Leafs celebrate Tavares’ 1,000th game with win over Washington
Turns out the snake-bitten Toronto defenceman was right.
Toronto held the team’s annual Easter Seals charity skate Saturday afternoon, and some of the kids on the ice at the fan-friendly event quizzed Rielly about when he would finally open his 2022-23 account.Asked about that exchange after finally breaking his goose egg, Rielly flashed a wry smile.Michael Bunting, with a goal and an assist, William Nylander, Pierre Engvall and Zach Aston-Reese provided the rest of the offence for Toronto .
Nicklas Backstrom replied for Washington . Darcy Kuemper allowed four goals on 20 shots before being replaced by Charlie Lindgren. The Capitals backup finished with six stops for a team that allowed four goals in the middle period and has just one regulation victory in its last eight.
Down 1-0 through 20 minutes Sunday, Toronto got even at 1:29 of the second when Bunting slid his 15th past Kuemper on a power play. “Don’t know if I’ve ever played with a better professional,” said the captain. “A world-class player and person and leader.”“Probably just in cliche-mode there,” he deadpanned. “Let that one slip.”
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