Here are three things we learned from last night, a very fun night, where the Toronto Maple Leafs were markedly better than the Boston Bruins and beat them by a hilarious 4-1 score, in an arena where apparently the Bruins are unbeatable, or something.

They looked very beatable last night to me!

Anyway. Here’s what we learned:

My dad can beat up your dad

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Watching Trevor Moore (5’10”) demolish Chara (6’9”) is giving me life.

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3:25 PM · Apr 12, 2019

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Zdeno Chara? Never heard of him. New guy in the league, maybe?

Trevor Moore, a grizzled playoff vet, showed us why he’s the most feared player on the Leafs roster to play. Fun stuff!

Freddie’s ready

Leading up to the playoffs, there was a lot of chatter, rumours, and talk about how Frederik Andersen was not cut out for playoff hockey. Too tired, too bad, too inexperienced, too young, too old, too European, not European enough.

And then:

And also!

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Andersen with a huge stop as Coyle tees up the loose puck.

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12:22 AM · Apr 12, 2019

William Nylander is actually good

Well, if you watched the Leafs for his first two seasons, or also this season, you would realize that William Nylander is quite good at hockey.

But for whatever reason, a lot of people still think he is not only a) not worth his contract, he is also b) not a very good hockey player at all!

I wrote yesterday how Nylander had the chance to silence his critics.

And hey! Great start with a goal in Game 1.

Here is a smarter man than I explaining how William Nylander, a good boy, scored a great goal last night. Way to Go, Paul!

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Nylander is clever on his breakaway goal. Many goalies of Rask's vintage default into a right-pad-down posture when they read an open shooter in close going high glove. Nylander looks high glove, then shoots 5-hole, exploiting this tendency.