Rielly scores his first goal of the season in Tavares’s 1,000th career game.
For a while it looked as if the most interesting thing about the Leafs game against the Washington Capitals on Sunday was the pre-game celebration of John Tavares's 1,000th game.Morgan Rielly ended a season-long drought with his first goal, one of four the Leafs scored in the period, and Toronto went on to win 5-1.
Tavares got on the scoresheet twice, setting up Michael Bunting for the Leafs’ first goal — after Nicklas Backstrom had given Washington a 1-0 lead in the first period — and Rielly’s go-ahead goal.
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