It's still hard to say with absolute certainty what the Leafs' latest run tells us about their impending series with the Bruins. (via reporterchris)
had crossed a veritable desert since William Nylander last scored. Out to Western Canada and back, the hell week where defence became optional, the steadying back-to-back in Nashville and Buffalo and, finally, a journey to the city of Brotherly Love.
“It was nice,” said Nylander, who dialled his celly game up to 10 for the occasion. “It’s been awhile, but the chances have been there so I wasn’t too worried. I’d rather score in the playoffs than now.”This entire stretch of not-quite meaningful hockey is a bit like a kaleidoscope: You can see in it what you want to see.
Matthews generated several more of those while waging a game-within-the-game battle against Philadelphia’s most-trusted centre, Sean Couturier, and scored a gorgeous goal against Hart while setting up the Nylander strike. “I think we kind of lost our focus,” said Nylander. “That’s something, thankfully it happens here and now rather than in the playoffs. It’s something we’ll have to work on.”
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