What can’t Sheldon Keefe do?
While he won’t take credit for it, previously beleaguered backup netminder Michael Hutchinson was an absolute star under his watch Saturday night in Toronto, making 33 saves in a 3-0 shutout of the New York Islanders.
Pierre Engvall, Auston Matthews and Zach Hyman scored the goals for Toronto, and Mitch Marner registered two primary assists, while John Tavares and William Nylander saw their impressive point streaks snapped in what was a low-event, low-output struggle between two of the top teams in the Eastern Conference.
With the win, the Maple Leafs made Keefe the first head coach in franchise history to win 15 of his first 20 games, and improved to 11-1-1 over their last 13.