Postgame: Au revoir, Habitants

Here’s a handy guide for how many goals the Leafs scored tonight (bilingual version):

The Leafs… well, kicked the crap out of the Canadiens.

In his return… Auston Matthews scored twice… and it didn’t even really matter as they were the 5-0 and the 6-0 goals in a shellacking.

Frederik Andersen picked up his second straight shutout, and this one didn’t even require overtime! Onto the worst team in the NHL in Arizona on Monday, as the Leafs come in riding a… six-game win streak. Let’s not get too cocky, but also we should, because after all, we are Leafs fans.

The Leafs didn’t do a whole lot. Some people got scared because the Leafs hadn’t scored yet, and as you can see above, got a little outshot to start things off.

There were no goals against, but also, unfortunately, no goals for.

We’d tell you more, but you’ll never look at this first period as a turning point. Not a whole lot notable went down, and the Leafs went into the locker room without a goal for the fourth straight regulation period.

Were you worried?

The fanbase was in tatters to start this period.

There was a whole lot of “hrm, really?” and then a few cries of “where’s a goal?” and even the odd “the Leafs are playing poorly” and… well, the key word is, there was.

But then suddenly a mostly harmless pass to the point resulted in Ron Hainsey of all people taking a blast… and what do ya know, it’s 1-0 Leafs.

Not to be shown up by his defenceman, Nazem Kadri decided to take one of those “I’m the man” shots and just pop it off over Charlie Lindgren’s shoulder and in.

2-0 good guys after 40.

Connor Brown picked up a “garbage goal” off a rebound to put the Leafs up by three..

Not to be outdone by a fellow winger, James Van Riemsdyk came out for a fourth.

And then, surprisingly, for the first time in their career…. Mitch Marner and Auston Matthews connected on a goal.

Just for fun, they did it again. 6-0 Leafs, final. What a night.

Unsurprisingly, there were a lot of Mad Montreal Fans online. There still are! And even… get this… some mad in person, as well!

There were a few dustups in what was a angsty third period, including Nazem Kadri getting jumped by Jordie Benn and Shea Weber, but at the end of the day, none of it really mattered as the Habs scored zero goals to the Leafs’ six.

Way to be, buds. WAY TO BE!

No pun here, but a great stat to point out:

It became outdated within about 30 second after uploading, but, hey, great content from an old pal Chemmy:

Not sure if we love or hate this:

And then this screenshot, forever.

See you Monday.