Post-Game Talk: Leafs beat Connor Hellebuyck 4-3, end 3 game skid in OT

[Brobust]

Jets are Phil Kessel era Leafs and nothing more.

 

[Teeder Keon]

4 games in a row now that the opposing goalies were all world , all universe , all solar system , all planetary

 

[Stephen]

Also shoutout to Captain JT for dangling the Jets team and setting up Nylander for that needed second goal.. what an effort from the captain

It's such a strange feeling that Marner was creating all night, Matthews scored a heroic goal, Nylander was piling it on and Tavares made that brilliant rush, Mikheyev scored a goal scorer's goal, Kerfoot was dancing all night, Leafs avoid disaster and something still seems off.

 

[Willchel Marlynder]

Loved the passion from the big boys. All three of them were hyped when putting pucks past the nightmare that is Hellebuyck.

 

[AvroArrow]

Forbort is so bad at hockey, I don't know why they dressed him. Surely they must have at least 1 more capable defender ?

 

[Jojalu]

Looked like Marner cleared it.

I will have to take another look

 

[egd27]

Freddy: .902sv%
Backups: .940sv%

Hellebuyck was .892 sv% tonight spreadsheet boy.

 

[Gallagbi]

Helle with the .895 save % , lucky for us he was just as bad as Andy .

You really think you did something there, don't ya?

 

[definedMF]

Watching this clip on repeat, we just saw Tavares circa 2009 on this play.

Absolute beauty goal!

 

[ACC1224]

He got the 2nd assist on the OT winner. He got the puck to rielly, who made nice pass before AM34 with the dirty finish

I thought so but when I asked he was listed with only a goal.

 

[Teeder Keon]

Take a night off hating on Andersen, put down the calculator and enjoy the win FFS.



Yes sir. I was thinking exactly the same thing!

I know
Call out any player when he’s sucking
But when you win in sports as a team or fan base
Celebrate and have your teams back

 

[Zybalto]

Stats from tonights TOR/WPG game:

Shots:
Toronto: 37
Winnipeg: 26
(59%-41%)

Scoring Chances:
Toronto: 45
Winnipeg: 21
(68%-32%)

High Danger Chances:
Toronto: 21
Winnipeg: 5
(81%-19%)


After three games with the Jets:

Shots:
Toronto: 114
Winnipeg: 77
(60%-40%)

Scoring Chances:
Toronto: 137
Winnipeg: 61
(69%-31%)

High Danger Chances:
Toronto: 60
Winnipeg: 14
(81%-19%)



Look at the high danger chances. I cannot fathom how the Jets are even in these games but thats what a huge difference goaltending makes.

 

[mallory67]

It's such a strange feeling that Marner was creating all night, Matthews scored a heroic goal, Nylander was piling it on and Tavares made that brilliant rush, Mikheyev scored a goal scorer's goal, Kerfoot was dancing all night, Leafs avoid disaster and something still seems off.

Put down the noose and step away from the ceiling fan man.
The Leafs won and came back in the the 3rd to do it.

 

[Antropovsky]

Marner is great... but he needs to know when to resist trying to pass a puck through 2 players.... especially in OT. He had that puck and was telegraphing pass, and I was thinking don't you dare try it..and he did. it led to an easy odd man rush the other way. Possession in OT is so critical - for him to try that very low percentage play is plain dumb and selfish. It's low percentage plays like that add up and cost a team.

Marner has been living up to his contract this year, but he still needs to work these warts out of his game eventually.

That matthews goal was incredible. He makes it look like taking candy from a baby.

 

[HellasLEAF]

It's such a strange feeling that Marner was creating all night, Matthews scored a heroic goal, Nylander was piling it on and Tavares made that brilliant rush, Mikheyev scored a goal scorer's goal, Kerfoot was dancing all night, Leafs avoid disaster and something still seems off.

We need the big 4 to show up and win hockey games and they certainly did tonight.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Jets are Phil Kessel era Leafs and nothing more.

I think that's a bad take. Ehlers, Schief, Wheeler, Connor, PLD, are all really good players. Way better than Kessel era Leafs.

 

[Future]

I feel as if I aged 3 and a half years over the course of that game. Wow.

 

[IrishInOntario]

It matters when his save percentage on the season is around .900% and his save percentage in most games this season have been under .900%. Team has been lights out good this season offensively and defensively has been superb as well.

The finger SHOULD be pointed at the weakest link, Andersen is that and the sole reason we lost the game prior to this one.

The problem with looking at save percentage alone is that you're not judging the quality of goals he's giving up. He's never going to be Helle if that's what fans are expecting. The same way Scheifele is never going to be Matthews...

I'm very quick to call a bad goal, a bad goal, or a soft goal, a soft goal. I'm no Freddy defender by any stretch of the imagination... But I'm realistic with who he is. Of the 3 Jets goals tonight, I thought only the 1st one was soft and saveable. The 2nd and 3rd goal go in the vast majority of the time, against 90% of the goalies in the league. Anderson doesn't happen to be part of the exception. Obviously.

 

[ACC1224]

Jesus, Hellebuyck has some ears

 

[Teeder Keon]

Forbort is so bad at hockey, I don't know why they dressed him. Surely they must have at least 1 more capable defender ?

Never heard of him
Did he play tonight ?

 

[hotpaws]

You really think you did something there, don't ya?

just stating the facts , no need to get upset

 

[Jojalu]

Since the benching Nylander leads the team in goals/ points and most impressively has only been on the ice for 1 goal against 5v5.

Matthews and Marner have actually been terrible over the same stretch but I don't believe there is any need to worry about those two.

 

[Gary Nylund]

Hellebuyck was .892 sv% tonight spreadsheet boy.

Spreadsheet boy - that's harsh but if the shoe fits ...

 

[shaner8989]

DOMINATION

Anderson sucks

 

[34]

Matthews with GOTY.