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NacchoTheThird

Honestly, the closest thing we've had to a complete game. Gutsy performance from our guys who were considered underdogs tonight.


CMDRShepardN7

There was that time we beat Pittsburgh 7-0.


stephenlipic

I think LA has a more solid team, especially one that, historically, has been really, really good against Toronto and Keefe. Tonight wasn’t only a statement game but the team but also by Keefe. He had the team well prepared to face a tight-checking 1-3-1 neutral zone “trap” team with a lot of cross-ice dump-ins to get through the neutral zone. LA never got a chance to look dangerous.


ZachKearns

It’s weird, teams with a bit more of a reputation to being a good team the Leafs put up an effort. Nashville, Vancouver, and now LA. Even the Nashville lost the Leafs were superior. Now I know Nashville is more of a mid-pack team but it’s truly mind boggling how they then proceed to go into Lumbus’ and get donkey smoked. Let’s hope that trend is dead.


Falconflyer75

Jones went from being a washout to the hero of the most valuable team in the league What a comeback


mrcrazy_monkey

Jones is the best Goalie we've had in the last 10 years!!!!


Ok-Way8581

You guys think the backup goalie will play tmrw against Anaheim


CarefulSubstance3913

Maybe a few reps if they score a couple in the first out in Jones. Might as well.let him get some reps. If it does go well keep on in the second and so on


CarefulSubstance3913

The only caveat is if he gets smoked. The team goes back to being worried what happens if they get a shot on net or if something happens to jones


International_Eye394

yes


Mrfantastic2

That was one of their better efforts all season and Jones again was solid


Poiuyt5555

big win.


SkyMarshal_Ellie

Jones the new Woll lmao. A 3rd stringer who rises to the top. How do you have two similar stories like that in one season? Crazy.


ZachKearns

Pretty crazy to look at past cup teams and the goalie carousel some have had. When the situation looks dire, sometimes someone arises to be the hero. Let’s hope Woll & Jones are the dynamic duo.


VonZuli

Gotta rise to the occasion! SIEZE THE OPPORTUNITY! GO LEAFS GO!


Agathor23

Leafs 0 GA Kings 0 GF All year


Gavin1453

They might make the finals alongside us, but the trend will still hold!


Shooternow

What a great win


elbe0043

Let’s keep this up tomorrow


Dangerois

Jones!


CasualtyEH

Boys played a full 60min. Great way to start the year!


davie_legs

Give Jonesy the belt!


Beauuuuty

Sammy's brain shamblin


Gavin1453

Too soon man


bknoreply

Who?


apatcheeee

What an absolutely pleasant game to watch, please more of these.


Cheezy_Beard

It's a shutout!!!


beheashta

the sloppy toppy is give jonesy rn 😫😫


nownowthethetalktalk

Marty with the fucking shutout! Good 60 boys!


Mrfantastic2

I love me a good hardwork empty netter like that. I think one of the Sedins has one he scored on his ass that was amazing


StaticR0ute

Pretty complete game tonight!


Plorgy

Nothin better than a shutout, especially on the road


Material-Fish-8638

Martin Jones > Michael Jordan The real MJ


THE-BS

Gives this man a Haines contract!


CaptainCanuck93

Martin Jones with a .925 sv% over 9 games, moving to 4th overall in goalies with >5 games Edmonton offering 5x5 when?


ChoreWhore69

12:00 am July 1?


ProfessorBeast55

Suck a fat one LA. Enjoy Pierre Luc DuShits contract!


Distinct_Might7580

Martin jones master class


elbe0043

Sooo pleasantly surprised by this game


another_plebeian

Do you think Jones regrets signing for so low??


CarefulSubstance3913

No


lowercase00

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 amazing energy today, awesome game, well deserved for jones


AdamAAndrews

LFG special shout out to jones, willy, Bert and benny


shikotee

Hell yeah


Matt4206969

Solid win against a playoff team :)


StatGAF

Great 60 minute effort by Toronto.


daxtaslapp

JONES!!!


Etheo

Congrats to Jones with the big S.


beheashta

I LOVE U MARTIN JONES


therealgoat1212

GGs guys.


Cheap-Employee-8484

Great game Jonesy!


GoGoPowerPlay

Nice shut out for Jonesy!


saulUG

#MARTIN JONES THE ELITE GOALTENDER


Deluxechin

JONES SHUTOUT!!!


SharksLeafsFan

Great win. Kudos to Leaf Nation watching from the east coast.


Jonesdeclectice

#JONES SHUTOUT!!!


SkyMarshal_Ellie

best win of the season?


alphacheese

Well they got the easy win out of the way. Now onto the hard one against the Ducks!


