The offensive explosion came against a not half-bad Sabres lineup featuring Brian Gionta, Josh Bailey, Sam Reinhart, Dmitry Kulikov, Tyler Ennis, Zemgus Girgensons, Matt Moulson and Jake McCabe among the NHL regulars. Jim Hiller will certainly be satisfied with his team’s ability to generate traffic and funnel pucks to the net front in this game. The Leafs generated five goals from point shots alone – two off the stick of Matt Hunwick, who matched his 2015-16 goals output in a single 13-second span in preseason.
If you just watched this game you’d be pretty excited about the young talent in this organization, and Auston Matthews wasn’t playing.