Tavares plays in his 1,000th game, Rielly finally scores as Maple Leafs trounce Capitals Via koshtorontosun
Following the Leafs’ Easter Seals skate on Saturday, Rielly said more than a few kids asked him when he was going to score. Jokingly, he said, his response was “tomorrow night, obviously.”
The Leafs feted Tavares in a pre-game ceremony with a video tribute that included words from former New York Islanders teammates Josh Bailey, Cal Clutterbuck and Kyle Okposo, childhood teammate Sam Gagner, Leafs teammates Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews and Rielly, and former teammate Jason Spezza.Article content
Joining Tavares on the ice via blue carpet were his parents, Barb and Joe, wife Aryne and sons Jace and Axton..Tavares was presented with a Tiffany crystal piece by NHL executive Colin Campbell, and Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas presented Tavares with the traditional 1,000th game silver stick.The celebration got underway early on Sunday.
“The players organized a great moment for him and had his kids involved this morning as part of our meetings,” Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe said. “It’s a tremendous opportunity to acknowledge a great moment in our captain’s career. He has lots of hockey ahead of him, but certainly to get to 1,000 games, it’s not easy, especially with the quality of those games that he has put in.Article content
“It was a great opportunity for us to spend some time with him and to have his boys involved was important to him and cool to see.”Ilya Samsonov, in his sixth consecutive start, made 23 saves to improve to 15-1-1 at home. Samsonov is bound to get the start on Wednesday against the Boston Bruins in the Leafs’ final game before the all-star break/bye week, as Matt Murray is on the sideline with an ankle injury.
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