When Tyler Toffoli was at his lowest during his prolonged scoring slump — 18 games without a goal, only three assists in that time span — the player to reassure him, as it seems it almost always has been, was Jeff Carter. “Carts looked at me the other day and he says, ‘I promise you, you’re going to score another goal in NHL, Tyler,’” Toffoli told the Athletic’s Lisa Dillman.
So it’s no surprise that the first person on the ice to greet Toffoli after his cathartic game winner last night was Carter, with wide open arms.