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Toronto Maple Leafs: William Nylander’s Top Goals

By Andrew Boehmer

Feb 21, 2017; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Maple Leafs center William Nylander (29) skates with the puck against the Winnipeg Jets at Air Canada Centre. The Maple Leafs beat the Jets 5-4 in overtime. Mandatory Credit: Tom Szczerbowski-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 21, 2017; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Maple Leafs center William Nylander (29) skates with the puck against the Winnipeg Jets at Air Canada Centre. The Maple Leafs beat the Jets 5-4 in overtime. Mandatory Credit: Tom Szczerbowski-USA TODAY Sports /
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His second goal of this particular game. You can’t see it from the video above but, Nylander started the play out by skating out of his own zone and into the clear. Something we often see him do. Closing in on Rask he had a couple of options.

He could have opted to pass it. Chances are it wouldn’t have reached its intended destination.

Being the smart player Willie is, he chooses the alternative. In this case, it’s picking a spot and hoping the puck hits it.

Feeling the backpressure of Austin Czarnik and taking a potential hook, he still manages to raise the puck over Rask’s shoulder in tight for the goal.

He’s even thrown off balance by Czarnik as his right skate is off the ice when he releases the puck. It’s an underappreciated goal, in my opinion.

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