William Nylander rescues Maple Leafs with OT winner vs. Blackhawks
A huge win for Toronto.
On a night that saw most in the hockey world hoping to see the Chicago Blackhawks remain winless, Toronto Maple Leafs forward William Nylander stepped forward.
The Leafs earned an extremely valuable win tonight at United Center, rallying from a two-goal deficit to take the game by a 3-2 final in overtime. Nylander scored his third goal of the season and first in six games at 1:58 of overtime, breaking in alone on goaltender Kevin Lankinen and beating him five-hole:
The Leafs found themselves in an 0-2 hole early on thanks to first period tallies from Alex DeBrincat and Kirby Dach. However, captain John Tavares would cut the deficit in half with his second period goal, his second of the year. Things would soon be on even ground thanks to David Kamp's third period goal, knotting the score at 2-2.
Tonight's game comes on the heels of the former Blackhawks player who brought to light explosive sexual assault allegations against the team being revealed as Kyle Beach, a 2008 Draft selection who suffered abuse at the hands of then-video coach Brad Aldrich during the 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The full details of the report that was released yesterday afternoon have resulted in the resignations of general manager Stan Bowman and senior director of hockey administration Al MacIsaac. Additionally, the team was fined $2 million by the NHL.
The Blackhawks promptly issued a statement on social media, apologizing for what Beach suffered through as well as reiterating their commitment that such behavior never happens again.
