Post-Game Talk: 50 for Matthews as Leafs Win in Arizona

[stickty111]

Team uniting 5 game stretch. Matthews what he usually does. McMann has stepped up. The core wingers Marner and Nylander. Lilly on D and Samsanov. Keefe also with top notch coaching.

 

[LeafalCrusader]

What I like over the past games were boys played as a unit and a pack. Also they didn’t let anyone push them around.
Really like the response from Domi and Bert with Willie today.

Shocked that Keefe is sticking JT with McMann and Robbie. Is he finally learning?

He's probably going to reunite Rielly Brodie tomorrow so I doubt it.

 

[ER89]

We absolutely can't for the love of all that's holy split up the Lilly Brodie pairing.

 

[Al14]

50th for Matthews scored in Arizona !!!

5 - 0 without Rielly !!!

f*** you Grieg !!! f*** you Bettman !!! f*** you Parros !!!

Go Leafs Go !!!

 

[Not My Tempo]

lol Kerfoot is so mid he can’t even do the thing all former Leafs do and score on us smh

 

[GQS]

Good for Matthews for hitting 50+ this game! Lets hope he can play like this in the playoffs.

Also nice to see Keefe finally give Liljegren some good powerplay time and 5 mins on the PP must be a new high for him. Only needed Rielly to be suspended and Sandin to get traded for Tim to get his chance. Anyone saying Liljegren is a 5/6 Dman is INSANE. Guy has stepped up his game many times when called upon and has shown that he can be counted on to play major minutes and also chip in with some offense. Nice to see him become more active in jump in on plays and getting involved offensively these days.

As well its nice to see McMann putting up some points and playing really well. I really hope Keefe will keep him in the lineup long term and give him a bigger role as he's shown he can handle it.

 

[LaPlante94]

Play 2 legit teams now our next 3 games. Probably gonna lose at least 1 of them which should make this place fun trying to say we were better without Rielly after beating some bad teams and some average teams.

 

[Blanche Blanche]

The Rielly Rally continues.

Matthews sniping! 51!
Marner skating clinic
Nylander snipes and shows spirit in scrums!
Yes... William Nylander
McMann and Robertson looking confident
Benoit is Solid
Brodie should be banned on the right side

Someone should gif Keefe staring and swearing at the Keefe on the first penalty

 

[Jmo89]

Ottawa fans were so giddy about the suspension, turned into a rallying cry. 5-0!

Greig gets another 3rd star tonight.

 

[DarkKnight]

Greig gets another 3rd star tonight.

TSN turning point.

 

[keonsbitterness]

Timely timeout by Keefe.

Wait, am I allowed to praise him?

 

[ER89]

The Rielly Rally continues.

Matthews sniping! 51!
Marner skating clinic
Nylander snipes and shows spirit in scrums!
Yes... William Nylander
McMann and Robertson looking confident
Benoit is Solid
Brodie should be banned on the right side

Someone should gif Keefe staring and swearing at the Keefe on the first penalty

Eh agreed with everything except Benny
Rare poor game from him

Didn't clear the puck for the first goal and didn't tie his man up for the second. He wasn't good as usual.

But that's to be expected he cleaned it up after that.

 

[Anthrax442]

Lets see what they do tomorrow. It's fun beating on an AHL team, but tomorrow is the real test

 

[meefer]

Ya, ya, ya, gotta say it...Matthews, holymackinnaw!

*I liked seeing that no forward passed the 20 min toi.
*I liked seeing that TL led the team with 22:37 toi. High ankle sprains take time.
*The team's attention to playing shorter shifts, and Keefe using 3rd and 4th liners more, yes!
*JT with a 5x5

Congrats on the 5-0 run. Now the competition heats up. Let's see what you got boys.

 

[PROUD PAPA]

Love it!
Hope you enjoyed the break Mo, you're playing 45 minutes tomorrow.

 

[tmlms13]

Everyone needs to calm down about the 5-0 without Rielly. They played Blues, Flyers, Ducks, Blues, and ASU

Next 3 games are Knights, Avs, Knights and Theodore is back for the Knights.

Going 0-3 with the big 3 going scoreless wont be a surprise no matter whos playing defense, but I can just see the people freaking out now and be like healthy scratch Morgan.

It's going to be infuriating I can see it now

 

[PROUD PAPA]

Everyone needs to calm down about the 5-0 without Rielly. They played Blues, Flyers, Ducks, Blues, and ASU

Next 3 games are Knights, Avs, Knights and Theodore is back for the Knights.

Going 0-3 with the big 3 going scoreless wont be a surprise no matter whos playing defense, but I can just see the people freaking out now and be like healthy scratch Morgan.

It's going to be infuriating I can see it now

Don't sweat it.
There's no hope for those people anyway.

 

[Gabriel426]

He's probably going to reunite Rielly Brodie tomorrow so I doubt it.

Well, who else would you play with Reilly?
Not Lilly or Benoit
Maybe McCabe.
Need a Dman to play with Reilly, could get Schenn back if there is retention and cost a late pick.

 

[arso40]

Well, who else would you play with Reilly?
Not Lilly or Benoit
Maybe McCabe.
Need a Dman to play with Reilly, could get Schenn back if there is retention and cost a late pick.

honestly who cares play him on the third pair and ease him bacc in

Eh agreed with everything except Benny
Rare poor game from him

Didn't clear the puck for the first goal and didn't tie his man up for the second. He wasn't good as usual.

But that's to be expected he cleaned it up after that.

agreed he had an off night but a great season not too worried

 

[Martin Skoula]

Just realized Matthews is a hat trick away from tying an O6 franchise single season non-Matthews goal record in 50-some games.

 

[Zybalto]

5v5 line stats:
Gregor/Kampf/Holmberg: 41.77 xGF%, even
Robertson/Tavares/McMann: 33.09 xGF%, +2
Knies/Matthews/Marner: 29.28 xGF%, -1
Bertuzzi/Domi/Nylander: 23.73 xGF%, even

Not exactly a banner night for the lines but a bit of a disjointed game with the powerplays and garabge time at the end meaning not a whole lotta sample.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

 

[Leaf Fans]

Everyone needs to calm down about the 5-0 without Rielly. They played Blues, Flyers, Ducks, Blues, and ASU

Next 3 games are Knights, Avs, Knights and Theodore is back for the Knights.

Going 0-3 with the big 3 going scoreless wont be a surprise no matter whos playing defense, but I can just see the people freaking out now and be like healthy scratch Morgan.

It's going to be infuriating I can see it now

I am going enjoy it! It was poetic justice. Obviously, we have tough schedule coming up. We had the same schedule before any suspensions.

 

[Judas Tavares]

Did Crouse play tonight?

 

[NoName]

Nice to see all the big name guys show up on the scoreboard. Team is firing on all cylinders right now.