New York. William Nylander started off this year’s NHL season with a record-breaking start.
He scored the fifth goal in six games to lead Toronto to victory over struggling Washington last night.
“The key is to move your legs when you have the puck, then you create a lot of chances,” says the 27-year-old Swede after the 4-1 win.
Not that Lill-Nyllet was accustomed to starting classes slowly, but he was more inspired this fall than anyone had ever seen him before.
Along with captain John Tavares, he was consistently Toronto’s best player and consistently produced game after game
Against the Capitals in Washington last night, the fifth goal – and therefore the 10th point – came when six and a half minutes into the second half he broke free on the right wing, was heavily guarded, veered into the penalty area and slotted the ball in. disk in.
– Yes, things are going well for me and John together. When we have the puck, we move our legs and that’s the key, and then we create chances, says Lil-Nilette after the final whistle at Capital One Arena.
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In the end, the Leafs won 4-1, completely uncontrollable. In the beginning, on the contrary, it was Washington who had all the play and created many chances, but as happened so many times earlier this season, they only fired empty shells.
-But above all, Joseph Wall was a real enthusiast at the cash register. “He saved the game for us in the first half,” Nylander continues.
Especially often he stopped Alex Ovetchkin’s pucks east towards him. Washington’s top scorer was determined to get a clean sheet and had 14 shots on target – nine of which came in the first half of the match.
At the end of the second half, he also finally managed to slip into the bathtub, and fans were hoping this would seriously pay off. But nothing ever happened, as the Cubs lost 4-1 and remained stuck at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings.
-Same old story. We do good things but we make costly mistakes and don’t get the results we want, sighs coach Spencer Carberry.
Timothy Lilgegren and John Klingberg each had an assist for Toronto.