WOW! Mitch Marner!

Dominance from start to finish.  Mitch Marner!

Well, that didn’t take long. 1:55 into the first period, Mitch Marner hopped on a loose puck in the Senators’ zone and set the tone for the night. Firing in the game’s first goal, the Leafs took an early 1-0 lead over their cross-province rivals.

Not to be outdone, Auston Matthews decided to add a goal of his own off this pretty sweet shot.

But battling for supremacy in the locker room, or just having fun on the ice, Mitch Marner picked it up and put it down.

11:30 into the game, the Leafs would be up 3-nil.

Ottawa managed four whole shots on net in the period. Take that as you will.

Can we talk about Nazem Kadri? He registered five shots in the second period alone, four of which came on the same shift while firing from behind the goal line. Already picking up an assist in the first period on Marner’s second goal, he looked like a man on a mission to net a goal of his own.

If you’d believe it, Johnny Oduya scored his third goal of the season on Frederik Andersen. It’s been a trying season for the veteran Swedish defenceman, due in large part to the fact that he’s, you know, 36. Anyway, that made it 3-1.

And!!!!! Mitch Marner…. almost scored his third of the night! He threw the puck on net, and it went in, and nobody really knew what happened.

Marner would get an assist on the play, which was ruled to hit both Cody Ceci (lol) and James van Riemsdyk on the way to the net.

Ottawa scored a goal. Will you remember it? Probably not. Let’s talk about Mitch Marner again.

With a chance to go towards the net for a hat trick in a 4-2 game, Mitch Marner… passes the puck off to Nazem Kadri.

Keeping track? That’s four points for Marner, two for Kadri, and a 5-2 lead for the Leafs.

Ryan Dzingel scored again. Ok?

Looking for a hat trick, Marner stayed on the ice for much of the game’s final five minutes, but alas, he’d have to settle

for two goals… and a beautiful assist on an empty net goal from Patrick Marleau.

Did we mention we like Mitch Marner?

Fun stat: Mitch Marner was on the ice for 35 shot attempts for the Leafs and just 5 against. Just absolutely ridiculous performance tonight.

Mitch Marner Mitch Marner.

See you Monday.