TORONTO (AP) Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Lou Lamoriello will not return to the role next season.Team President Brendan Shanahan said Monday he was sticking to a plan that called for the 75-year-old Lamoriello to serve as GM for three years and then transition to senior adviser for four years.Shanahan said he doesn’t have a timeline for filling the GM position.”I haven’t begun that process and that’s why nobody has been named www.officialbruinsproonline.com ,” Shanahan said. ”My focus was on Lou and making a decision, taking a little bit of time right after the season ended to really reflect on that. So I’m just handling one thing at a time.”The Maple Leafs set franchise records for points (105) and wins (49) in the regular season, but were eliminated in seven games by the Boston Bruins in the first round of the playoffs last week. Coach Mike Babcock, Shanahan and the rest of the team expected more this year after getting back to the postseason a year ago.Auston Matthews found his scoring touch amid injury woes and goalie Frederik Andersen set a franchise record for wins in a season with 38. Among the issues for the new GM: Veteran forwards James van Riemsdyk, Tyler Bozak and Leo Komarov are among the players set to hit unrestricted free agency, and Matthews, Mitch Marner and William Nylander are due big raises in the not-too-distant future.”I would like to take this opportunity to thank Lou for his tireless work over the last three years as general manager,” Shanahan said. ”His leadership in helping establish a cultural foundation Boston Bruins T-Shirts Authentic , as well as his invaluable mentorship to everyone in this organization, has been instrumental in our development.”Lamoriello won the Stanley Cup three times as GM of the New Jersey Devils. Lamoriello spent 27 seasons as Devils GM before stepping down in May 2015 and joining the Maple Leafs in their rebuilding effort. Now he will take on a new role for Toronto.”It’s an unknown,” Lamoriello said. ”I’ve never been in a situation like that. So like everything else in life, you learn as you go and make the best of it.”The Hockey Hall of Famer also served as GM of the American team that won the World Cup of Hockey in 1996. He returned to that post with USA Hockey for the 1998 Nagano Olympics.— DENVER (AP) — The Toronto Maple Leafs had one powerful surge against Colorado, and it came from their re-energized power play.Nazem Kadri and Kasperi Kapanen scored power-play goals 22 seconds apart in the second period, Frederik Andersen stopped 34 shots and the Maple Leafs beat Colorado 5-2 on Tuesday night, extending the Avalanche’s winless streak to eight games.Kapanen and Kadri each finished with two goals, while Auston Matthews added a goal and two assists.Toronto broke things open in the second with three power-play goals over a 1:49 span to make it a 4-1 contest. It was tied for the fifth-fastest three-goal Boston Bruins Hoodies Authentic , power-play effort by the Maple Leafs in a regular-season game since 1933-34.They had gone three straight contests without a power-play goal before Tuesday.“It was great to see our guys be rewarded,” Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock said. “Gives them a bit of swagger back and the power play was the difference in the game.”Right after Matthews scored on a power play to make it 2-1, Avalanche forward J.T. Compher committed a costly high-stick penalty that resulted in a double minor. Kadri and Kapanen each cashed in to give Toronto some breathing room.“We take a double-minor 200 feet away from our net. At this point, that’s ridiculous,” Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said. “You can’t do that, especially not against a team that definitely has one of the more dangerous power plays in the league.”The Avalanche pulled Semyon Varlamov after giving up four goals on 17 shots. Philipp Grubauer allowed one goal in relief.Ryan Graves and Alexander Kerfoot scored for a reeling Avalanche team that’s gone 0-5-3 over their last eight games. The team returned to the Pepsi Center after losing three straight overtime contests on the road. Home ice didn’t help.Andersen and the defense bottled up Colorado most of the evening. The top line of Gabriel Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen were limited to a combined two shots — both by MacKinnon.“Just eliminating time and space for those guys,” explained Andersen Boston Bruins Hats Authentic , whose team lost 6-3 to Colorado in Toronto on Jan. 14. “Their top line is where they get most of their production from. We want to eliminate that as much as possible.”Matthews’ goal was the 99th of his NHL career. The Maple Leafs improved to 15-2-1 this season when Matthews — the No. 1 pick in the 2016 draft — scores a goal.Kapanen had a breakaway chance 28 seconds into the game, only to have his backhand attempted stopped by Varlamov’s right pad. Given another breakaway opportunity later in the first period, Kapanen wouldn’t miss again.The right winger caught an elevated pass from Matthews with his right glove and, without missing a stride, quickly set the puck back down. Kapanen flipped a shot over Varlamov’s glove.“I don’t know why I went with my backhand … I’m not a big backhand guy,” Kapanen said. “The second one — I had a little bit more time and I’ve been using that (move) this year. It went in this time, too.”About that pass from Matthews — pure perfection.“He sees the ice well and knows what to do,” Kapanen said.Colorado tied it up with 4:44 remaining in the first when Andersen couldn’t track Graves’ liner from the blue line through traffic. It was about the only thing Andersen didn’t stop over the opening period. Andersen had a sequence where he stopped a flurry shots down low Custom Boston Bruins Jerseys , even after being pushed into the goal.Just the way things have lately gone for the Avalanche. Colorado was tied for the most points in the Western Conference after games on Dec. 7. Since then, the team has gone 5-16-6.“Try to block out the doubts you have in your head,” Landeskog said. “We’re in way too good of a spot and way too much hockey left to be played to be sulking and hanging our heads.”NOTES: Toronto C John Tavares had two assists. … Avalanche recalled F Tyson Jost from the Colorado Eagles of the American Hockey League. … D Ian Cole (upper body) remains out indefinitely.… This is Colorado’s longest winless streak since going 0-8-1 from Jan. 12 to Feb. 1, 2017.UP NEXTMaple Leafs: At Vegas on Thursday for the fourth of a six-game trip.Avalanche: At Winnipeg on Thursday before a three-game homestand.