Auston Matthews erodes the Wild defence as the Leafs win

People tell me the Wild aren’t boring anymore. Let’s see if that’s true.

First Period

Petr Mrázek with a tough stop on the first shot on goal, which already makes this better than his last start.

Now I’m scared. The revamped Tavares line has a great shift. Deceptive puck movement, play from behind the net, everything looked great.

This game is really, really fast. The skating speed of these two teams is intensifying the feel of the game, and the passing is generally very quick and sharp too. And yet, here are the shots at 12 minutes left:

That’s not just shot blocking (these heatmaps are always unblocked shots).