The offense continues to click, the defense had another rough night, and the special teams came up huge as the Toronto Maple Leafs took down the Detroit Red Wings 5-3 in the Motor City on Thursday night.
Eventually the Maple Leafs’ style of play is going to catch up with them, but for now they’re sitting pretty with the best offense in the NHL and a 4-1-0 record, the same five game record they had last year. They’ve won three straight, all on the road, and show no signs of slowing down.
With everything seeming to go right for the Leafs in these last few games, the major storyline continues to be the absolute domination by #34 and #44
Matthews and Rielly: Destroyers of the Universe
Auston Matthews and Morgan Rielly each had two point nights, pushing them both to 12 points on the year.