Marner extends points streak as Leafs thrash Kings 5-0

Mitch Marner became the 10th different player in the past 35 years to string together a point streak of 21 or more games to help the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-0 on Thursday night.

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With Canadian pop star Justin Bieber among the 18,567 at Scotiabank Arena, Marner scored his 11th of the season in the second period as he has 10 goals and 18 assists in his 21-game point run.

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Marner’s streak is now tied for 23rd all-time with Dave Taylor, Adam Oates and Bobby Hull and he is the third active skater, behind Patrick Kane (26 games in 2015-16) and Sidney Crosby (25 games in 2010-11), with such a run.

Auston Matthews, Pierre Engvall, David Kampf and William Nylander also scored for Toronto. Ilya Samsonov made 29 saves for his first shutout with the Maple Leafs and the seventh of his career.

The Maple Leafs have won seven of eight to improve to 17-5-6.

The Kings dropped to 14-11-4 with its seventh loss in 10 games. Their goalie Jonathan Quick made 36 saves.

Los Angeles visit Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night while Toronto host Calgary Flames on Saturday night.