Maple Leafs’ Nylander strikes nearer to superstardom with five-point evening in win

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TORONTO — When it involves William Nylander, Sheldon Keefe doesn’t want to make use of the stick almost as a lot as he used to. Hardly in any respect this season, truly.

“He’s maturing,” the Toronto Maple Leafs head coach mentioned following Saturday’s 5-4 extra time victory over the Calgary Flames. “Over time, you get sick of having the coach in your ear all the time, and you want to get that sorted out yourself.”

Internal accountability is a significant motive why Leafs followers have steadily witnessed this progress of Nylander from wildly inconsistent to easily wildly entertaining.

And on this evening — “a bit of an ugly one,” in keeping with 22-game level streaker Mitch Marner — Nylander was essentially the most reliable component amongst a back-and-forth, penalty-filled mess.

The Calgary-born star sniped twice and helped arrange three extra. He fired 5 photographs on internet and factored in all 5 Leafs objectives for his most efficient evening within the NHL.

“Strong on his feet. Controlling the puck. Doing a lot of cutbacks. As soon as he’s feeling it, he’s hard to stop out there,” mentioned Marner, driving excessive off his OT winner. “He’s a lot of fun to watch, a lot of fun to have on your team. He was a difference-maker tonight, for sure.”

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Nylander was handed the player-of-the-game belt for his efforts. Surprisingly, it was his first time receiving the honour, regardless of registering at the least some extent in 23 of Toronto’s 29 video games and shedding his rep because the Core Four’s wild card.

“It’s nice. It’s heavy,” Nylander smiled. “The puck was going in.”

It’s completed been moving into.

“He’s buzzin’,” Auston Matthews mentioned. “Just all over it.”

Nylander’s 17 objectives lead the Leafs.

He’s on tempo for 48 objectives and 93 factors — which might crush final 12 months’s private bests of 34 and 80. (P.S. Like Auston Matthews, Nylander too is eligible to re-sign this summer time.)

“Look. You just want to do better than the year before. Always trying to get better. Whatever that number ends up being, I’m not worried about it now,” Nylander mentioned.

“I’m just focused on skating. That’s the most important thing for me. It’s helping me create space and get chances out there.”

What’s most exceptional about Nylander, 26, stacking a profession 12 months on high of a profession 12 months is that these round him imagine there’s nonetheless headroom between that wonderful blond stream and his ceiling.

“He’s got a long ways to go still in terms of what his potential is and what he can do. You’re seeing that,” Keefe defined.

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Nylander made a acutely aware effort to tackle a management function final season. And this season, with the Big 4 forwards all inside 5 objectives and 7 factors of each other, there’s some wholesome inside competitors brewing.

And with these superstars liable for two-thirds of all Leafs objectives since Nov. 1, nicely, the workforce advantages ultimately.

Saturday, with Marner, Matthews and Nylander every creating spotlight moments en path to multi-point efforts, you noticed it play out in real-time.

Like Method Man passing the microphone to Ghostface Killah to Raekwon the Chef. Longtime associates who don’t thoughts out-shining one another infrequently.

And the viewers wins.

“Our top guys are pushing each other,” Keefe mentioned.

“Willy has the potential to be in that top tier. Auston and Mitch have really established themselves in the exclusive top tier of the league. Willy should be right there, hanging with those guys. He’s pushing himself, and they’re all pushing each other, which is how that group can get to greater heights.”

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During Toronto’s exceptional 14-game run with some extent, opposing coaches have ceaselessly pointed to elite game-breakers and stable goaltending because the supply.

“With Toronto — and I saw it last year — their top players, those guys have taken another whole level in terms of their leadership. They’re by-example type players. It’s so evident when you watch them,” Flames coach Darryl Sutter mentioned.

“They’re the best team in the league right now.”

Matt Murray had arguably his worse outing as a Leaf, and Nylander & Co. made a uncommon subpar exhibiting by the goaltender a non-story.

“He’s just a stud. He’s incredibly gifted. He works hard,” Murray mentioned. “He appears to win a ton of fifty/50 battles. That goes to his power and his athleticism and his dedication to win these battles. He will get quite a lot of second pucks, second probabilities.

“He’s basically the reason we get two points. Heckuva player.”

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Fox’s Fast 5

• We needed to do a double take when Keefe appeared down his bench of superstars and as an alternative selected checking centre David Kämpf plus defencmen Timothy Liljegren and Rasmus Sandin to begin 3-on-3 extra time.

“I figured Sandin would be the most likely to take (a) stick in the face,” Keefe deadpanned.

Keefe wished to “shock the system” after six straight OT losses with a transfer out of left discipline.

It labored.

Marner’s power-play OT winner occurred after Jonathan Huberdeau high-sticked Sandin three seconds into the additional body.

“It’s no secret that things haven’t gone well for us in overtime. We’ve tried everything in terms of mixing and matching our top four guys, and it hasn’t gone well,” Keefe mentioned.

“Reality is, we’ve lost to some teams that have taken a more conservative approach off the start.”

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• Milan Lucic was wholesome scratched for the primary time in almost a decade.

How come?

“Because we put the little guy in and took the big guy out,” Flames coach Darryl Sutter mentioned, in reference to AHL-scoring chief Matthew Phillips. “Can solely costume 12.”

• Toronto is taking a wait-and-see method to Nick Robertson’s shoulder restoration. No speedy surgical procedure. He’ll pour himself into rehab over the following six to eight weeks, at which level medical doctors will re-evaluate.

In the meantime, callup Joey Anderson will get his shot.

He drew two key penalties in his season debut and topped all skaters Saturday with a 77.8 per cent Corsi-for proportion at even power.

“Very encouraging game for him,” Keefe mentioned. “It’s time to give him a little runway here to see what he can do.”

• World junior camps have opened. A notable participant not invited to play for Team USA: OHL main scorer and Maple Leafs 2021 fifth-rounder Ty Voit.

The Pittsburgh native’s elite playmaking is fueling the Sarnia Sting this season. Voit has piled up 40 assists and 49 factors by way of 28 video games. Still, the Americans made like Voit’s linemates and took a go.

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• Stay sturdy, Chris Snow — and household.

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