William Nylander makes baffling error that costs the Leafs a must-win game

There is a whole lot of heat around Toronto Maple Leafs winger William Nylander and the temperature was cranked tenfold during one single goal against while hosting the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night.

In the early minutes of the third period with the game tied 2-2, the Wild were racing up the ice. Ryan Hartman took control of the puck and entered the zone along the right boards, dropped it off for Matt Boldy, who was gifted acres of space in the Leafs' zone. And who gave him that space? Nylander.

We are genuinely baffled as to what Nylander is doing here on this goal. He has his stick out to pressure Hartman a bit but as the Wild forward cut into the middle of the ice, he did get turned…