Mitch Marner was once again the hero for the Toronto Maple Leafs as he scored the winning point in overtime to lift them above the Calgary Flames.
The goal extends Marner’s franchise-record streak of consecutive points to 22 games.
William Nylander also had a big game for the Leafs, scoring his 16th and 17th goals of the season, and also providing the assist for Marner’s winner.
“Obviously, tonight he carries our team and is basically the reason we get two points,” said Maple Leafs goaltender Matt Murray of Nylander.
“He’s just a stud. He’s incredibly gifted. He works hard. I’ve said this a bunch of times, but he just seems to win a ton of 50/50 battles. That goes to his strength and his dedication to win those battles.”
Flames coach Darryl Sutter was unhappy with the game’s officiating, making his mind known in the post game conference.
“When you’re in Chicago all those years, when you play and come into Toronto, you know what goes on,” Sutter said with a sly grin. “I won’t say nothin’ more.”
“Did you think they were all penalties tonight? I don’t.”
“I think we’ve just got to be a little bit smarter with our sticks,” Flames winger Jonathan Huberdeau said postgame, echoing his manager’s sentiments. “I think they (the refs) missed a lot of calls on us, but that’s the game.”
“We didn’t play bad 5-on-5,” he added. “But when you give a team like that a lot of power plays, they’re going to capitalize on them.”
