Post-Game Talk: Freddie shuts the door on Panthers. Leafs win 1-0

[MapleLeafs9]

looks like possession was about dead even tonight. Just didn't block enough FLA shots I guess, except for that beast Matthews block at the end.

 

[White Shadow]

You guys do realize that end of game song is a tribute to the movie Slapshot, right?

 

[TML11]

1 pt behind Bruins,
4 behind Tampa.
GLG!

 

[Liminality]

Great block by Matthews at the end, hoping it just stung him at the end. Good sign that he was putting weight on it at the end.

Andersen is running on all cylinders right now.

Thought the game was more in Toronto's favor but in the third the Panthers really turned it up on the shots.

 

[Ziggdiezan]

looks like possession was about dead even tonight. Just didn't block enough FLA shots I guess, except for that beast Matthews block at the end.

Don't really get how Matthews Nylander and Hyman could have such different 5 on 5 Corsi considering they spend almost 100% of their even strength shifts together

 

[PromisedLand]

Bad season for Andersen haters.

there were people here who were saying reimer>>Freddie

 

[PromisedLand]

Love Freddy calling out the ice conditions. He is a major leader on this team

what did he say

 

[ULF_55]

2 points

Marleau and Komarov in competition to annoy their center the most.

 

[Confucius]

Another win, yay! I'm going to be annoying at work again. Lmao

 

[Ratboy]

You guys do realize that end of game song is a tribute to the movie Slapshot, right?

Still sucks. There are sooooo many great soul songs to choose from.

 

[Atrusai]

In before all the "Freddy for Vezina" comments/threads. Wait... did anyone say that already? Well, just in case then...

Freddy for Vezina!

 

[Advanced stats]

Can anyone find team shutout stats from this season?

Our 7 shutouts have to be quite high..

 

[htpwn]

Here's hoping Matthews is okay. I have no problem having him out there defending a lead and with that requires a responsibility/risk of blocking shots but it really feels as if it should not have gotten to that point. Not only because they had won the draw and then subsequently failed to clear the puck but because the Leafs had two or three wide open cages that they fanned on, including Komarov's embarrassing effort. Fortunately Andersen stood tall again and racked up another shut-out for his efforts.

 

[Ziggdiezan]

what did he say

In the interview he basically said how the team in front of him were battling bad conditions and made a second comment on the poor ice. Don't remember word for word.

 

[Cor]

Edmonton helping us a bit.

 

[Polaris1010]

Another win.

It is important to try to get to first place in the division to avoid that tough match up in the first round.

 

[zeke]

We deserved to win that by a mich bigger score.

 

[Daisy Jane]

no luck on the scoreboard, Tampa won and Boston is playing EDM.

 

[White Shadow]

Still sucks. There are sooooo many great soul songs to choose from.

It has zero to do with the team wanting to play soul. We started using it last year as an homage to the movie's 40th year anniversary.

 

[FlareKnight]

Take the points. Good game by Andersen. Did create some good chances. Would have liked to score some more, but hey we didn't let in any.

Looking forward to what gimme Komarov will miss next game ..

 

[PromisedLand]

Can someone please explain defensive lineups at the end of close games. What do they really do? Florida was all over us in the last minute. If Andersen wasn't sharp, it would be a tie game. 1-0 lead has nothing to do with icing Komarov in the last minute 'protecting' the lead.

Babcock knows that with Komarov on ice the puck is not going to go in the net

 

[Brown Dog]

 

[Ratboy]

It has zero to do with the team wanting to play soul. We started using it last year as an homage to the movie's 40th year anniversary.

Well it's now the 41st anniversary so they can stop it.

 

[eddieO]

Is there anyone who still doesn’t believe in Freddy? I remember the beginning of the season, the threads about him were rough. He is the best goalie we’ve had since Eddie, Cujo and Felix.

 

[PromisedLand]

Leafs win, and the first sentence of the first post is about Komarov, yep that sounds about right.

heyyy... I did say he is good defensively. what do you want?

I could have brought up Leafs giving up 40 shots