Nick Robertson

Playing on a line with captain John Tavares and William Nylander, the 20-year-old performed well with the veterans and scored his first official National Hockey ...

He’s all class. Article content Matthews used the puck as a toy for several shifts in the first period and took it to another level in the second with a pair of goals to cap a string of three Leafs goals in a row after Vancouver went up 3-1. Tavares snapped the puck past Demko on a pass from Mitch Marner after the Leafs were quick on transition during a power play in the first period … J.T. Miller, who is rumoured to have drawn interest from the Leafs even though Dubas has stressed the need for a defenceman, got past the check of Liljegren to give Vancouver a 1-0 lead at 7:48 of the first. They have about two months to figure it out before the playoffs start … The go-ahead goal by Alex Chiasson came after a stickless Marner stopped a shot with a kick of his skate, putting the puck on the Canuck’s stick early in the third. Robertson finished with 11 minutes 16 seconds of ice time after coach Sheldon Keefe decided to give him a look in the top six. Article content Travis Hamonic’s point shot in the final minute of the first went off TJ Brodie and in, and Brodie couldn’t tie up Boeser on a Canucks power play when Boeser scored on a rebound at 4:12 of the second. I don’t know what the situation is going forward, but I definitely would love to play with them again.” Article content It was nice to get that, given what I have been through (with injuries). Article content