To everyone’s surprise, the Toronto Maple Leafs bounced back, big time from their 7-2 loss to the Florida Panthers Tuesday night.
The only downside to the Leafs victory against the Lightning is that Auston Matthews was held off the scoresheet for his sixth consecutive game, the longest drought of his NHL career. But, it’s a team game and the boys came to play.
The Statistics
Morgan Rielly – one goal and one assist (third multipoint game of the season)
Roman Polak – one goal (fourth of the season and one away from matching his career high)
Matt Martin – one goal (fifth of the season)
Connor Brown – one goal (16th of the season)
James van Riemsdyk – one goal (22nd of the season)
Tyler Bozak – one assist (31st of the season in his 500th NHL game played)
Nazem Kadri – one assist (23rd of the season)
Alexey Marchenko – one assist (seventh of the season)
Matt Hunwick – one assist (14th of the season)
Nikita Soshnikov – one assist (fourth of the season)
Leo Komarov – one assist (14th of the season)
William Nylander – one assist (32nd of the season)
Mitchell Marner – one assist (38th of the season and only two away from the Leafs rookie assists record in a single season)
Frederik Andersen – 33 save performance (fourth shutout of the season)
My Three Stars
*** Mitchell Marner (one assist)
** Morgan Rielly (one goal, one assist)
* Frederik Andersen (fourth shutout of the season)
Analysis
The Leafs came firing on all cylinders for a much-deserved win, backed by more than quality goaltending courtesy of Andersen.