 4-2.
The last player to get a hat trick in his 300th game was Marchenko’s teammate, Jack Roslovic, who did it when both were in Columbus in the 2021-22 season.
Notes:
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both → respond → season
The Maple Leafs honoured the legacy of legendary executive Cliff Fletcher with a pre-game video tribute.
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Leafs → honour → tribute
The two-time Maple Leafs GM died in June.
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GM → die → June
… Forward Miles Wood was placed on injured reserve.
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Wood → place → reserve
… Forward Aatu Räty, acquired from Vancouver prior to Thursday’s game, is expected to join the team Friday.
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Räty → acquire → team
The team said defenceman Chris Tanev was “week to week” with an undisclosed upper body injury.
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Tanev → say → injury
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