Maple Leafs star centre Auston Matthews scored one of his classic one-timer goals in Toronto's preseason finale on Saturday night, and as TSN's Mark Masters writes, his teammates are excited to see him take another step as captain of the team this season.
is ready for the regular season. The star centre scored one of his classic one-timer goals in Toronto's preseason finale on Saturday night. He also made a beautiful play to set up the game-winning goal by
"He skated really well," said head coach Craig Berube."Defensively, he was excellent. He did a great job down low in our own zone at the end of the game at 6-on-5. Really good job. He was strong on pucks and is moving well. It was good to see." "There's not many guys as dialed in as him on a daily basis with how he works on his game and how driven he is with his craft," Tavares said. "He's really wanting that responsibility," Tavares said. Both the Matthews goal and the Tavares goal on Saturday came on the power play, which is being run by new assistant coach Marc Savard this season.
The Leafs power play converted on four of 10 chances in the three pre-season games in which the majority of NHL regulars suited up. "It's, like, how do you know what position each guy's playing because they're all so versatile," noted Pacioretty."They move around the ice so well.""Good to get back in the swing of playing and kind of get those details back," he said."It was a bit of a mixed game. I had a little bit of action, I had some time with not much action, so it was good to mentally stay in it.
"I feel really comfortable with how my game is from a technical standpoint," he said."I also feel pretty sound in my mind. Those are kind of the two big things. I'm happy to get going." Woll twice took over as Toronto's No. 1 goalie last season but his momentum was derailed by a pair of injuries. He's only made 34 regular season starts in the NHL.
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