Campbell gave the Leafs the best penalty kill proficiency last season, without him, their penalty killing was almost dead last. No shock he had another superb outing and gave up no powerplay goals again in this one.
Nylander looked absolutely stellar, game winner, great stick and puck handling, he was on fire.
Our third line had a boatload of shots on goal, didn't look too shabby.
Wasn't overly impressed with our 4th line, Simmonds is still a dumpster fire. Love the player, but his time as an effective player is long gone.
Tavares was good in the face-offs, but missed a lot of shots on net. His prime is also past, but can still probably put up points if he says healthy enough.
Habs fans claiming refs were in Toronto's pocket, yet I saw the total opposite. Weak call against Marner to give Montreal almost a full two minute 5 on 3 powerplay. Don't give me that excuse that the refs were one-sided for Toronto, clearly they weren't. Anderson deserved that penalty at the end, selfish and whiny player, glad Montreal lost, makes his whining that much more enjoyable to experience.
Montreal is going to be a dumpster fire this season. Montreal had a horse shoe up their asses the first half of the game, they were lucky to even be in it after two periods.
A win is a win, just hope they come out harder to start the next game because the first half of the first period is not an acceptable level of play.