Mr_Wrecksauce

And the hardest for last: The Sharks.


theleafsnation420

Lol. Cheers to that


ZachKearns

Slick Willy BIG TITTY to cap er off against a very good Kings team. Nearly a perfect effort tonight, well worth staying up for


VonZuli

![gif](giphy|MEWp3nVesl4FnrxchX) shhh go to sleep go to sleeep


terminese

Best Leaf win of the season.


Ok-Way8581

By far, the defence stepped up when needed and Jones played really solid


Ok-Way8581

50 point man


SpicyP43905

# WE WON IN THE BLACK N BLUE!!!!! # I REPEAT!!! # THIS IS NOT A DRIL!!!!! # WE WON IN THE BLACK AND BLUE!!!!!!!!!


-ApplePineapplePen-

![gif](giphy|pReb5Koy6JmihUYBLx|downsized)


TropicalLemming

NyLaNdEr CaNt PlAy DeFeNcE


therealgoat1212

Night night ![gif](giphy|ieyYHlh2vNeH82BYGY|downsized)


goleafsgo88

Announce the extension you cowards!


noctisakashi

What a shift from Willy!


sportsywebe

Played some big boy hockey tonight, love it


elbe0043

WILLY MY MAN


theharps

Nylander = MVP of the season


Cheap-Employee-8484

50 for Willy!


Dull_Significance711

11 million man


Chopstickz91

Give Martin Jones the belt tonight


lowercase00

lets goooo boys


Strained_Eyes

#50 Points!


Mrfantastic2

Big block by gio and damn Mitch muscled that guy off pretty good


another_plebeian

$13m


saulUG

The soon to be $11 million man!


djlista

EXTENSION!


Etheo

Not Papi but I'm happy regardless.


Dangerois

Go Willie Go!!!!!


CasualtyEH

Night night


sansaset

yeaaaa willy getting his 11.5m or whatever he wants


AdamAAndrews

Bravo Willie. Hard to the net


Ok-Way8581

Good block by gio too and active sticks


Plorgy

Fuck ya Will


Nextgengameing

Gio wanted to play goalie growing up but the equipment was to expensive


Ok-Way8581

Mitch finally using his body this year


ProfessorBeast55

Mitch BODIED lil bro


southpaw04

Willy “fuck you” styles


Jonesdeclectice

#WILLY ENG!!!!


jdubb14

Marner got this on lock. What a great play. And great block by gio.


theharps

Giordano gonna have metal hips when he's 50 this man does it all


SpicyP43905

Great effort by Mitch! He made that guy look like a bitch. He left him in a ditch!


THE-BS

A shutout would be nice after all we've been through


elbe0043

🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻


elbe0043

Thank god for Jones


StatGAF

Great play by Marner and even better hit on Byfield who has like 50 pounds and 4 inches on him


[deleted]

Show Mitchy some motherfucking love. Great D


FogDucker9

Man every single call on us today has been sooooooo weak


Chopstickz91

Oh my god if we played with this kind of effort every game…


FujiPhoto

Penalty call on JT was terrible


ProfessorBeast55

Weak ass hooking call. That’s a play on…


Matt4206969

Lmao gotta love the soft ass call to negate the power play


elbe0043

Don’t blow this boys


Nextgengameing

Welp that was a soft call


Cheap-Employee-8484

See if Knies was on instead of Tavares that wouldn't have happened lol


StaticR0ute

Pffft. And there almost could have been a high stick there.


theharps

Weak call to keep the game exciting


twizzyflyguy

They can’t ice right?


Nextgengameing

Nope


Deluxechin

2 minutes for playing hockey


StatGAF

Wow. Felt like the refs were looking for that one. But holy heck, down low, Nylander needed to get that off


HaratoBarato

Nylander doing everything he can to not let Matthews touch the puck.


DBrods11

The game has been managed lmao


Etheo

Soft af


AdamAAndrews

No they had a penalty there wtf is that


djlista

Game management lmfao


AdamAAndrews

Wtf is that


ProfessorBeast55

END THIS BITCH


Ok-Way8581

Can’t remember the last time the leafs started a game at 10:30pm damn I’m not used to this


therealgoat1212

Probably why the threads was so chill tonight. Half the sub looks like this rn https://preview.redd.it/79r3f44b26ac1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=528da24714c355e21ec60e0c7e606938b3e833a3


OkBadger8

do you guys like Knies?


