Top 5: The Leafs look like a pee-wee team against the Panthers

Marc-Olivier Cook
Top 5: The Leafs look like a pee-wee team against the Panthers
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Unfortunately, the Canadiens were unable to win last night's game against Patrick Roy's Islanders.

But there was also plenty of action happening around the league.

Let's take a look at what caught our attention:

1: A game that sums up the Leafs' season

The Florida Panthers made short work of the Toronto Leafs last night. The game ended with a score of 5-1 for the home team, and the Leafs didn't look like a particularly dominant team on the ice.

There's a game that pretty much sums up the Toronto club's season, by the way.

I'll let you judge for yourself… and I'll let you have a little laugh this morning:

At the end of the game, Brad Marchand missed a completely empty net. He almost made a fool of himself… but he still found a way to redeem himself afterwards.

One chance (hehe):

2: 100 points for Connor McDavid

The Edmonton Oilers were visiting Los Angeles, and it turned out to be a rather… uneven game.
Why do I say that? Because the Oilers won by a score of 8-1. Ouch! In the game, Connor McDavid stole the show. It looked easy for him, as we can see in the following clip:

With that goal, McDavid was just one point away from reaching the 100-point mark this season. And that's exactly what he did later in the game when he assisted on a goal by Leon Draisaitl.

The Oilers captain is the first player in the league to reach 100 points in 25-26:

Connor McDavid is quite the player.

He now has nine 100-point seasons under his belt (including six in a row) and has racked up 1,182 points so far in his career.

Need I remind you that he's not even 30 yet (29)? That's spectacular!

3: Matvei Michkov takes care of the Rangers

The Rangers had a 2-0 lead against the Flyers, but…

But that's when Rick Tocchet's men woke up. Matvei Michkov and Trevor Zegras tied the game with two magnificent goals:

Overtime was needed in the game… and it was Michkov who settled the debate with a beautiful goal. On the play, we have to talk about the effort of J.T. Millerbecause the player doesn't even seem to want to be on the ice to help his team. And he wears the “C” on his jersey, too…

Matvei Michkov posted photos of himself during the Olympic break showing him training in the south. I guess he took it seriously… because he looked really sharp on the ice last night.

Good for the Flyers…

4: Ark

Have you just eaten lunch? You might want to avoid watching the following clip.

No joke… it's rare to see this, but goalie Filip Gustavsson got sick ON THE ICE towards the end of the Wild's game against the Avalanche.

Gustavsson was brilliant in goal, stopping 44 of Colorado's 45 shots. He stole the game single-handedly (5-2 win) and looked exhausted at the end of the game.

Let's hope it's nothing too serious in his case.

Again, we don't see that very often.

But it can happen after intense effort. The guard dog may have given “too much” and clearly, his body wanted to send him a message.

I tend to believe that he's going to get teased a little by his teammates in the coming days… hehe.

5: Dream night for Dylan Holloway

1, 2, 3, 4…

Dylan Holloway scored four points last night against the Seattle Kraken. The Blues dominated the game to come away with the win (5-1), and it looked easy for the former Oilers player.

He scored three goals in the game:

When you get that kind of production from one of your best players, it always helps.

And clearly, the Blues took advantage of it to seal the win. It'll feel good because in St. Louis, we're 2-7-1 in our last 10 games…


Overtime

– Solid.

– Well done.

– Eastern Conference standings:

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– The standings in the West:

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– Top scorers of the night:

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– Only four games in the NHL today:

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