2023020723
[NHL.com Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020723)
|Teams|1st|2nd|3rd|Total|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|1|1|1|3|
|[SEA](/r/seattlekraken)|0|1|0|1|
##Team Stats
|Team|Shots|Hits|Blocks|FOW%|Giveaways|Takeaways|Power Play|PIM|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|26|10|18|71.7%|2|19|0/2|11|
|[SEA](/r/seattlekraken)|17|15|16|28.3%|0|10|0/2|11|
##Goals
|Period|Time|Team|Strength|Description|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|1st|07:06|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Even|[Auston Matthews (38) backhand shot, assist(s): Mitchell Marner (31)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6345324871112)|
|2nd|02:51|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Even|[Nicholas Robertson (7) snap shot, assist(s): Max Domi (20), Tyler Bertuzzi (14)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6345324993112)|
|2nd|14:03|[SEA](/r/seattlekraken)|Even|[Jordan Eberle (7) wrist shot, assist(s): Jared McCann (12), Tomas Tatar (12)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6345326708112)|
|3rd|19:39|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Even|Jake McCabe (4) wrist shot, assist(s): None|
##Penalties
|Period|Time|Team|Type|Min|Description|
|:–:|:–:|:-:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|1st|02:14|[TOR](/r/leafs)|MIN|2|Simon Benoit roughing against Brandon Tanev|
|1st|02:14|[TOR](/r/leafs)|MIN|2|Conor Timmins cross-checking against Brandon Tanev|
|1st|02:14|[SEA](/r/seattlekraken)|MIN|2|Brandon Tanev roughing against Simon Benoit|
|1st|09:12|[SEA](/r/seattlekraken)|MAJ|5|Brandon Tanev fighting against Jake McCabe|
|1st|09:12|[TOR](/r/leafs)|MAJ|5|Jake McCabe fighting against Brandon Tanev|
|1st|16:59|[TOR](/r/leafs)|MIN|2|Max Domi cross-checking against Ryker Evans|
|2nd|00:42|[SEA](/r/seattlekraken)|MIN|2|Jamie Oleksiak hooking against Matthew Knies|
|2nd|03:56|[SEA](/r/seattlekraken)|MIN|2|Justin Schultz holding against Pontus Holmberg|
**Officials**
* Referees: Kyle Rehman, Tom Chmielewski
* Linesmen: Travis Gawryletz, Caleb Apperson
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48 comments
Give Sammy the belt. Didnt have to make a lot of saves but made some absolutely huge ones.
That was the best defensive period I think I’ve ever seen this team play.
They’re capable of it, it’s just up to the coach to get them to do it every game, which he hasn’t been able to do. Hopefully this is a good sign though.
Give Sammy the belt!!
Im back on Mr.Samsonov’s wild ride
Seattle pas d’accord
Best defensive game they’ve played in a WHILE (might even be season)
Give the belt to Sammy
The professional gaslighters strike again, which Leaf team will we see against Winnipeg? Stay tuned.
Good for Nick, good for Sammy!
Sammy is SOOO BACK
Showed up with teeth from the get go. Not a ton of shots, good team defense in front of Sammy, but great start from him.
Great win for Sammy. I love when marner is the third d man in the middle falling back lol
Give Sammy that belt and some smile!!
Loved to see Sammy make some big saves. McCabe with two thirds of a Gordie, Liljegren was very solid tonight I thought. Build on this one.
Dominant game. Should have been 5-1. Sammy’s so back. We are so back. Go Leafs Go.
Samsonov best game of the season
Samsonov looked like a completely different goalie tonight
#𝓜𝓲𝓵𝓴
Outshot our opponents 72-38 this weekend. Wish it would’ve ended in 2 wins but pretty solid performance at least
I’m so happy for Sammy. In the long run that’s more important than the win.
I’m also happy that maybe the “lEaFs 0nLy hAv3 ___ w1ns iN r3guLaT10n” crowd might pipe down for a day or two.
