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McKenna scores winner, Maple Leafs top Sharks
Original article ↗What we measured
Outlets covering
3
Lean bands spanned
2
Widest spread
Center → Center-Right
Verdict
Unverifiable
Key figures
Sergei Bobrovsky made 30 saves to pick up his first home win for the Maple Leafs.
Mason Marchment replied for San Jose (4-4-1), which got 28 stops from Yaroslav Askarov.
McKenna fished the puck out of a crowd and fired past Askarov at 4:56 of the final period before dropping to one knee in celebration to snap a 1-1 tie.
1 and 2 picks at the 2026 NHL draft — McKenna and Sharks winger Ivar Stenberg.
Matthews made up for that mistake and got his team even with 12 seconds left in the second on a power play.
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B.I.A.S. ANALYSIS
CENTER RIGHT
Where the 3 outlets covering this sit
Center
67%
Center-Right
33%
Sports framing
Center majority
3-outlet cluster
Broad pickup
Signal breakdown
Heuristic (v1/v3)
0.00 · CENTER
ML v2 (DistilBERT)
0.288 · RIGHT
Ensemble
0.288 · CENTER RIGHT
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Rolling outlet bias
CENTER
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McKenna scores winner, Maple Leafs top Sharks
By Joshua Clipperton The Canadian Press
Posted October 19, 2026 10:26 pm
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TORONTO – Gavin McKenna scored the winner on a third-period power play as the Toronto Maple Leafs snapped a three-game slide Monday with a 3-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks.
Auston Matthews added a goal and two assists for Toronto (4-4-2). Sergei Bobrovsky made 30 saves to pick up his first home win for the Maple Leafs. Nick Paul added an empty-net goal late in regulation.…
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