William Nylander’s first NHL goal one to remember.
Some NHL rookies score their first goal in hockey’s best league as a result of a fluky ricochet or lucky bounce, and others do it with pure skill. And in the fourth NHL game of his burgeoning professional career, centre William Nylander put himself in the latter group by rifling a sizzling wrist shot past Sens goalie Andrew Hammond at the 9:27 mark of the first period.
The goal was also Nylander’s first NHL point and came with an amazing link to the past: Buds centre Brooks Laich drew the lone assist – and nearly seven years ago, when he was with the Washington Capitals, Laich assisted on the final NHL goal in the stellar career of Nylander’s father, Michael.