4/8 points playing an team on a 12 game win streak and the number one team in the league with both games being winnable is not terrible all in all
Seattle had injuries and sickness and was riding a 4 game slump. We won. We needed that win.
Because it only gets harder… our schedule is brutal going forward. A LOT of really good teams ahead… starting with the Jets… twice.
Fuck yeah Sammy will have smile tonight what an effort from him and the team
Florida has lost 4 in a row to some pretty bad/underperforming teams and here we are only 4 points back of them even through a bad stretch for us. No one seems to be talking about Florida struggling though.
37 shots against in the past 2 games, beautifully played
#McCabe has more goals than McDavid in the last two games
Great overall game. Kept seattle to under 20 shots. Sammy made some unbelievable saves.
Robertson draws in and scores a tuck and had some other dangerous looks. Top line was absolutely buzzing all night.
Need a few more of those games to build some confidence.
BOBBY GAME WINNER
SAMMY SAVES KEEFE’S JOB
DEFENCE PROTECTED SAMMY
MATTY #38
MCCABE B2B GOALS AND ICED THE GAME
Can’t wait for all the idiots to post why it’s bad actually the leafs won because Keefe blah blah blah zzzzzz
Big win for Sammy love to see it.
Solid game! Sammy was good
Better give Sammy that belt
What a masterful final 2 minutes.
Yay Sammy!
Sammy made some amazing saves that he just wasn’t doing prior and gave his team a chance. The Leafs played an amazing defensive game and really needed this win to leapfrog Tampa and Detroit. Sammy against the Jets for sure.
^^^Sammy ^^^smol
#Sammy big
A regulation win, where we hold the lead! I thought we didn’t do those
Smiles are back on the menu boys and girls
We had an incredible amount of clear chances on net, missing the net more often than not.
Good defense today! Awesome saves by Sammy!
I’m happy we got the win! I’m glad they got domi and knives on different lines.
It’s too bad it wasn’t a blow out game for them they coulda used the confidence builder. Matthews had a dirty goal like always
What’s that feeling that’s the opposite of shame?
https://youtu.be/-NykqVnQylw?si=vkMgSqkRKoKBe55F
Robertson about to be benched again for getting the GWG
Pretty good game. GREAT 3rd period. Sammy wasn’t overly busy but when he was tested they were really good chances so he had to be good.
Knies also stood out as having a strong game.
Give Sammy the belt. Extend Benoit as our 3rd pair LD.
Putting the ILL back in ILYA SAMMYNOV. HE’S BACK!
Such a big win for the tail end of a back to back. I hope this is the confidence builder for Sammy to be the presence we need in front of the net. Jones had been great but we can’t keep riding him forever, having Sammy back to form will give the team much more room to focus on offense instead.
Overall the game had been rather uneventful and there were Brodments of slip ups, but I’m glad the buds played a complete game and finished what we needed, one win at a time.
And holy fucking Jake McSnipe! That was behind the net right? Where the fuck did that come from? Keep pulling that rabbit out of the hat bud!
I’m so fucking happy for Sammy. Please let this be the end of our trouble slump.
Keefe lives another day.
The Kraken broadcast has a British guy as their intermission host. It makes for a really interesting watching experience as you don’t hear British accent use North American sports terms very often.
That aside, well played defensive game and got timely saves from Samsonov. I’d like to see the team pull it off vs a good offensive team like Vancouver or Edmonton before I get back on the bandwagon. As it stands, I think we’re a very mid team. We’ll be competitive vs the top 7ish teams in the league but I expect us to lose more often than not vs them. We should be slightly above .500 vs the rest of the league. Tonight didn’t really convince me otherwise.
I was watching the Kraken broadcast. It’s weird watching your team when you’re not watching the home broadcast. There’s a bit of emotional disconnect, almost as if they are not the team you cheer for. Having that emotional disconnect from the non-home broadcast allowed me to see the Leafs in a new light, they looked like a damn good team tonight.