Postgame: King Kappy
By ThatsKappy
5 years agoWe’re going streaking!
Kasperi Kapanen and the Leafs reigned victorious tonight. A 4-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings was the most recent installment of Toronto’s relentless offensive showings early into this season. Kappy’s coming out party continues, and William’s holding out party is starting to matter less and less.
1st Period
We kicked things off in a hurry tonight.
With Auston Matthews driving the play right out of the gates, it was Matthews who would find Kasperi Kapanen with a feed to the back of the net. Kapanen would break the scoreless tie just 45 seconds into the game, with a clever bank shot that found its way past Kings goalie Jack Campbell for the early 1-0 lead.
The goal was Kapanen’s third of the season already. An impressive early impact from Kappy, who’s looking to solidify a top-six roll in Nylander’s absence.
That wasn’t all for the first, either. With 22 seconds left to go in the first, it would be Patrick Marleau potting his first of the season:
A beautifully placed shot by Marleau parked in front of the net, and another power play goal for the Leafs. Just unfair.
The Leafs would carry the 2-0 lead into the first intermission.
2nd Period
The second period would swing a little more in the Kings’ favor possession-wise. With LA controlling the bulk of the play, Ilya Kovalchuk would beat Garret Sparks early on in the 2nd. Kovalchuk kicks it back to 2013, not only by scoring a goal but also by being on a team that thinks Dion Phaneuf is good. 2-1.
The Leafs would once again re-gain their 2 goal lead later in the frame, however.
A great effort by Zach Hyman, a beautiful feed by John Tavares, and a beautiful reminder that Mitchell Marner is a Toronto Maple Leaf. 3-1 good guys.
(Mitch Marner would go on to take two consecutive penalties, but we’ll pretend that never happened).
The Kings would go on to outshoot the Leafs 15-8 in the second period, but the Leafs maintained a 3-1 lead.
3rd Period
THAT’S KAPPY.
Kasperi Kapanen’s first multi-goal game of his career is the icing on the cake tonight, as the Leafs reigned victorious for the fifth straight game to improve to 6-1-0 on the season.
Notes
- Garret Sparks was terrific tonight, stopping 33 of 34 to quickly erase his shaky first game from our collective memories.
- Auston Matthews was held off the scoresheet for the first time this season. #Trade?
- The Corsis were not kind to the Leafs tonight, finishing with a 43.31 CF% on the night. Hug your goalie, love your goal scorers I suppose.
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Go Kappy Go!
#GarretBetter?
Right?
Back at it on Thursday against Phil Kessel and the Pen’s. Guess we’ll finally see what it’s like to play a playoff team, huh?
Until then…
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