[Recap/Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2022021077)
###Boxscore
|Teams|1st|2nd|3rd|OT|SO|Total|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/coloradoavalanche)|1|0|0|0|1|2|
|[](/r/leafs)|1|0|0|0|0|1|
###Team Stats
|Team|Shots|Hits|Blocked|FO Wins|Giveaways|Takeaways|Power Plays|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/coloradoavalanche)|29|22|12|45.6%|10|6|1/5|
|[](/r/leafs)|19|21|22|54.4%|11|6|0/3|
###Goal Summary
|Period|Time|Team|Strength|Description|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|1st|03:41|[](/r/leafs)|Even|[Morgan Rielly (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Mitchell Marner (62), Calle Jarnkrok (16)](https://hlslive-wsczoominwestus.med.nhl.com/editor/5a55daa1-0832-43ef-83ab-648a2fe28a2c.mp4)|
|1st|14:08|[](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Power Play|[Mikko Rantanen (44) Wrist Shot, assists: Cale Makar (41), Nathan MacKinnon (53)](https://hlslive-wsczoominwestus.med.nhl.com/editor/8691cf60-29ca-49ca-ba6e-d1c251068b10.mp4)|
|SO|00:00|[](/r/coloradoavalanche)|—|Nathan MacKinnon – Wrist Shot|
###Penalty Summary
|Period|Time|Team|Type|Min|Description|
|:–:|:–:|:-:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|1st|12:39|[](/r/leafs)|Minor|2|Mark Giordano Slashing against Logan O’Connor|
|1st|16:40|[](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Minor|2|Alex Newhook Hooking against Mitchell Marner|
|2nd|03:21|[](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Minor|2|Evan Rodrigues High-sticking against TJ Brodie|
|2nd|05:17|[](/r/leafs)|Bench Minor|2|Too many men/ice served by Michael Bunting|
|2nd|11:56|[](/r/leafs)|Minor|2|TJ Brodie Interference against Brad Hunt|
|2nd|13:28|[](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Minor|2|Evan Rodrigues Interference against Alexander Kerfoot|
|3rd|01:18|[](/r/leafs)|Minor|2|Michael Bunting High-sticking against J.T. Compher|
|3rd|04:31|[](/r/leafs)|Minor|2|David Kampf Tripping against Nathan MacKinnon|
by HockeyMod
29 Comments
This team owes Sammy a huge ass dinner. Couldn’t do nothing consistently offensively besides the stretch at the start of the 3rd
Win or lose, fuck the shootout
As far as losses go, that was all right
Good game, allowing COL to only one goal, but fuck the shootout.
Boring game but can we stop the 11 and 7 now?
My god are the boys ever terrible with shootouts. Wish the league would get rid of this garbage. Feels like a waste of time watching that.
How the hell is this still in the game after 17 years?
I would love to bring up a statistic up but I bet leafs are like 0-40 in shootouts since 2016
1 point against a top team. Shootouts are dumb. onward
What a game for Marner. Never like to lose, but the skills competition isn’t hockey, so I care a lot less.
11f and 7d continues to look like dog water. Don’t care that it went to shootout, the offence looks anemic
Couldn’t generate much tonight but also kept the Avs to fewer than 30 shots through 65 mins with 5 penalty kills. I’ll take the point all day.
I guess we can’t expect too much from the guys in the shoot out. It was only their 2nd one all season.
Honestly, a boring game but the Leafs didn’t play too bad. The Avalanche played a very impressive road game and gave up very little. It was heartening to see Matthews have a few dominant shifts. That’s more like it. The shot still isn’t there but he was better. I know he scored last game but I don’t like Jarnkok on that line at all. Somebody save Kerfoot from himself. Poor guy just kills plays left, right and centre these days.
Sammy has 2 sub .900 games in his last 10. Murray has 7. Sammy bless.
Rielly had a pretty good game.
Fuck the shootout, anyways happy my boy Rielly had a great game!
For all the skill guys we have, we really stink in the shootout.
1. Still don’t like 11 F/7 D.
2. Still not liking the usage of Kerfoot.
3. Samsanov MUST be every game playoff starter.
We are locked into the second seed so getting 1 P agaisnt COL is fine.
what do people think of Lafferty? I think he’s been bad enough that he should be in healthy scratch territory. Guy does a whole lot of nothing out there.
Gussy rang the iron in OT, and probably would have buried it, if Keefe would have played him a little more. I question Keefe alot, he’s average at best
19 shots just isn’t enough. Not a terrible game by any means but you’re not beating a legit team like the Avs with that little
Another game with 11/7 where we go long stretches without sustained pressure. Other than getting looks at multiple D pairings right now it’s not worth the sacrifice of chemistry to the forward lines.
1 – I think the fact that Samsonov got a meaningful game vs a good team that still has something to play for is a sign that he is the playoff starter. If he didn’t win it with this game I dunno what else he needs to do.
2 – Hated how the team played this game. Colorado really showcased how to take advantage of the Leafs slow footspeed.
3 – I just feel kinda bad for Gustafsson. He’d probably be more effective if he wasn’t being used as a 7th dman. I’m fine with Sandin being traded but wasting an asset like Gustafsson is so stupid.
4 – I don’t like how this team has chosen to get slower and slower over the years. They’ve shed so much team speed through the years. They need to have more of a balance. This is a game where a few fast skating forwards would have helped with transition offense since the Leafs rely on forwards to be their puck carriers. I feel like Dubas might have over corrected for our lack of size and grit.
5 – Matthews looked like the Matthews of old for the first time this year despite not having a point.
I’ve said before in other threads that the teams that will be giving us the biggest problems going forward will be fast skating teams that are good in transition and can mount a counter-attack and lo and behold, it was shown in this game. The Devils and Hurricanes are the teams in the East that fit that description. Boston also plays a system that heavily calls upon their dmen to get involved in the offense more which is how Colorado was bottling us up on breakout attempts.
Most fans do not like the shootout. Why is it in the game?
Holy shit, marner played 29min and matthews had 27. God damn Keefe, save some minutes for the playoffs
Been on Mo’s ass all year, but his best game this year. Couple more games like that and I’ll retract all my trade Reilly thoughts
I get you are trying to push to get another goal but seems like you are doomed when you play mathews marner tavares Nylander so much in the last few minutes of regulation, then double shift in overtime. They are visibly gassed, for a while tavares just went and stood in from of his net and the defenceman tried to direct him to a guy to defend lol. Need to mix in a few more guys who might have some legs. although I get the full send go for it in overtime attitude.
We’re really missing O’Reilly right now, man. I also feel like we’re missing someone like Engvall but maybe that’s just me. Our team’s overall speed has really taken hit.
Reilly stood out for me this game, for the right reasons. He looked like a plus defender, with a plus offensive mind. Not afraid to jump into the rush, and shoot the puck. We need more of that, consistently.