Goaltender Frederik Andersen endured another rough outing, losing his sixth game in a row, with his last win dating back to Nov. 6. The offense offered little help, unable to capitalize on a majority of the chances it received.

The Carolina Hurricanes (16-8-2) took a 5-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs (13-11-3), unable to conjure up any real offense. Goaltender Joseph Woll kept the Maple Leafs in the game for the first two periods, denying nearly all of the shots sent his way. Taking the spot between the posts for the final period, goaltender Dennis Hildeby shut out the Canes for the remainder of the game.

“I don’t think we played badly, but we didn’t play great,” said center Jordan Staal. “We made a couple of mistakes, and it was in the back of our net … We had opportunities to get life, our power play got us going a bit. I think there were a few other opportunities to kind of get going and get some momentum in this building, which we love to play and do, but there was no spark tonight.”

The game-winning goal found its way into the Hurricanes’ net on an unfortunate bounce that Andersen couldn’t correctly read. The puck, sent into the Canes’ zone by defenseman Philippe Myers, was expected to continue sliding along the base of the wall, but it hit a post and had an awkward bounce in front of the net. Center Scott Laughton skated in to finish it while Andersen was still out of position, with no Canes defense in sight.

Toronto, first on the board, put one in the back of the net just 53 seconds in. A hard shot from center Bobby McMann bounced through the glove of Andersen, and rolled across the goal line.

“They’re just dangerous,” said center Seth Jarvis. “They have guys who can score all throughout their lineup, obviously have their big dogs, but the other guys can definitely contribute too, and I think that’s what we kind of found out.”

The lone goal from the Hurricanes came late in the first, giving them hope. Knowing Jarvis was crashing the net, defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere put the puck right where he was going, giving Jarvis the chance to snap one home. With the assist going to Gostisbehere, he now ranks second in points per game among NHL defensemen with 1.13.

“If you watch the whole play, it starts kind of with everybody,” Jarvis said. “[Aho] making great plays, then [Gostisbehere] doing what he does best, and finding me. I just kind of found a little soft spot, similar to Winnipeg, and you see that’s a high-end pass, and just trying to find the puck through the traffic and put it in the net.”

Winger Matthew Knies, center Auston Matthews and McMann all recorded a goal before the final whistle, further denting Andersen’s numbers.

“The way I look at it, I’ve played worse hockey at better numbers,” Andersen said. “It doesn’t look good, obviously we’re not getting the wins with me in the net lately, but I still feel like I got my game maybe not perfectly where I wanted, but I’ve had worse stretches where things have looked better and gotten more wins, so that’s how I look at it and try to be positive and move on.”

The Hurricanes continue their home stretch on Saturday, Dec. 6, against the Nashville Predators at 7 p.m.