New York. William Nylander was Toronto’s man of the night.
He scored his ninth and tenth goals of the season as the Maple Leafs beat Buffalo 5-2.
– This match was not my best, but I managed to make a lot in the end, says the 26-year-old Swede.
It was generally an exclamation during the fall semester, “Lill-Nyllet.” Even when the team occasionally limped through games, it produced—and is now hotter than Christmas porridge.
In tonight’s home game against Buffalo, William scored twice and bid for more; My hat-trick hung above everything in the air during the final minutes.
– Yes, it’s been feeling good lately. Skating works and I’m into making a lot no matter who I play with, he says when he meets the media afterward.
In total, the Calgary-born Swede has now scored ten goals and is thus tied for second in the Swedish Shooting League. Only the amazing Erik Carlson has more complete hits.
– This match wasn’t my best, but again, I’m involved and create chances, says Nylander.
Kale Jarnkrock also scored last night – thanks to assists from Rasmus Sanden and Pierre Engvall.
Victor Olofsson got an assist for the Sabers.
Even Philip Forsberg regained his offensive bite. Just like the New York Islanders game last night, he scored a direct goal in the opener against Tampa last night – after prep work by Matthias Ekholm. It was Maassen’s seventh complete score of the season.
The reward was one point, but no more. On the overtime power play, Stephen Stamkos pulled off a 3-2 win over Tampa.
The Boston Bruins home streak continues to get longer. They picked up their 11th straight win at TD Garden last night, handily defeating Chicago 6-1.
We dominated hard, says Coach Jim Montgomery, and no one disagrees.
David Pasternak was brilliant as always and scored two goals. Rested Linus Ollmark. Instead, friend Jeremy Swaiman celebrated the victory.
Emil Bemström scored a goal for Columbus at home against Detroit, but it wasn’t enough.
The Red Wings were far superior and won 6-1.
– I’m very happy with the players’ performance tonight, says coach Derek Lalonde.
Lucas Raymond caught 2 assists.
Philadelphia looked destined for victory at the Bell Center in Montreal, but with less than three seconds left, Cole Cofield tied the game at 4-4.
Then the Canadians won in a penalty shootout.
“We work hard but we have a lot to learn about how to act in different situations,” sighs Flyers coach John Tortorella.
For once, Erik Carlson had no points in San Jose’s home game against the New York Rangers. And for a long time it looked like no one else would get any points either. Barely 14 minutes into the third period, the score was still 0-0. But then Julien Gauthier scored 1-0 for the visitors. A little later, Adam Fox managed to extend the lead to 2-0 into an empty net, with a pass from Mika Zibanejad – then Logan Couture pared it back, but it was too late.
The two late overtime dramas on the western side of the continent ended in resounding cheers.
In Seattle, the score was 2-2 between Kraken and the full-time Los Angeles Kings, including after an away goal by Viktor Arvidsson even played him. Then Jordan Eberle was able to decide on sudden death.
In Edmonton, the score between the Oilers and the Vegas Golden Knights was 3-3 at the final whistle. And it happened as it usually happens when the Oilers play overtime: Connor McDavid got the puck and the next minute it was over…
Other things of the night: The Avalanche blanketed the Capitals in Washington (4-0) and the Penguins did the same with the Jets in Winnipeg (3-0). In St. Louis, the Blues beat the Ducks 6-2, while Dallas defeated the New York Islanders 5-2. Veteran Alex Goligewski became the hero for Minnesota against Carolina by making it 2-1 in overtime.