William Nylander has tied the Maple Leafs record for the longest scoring streak to start a season, with a point in all eight games so far in 2023-24. He can set a new record if he scores again in Tuesday's game.
The Maple Leafs and Los Angeles Kings practised at the Ford Performance Centre in Toronto on Monday ahead of Tuesday’s game at Scotiabank Arena.
"He's one of the absolute top players in the league right now," said defenceman John Klingberg."He's been our best player." "He's a super skilled player," said Kings defenceman Drew Doughty."Very, very talented. I've always heard that about him, one of the most talented guys in the league. He's playing with a lot of confidence right now and when you're playing with confidence and you have that talent you're going to dominate."
"We've seen some of the goals he scored this year, right, just pretty remarkable," said Tavares."Remarkable plays, ability, and within those you see the drive and the determination. There's no doubt he's continuing to push himself and wanting to be dominant, be one of the best players in the world.""You always want to start off hot," said Doughty when asked about his personal experience.
Ilya Samsonov sounded refreshed after his first practice back from a trying trip. What's it like being home?Samsonov lost the first game of the road swing in Florida before being shelled for three goals on four shots during a game in Tampa. He was pulled from that game and watched Joseph Woll stop every shot in relief as the Leafs rallied to beat the Lightning in overtime. Woll then started and won the next two games.
Woll is 3-1-0 with a .961 save percentage this season. Among goalies who have multiple starts, only Jonathan Quick has a better save percentage. "We built a good stretch of games and established how we want to play for the most part," Nylander said. Doughty has already scored four goals through just eight games this season. It must feel good to see some nice numbers on the stat sheet early on?
Doughty scored nine goals in 81 games last season. He's reached double figures seven times, most recently in 2017-18. "That's probably the one thing that I feel really needs to get going here," the 31-year-old said."I don't feel I've had enough shot attempts and when I do it seems to get blocked as well."
"Been skating together in summers the last five, six years so I know him really good so that makes it a lot easier to come in and play a game," Klingberg said."This is our first game with each other, but knowing each other from before helps a lot. This guy is really good at reading the game. You might not see a lot of offence all the time from him, but I think he's on the right spot on the ice all the time offensively and defensively.
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