Travis Dermott and Justin Holl each scored his first NHL goal for the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 5-0 win against the New York Islanders at Air Canada Centre on Wednesday.
“Good for those kids. You don’t get to score your first NHL goal very often, one time,” Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock said. “It’s great if your dad’s here (like Travis’ was) to see it. Between periods I saw a few tears, which was nice to see as well. It’s not just an individual accomplishment; it’s a family accomplishment, so they should be proud.”
Frederik Andersen made 28 saves for his fourth shutout of the season, and Kasperi Kapanen, Auston Matthews and Mitchell Marner scored for the Maple Leafs (29-18-5), who have won three in a row.
Thomas Greiss made 45 saves for the Islanders (25-22-5), who are 1-2-1 in their past four games, including a 4-1 loss to the Florida Panthers on Tuesday.
“We worked and we didn’t succeed,” Islanders coach Doug Weight said. “They had a lot more jump than we did. If anyone knows how important it is, it’s the guys in that room. This wasn’t an effort that was lax or lazy, it wasn’t. It’s just disappointing. It’s tough.”
First goal, first star. #BellLetsTalk #TMLtalk pic.twitter.com/c0htu1zwn4
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) February 1, 2018
Welcome to the show, @12JHoll. #BellLetsTalk #TMLtalk pic.twitter.com/N4HNcQPk9o
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.@Travis_Dermott: 😀
His Dad: 😀 x 100→ https://t.co/JtOtOSvQdd#TMLtalk #BellLetsTalk pic.twitter.com/oxymBLLpso
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That first goal feeling. #TMLtalk #BellLetsTalk pic.twitter.com/ClfQkAKWHg
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) February 1, 2018
Here comes @Travis_Dermott #TMLtalk #BellLetsTalk pic.twitter.com/gvFeKaXvvB
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) February 1, 2018
Four of the five goals in last night's 5-0 win were scored by players age 21 or younger. There are only three other times in @MapleLeafs history where four different players 21 or younger scored in the same game, all of which occurred during 1943-44 season (per @PR_NHL). #TMLTalk
— Leafs PR (@LeafsPR) February 1, 2018