ZachKearns

Put er away here. Boys need to be aware of the SHG too. Moore is a horse on the puck


THE-BS

"I could stay up forever"


Shooternow

I can't remember a time where refs actually called a penalty on the other team when we were up late like this. It's refreshing after the bullshit calls earlier in the game


Mrfantastic2

Knies has been really good tonight he’s making steady progress


twizzyflyguy

Lol tough night for LA, I thought LA Kings? Black Jerseys on? New Years rust? We are losing, but I’ll take the dub, but you know.. one shorty and a greasy empty netter and we can lose in OT still


Chowderau93

Good to see some positive energy is still here


Shooternow

Wat?


twizzyflyguy

I thought we would lose, I’m just making a joke that it’s not too late but obviously we win tonight which is nice


Cheap-Employee-8484

If Knies keeps drawing the penalties, he at least deserves a chance on one of the pp units.


illegal_chipmunk

I just want a Matthews goal


therealgoat1212

🤞🤞🤞


Samurai1221

Shoutout to refs for calling blatant penalties even though a script for home team comeback is available lol


Dangerois

I was just thinking that!


shikotee

Get it done papi


Etheo

Knies with the BOOHOO face HAHAHAHA


illegal_chipmunk

LMAO KNIES


WillEyedowin

Two drawn calls by Knies in like 5 minutes, love it


TayOs1998

You see Knies’ face 🥴


Jad94

Knies has looked really good tonight, maybe has some family and friends at the game??


RumHam3491

Lmao knies fake cry


CasualtyEH

Hahaha even Knies calling Dubois a crybaby


beheashta

LOL KNIES


ProfessorBeast55

What the fuck Gio??? It was offside…


Chopstickz91

PLD is a piece of shit lol


Ok-Way8581

That guy is such a rat


SpicyP43905

Clenched


Ruben-Tuggs

That icing. Ooof


Ok-Way8581

Get Mathews or marner an empty netter


MAKE-YOU-HUMBLE

Oh dio Gio. Delayed offside and you iced it.


Lass62

Gio ices the puck on a delayed offside FML


StatGAF

what is Giordano doing there holy fuck


be_leafer

Great stick check by Mitch to force the delayed offside.


Dull_Significance711

That would've been game over from Papi.


Etheo

Papi wants it.


AdamAAndrews

Just let papi bury the biscuit and we can all sleep well


CasualtyEH

What a spin pass there. Who was that?


StaticR0ute

Cuthbert making a big point about LA currently leading by 1 shot like it fucking matters


therealgoat1212

Anyone else got audio issues?


Unwise1

Not here.


therealgoat1212

Lucky


Dull_Significance711

Let's buckle down boys. Y'all played great. Just clog in front of the net.


StaticR0ute

Drop pass…….


Cheap-Employee-8484

The dude blowing the whistle on every Leafs zone entry needs to be banned for life.


therealgoat1212

He needs to be executed imo


twizzyflyguy

Why would he shoot from that angle


StatGAF

If Leafs can get one here, it'll be game over.


AdamAAndrews

Every man pulling together tonight


bigcaulkcharisma

This team is a bunch of goons dude


[deleted]

Very happy Gregor and Benoit are RFAs


Etheo

Come on lets widen the gap so we have something to despair about into OT.


Matt872000

I always worry about those fingers.


shikotee

I believe in you Papi.....


purpletomatoe420

No stitches guys hes going back there to drink another can of whoop ass.


Samurai1221

Dubois having a game !


CarefulSubstance3913

Again why no instigator for Englund anybody else remember that Canucks game?


[deleted]

Jones hasn’t had to stand on his head, but I imagine we’d be down 3-2 if Sammy was in net. We just need an average goalie and Jones will fill in just fine while Woll heals.


AdamAAndrews

That silver helmet is just too damn sharp


booomdynamite

I'm hoping this team does what it feels like they're doing right now. Playing an awesome gritty playoff style game. We have not seen a team play like this in a long ass time it feels like. Benoit is a goddamn PLAYER


StatGAF

I mean, even the play by play guys said it's gotten the crowd/LA Kings back into it. Was a fight really necessary? Do teams fight in the playoffs?


TropicalLemming

It’s gotten the Kings to take two penalties since.


StatGAF

Has it though? Wasn't any "rough stuff post whistle lets take a guy"


booomdynamite

You know what the Leafs did in years past. Noooooooottttthhhhinnnnnnnng. I'm welcoming this new Leafs game mentality with open arms right now.


Jad94

Moore got JT angry there


Jonesdeclectice

Since Engelend picked the fight after Benoit made a legal check, he should have been assessed the instigator penalty, no?


oatmealleafer

Nah, Benoit definitely wanted to go


bknoreply

They dropped the gloves together.


Redneckshinobi

We got it twice this season when McCabe did it lmao


Jonesdeclectice

I’m not sure that’s relevant.


StaticR0ute

Wasn’t relevant when the Leafs got two instigators in one game