At 6-foot-0, 175 pounds, playmaker Mitch Marner does not fit the traditional mold of a penalty killer.
But it’s a new NHL, where brains matter more than brawn, and it’s a modern Toronto Maple Leafs, where Marner (16) averages almost a minute a game on the kill. He’s already played more on the PK through 19 games this season (17:21) than he did in his first two years combined.
The San Jose Sharks power play was looking to break a 3-3 deadlock in the second period, when Marner’s smarts broke Kasperi Kapanen (24) free.