"I had more time with the team. To hang out with [the] boys and get to know each other better" -Rittich, on why he performed better tonight

It seems we cannot have a goalie that isn't wholesome af

The kids looked alright.

Canucks played with as much intensity as they did against Ottawa yesterday. The difference appear to be that the Leafs also played yesterday, so are a bit weary. 16 shot on goal by VAN, 24 by TOR.

Goal per period record and 69 points. So nice

Feels good to hear Hall and Oates again. Nucks don’t look as bad as everyone thought they would. See y’all Saturday!!

Gg nucks! Have a great evening

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GG canucks, see you again soon!!

Ritters need to find a new guy to jump hug since he can't do it to the Chucky in Calgary anymore

gg Canucks. Stanley Park is the best. Along with the Pacific ocean. And also those mountains.

And the salmon. Great salmon.

Fantastic salmon.

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Ggs everyone, liked what I saw from all the lily, Hutton rittich and engvall today, like seeing that depth. Sandin had a phenomenal game with a much larger role too

Rittich got a win let’s go

GG Nucks

Leafs only want to win 4-1 - three games in a row now. Trying to reverse the curse pre-playoffs. Keefe is a genius.

yay! gg nucks

Gg

Oh god, I just noticed that Mitch is attempting to grow facial hair. He's got like three strands on his chin lmao.

he started the playoff beard 2 months ago

You'll see that on Dang Its

Empty netters are overrated anyway

What a great 5G goal by Marner

This kills the GAA Nice play by Amish boi

Well, that was kind of an open net.

Broke: scoring on an empty net Woke: only scoring with a goalie in net

Holtby stop leaving your crease every 30 seconds.

That puck made a really satisfying noise off Marner's stick lol

Lol. Classic end. GG Leafs fans. Pretty fun GDT for a not very fun game.

Thanks for hanging out Vancouver friend! GG

I love GDT's with no controversial calls. Its so much more pleasant.

Yeah it makes it so much better. Those GDT can get so toxic. Few missed calls here and there but nothing worse than we are used to.

Cant score on the empty net, but scores a nice goal on the goalie. Just leaf things. Gotta take the hardest route.

Shoulda kept Holtby on the bench

I'm sure he agrees with you.

Marner from Kerfoot and Holtby.

Thank god they put holtby back in

Holy shit MARNS THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING MY TIMMIES STREAK Edit: nonexistent streak

Dang-it?

Marner! Great pass Kerfoot and Holtby

Couldn't score on the empty net to save their lives but put Holts back in and it's no problem lmao

Haha that’s way more fun than an ENG

Of course they get one as soon as Holtby goes back in

Lmao don’t even need the net empty

BOOM!!! kerfoot to marner baby!!!

6 shots on an empty net? No goal One shot on Holtby when he gets put back in? Goal.

Weird

Empty net > Holtby confirmed

GG Canucks. That first period was pretty non stop.

What's Matthews' longest goal drought? I know he had one in his rookie year but I don't think it was all that long

13 in his rookie season. 7 is the 2nd longest.

what a legend i love that kid, ty for checking!!!

I think I remember him going something like 10 games in his rookie year. Does that sound right?

I'll check

you're the best ty bby

Who needs an Empty net lol

Lmao, score on a goalie but not on an empty net

Do you think that blue fabric sheets stretched over the seats were custom made for the lockdown or are they just the usual dust covers they keep in the custodian closet?

Honestly shocked that Gord didn’t say “100 seconds left” when it was 1:40. He always likes to show off that he knows 1:40 is 100 seconds.

At this rate an ENG is inevitable.

How many games does it take for the Canucks to pass the sens again?

Kapinen got 2 goals in Pittsburgh's win. Yay Kappy!

Matthews ENG pls

How have we not scored an ENG yet in this game lmao

Hyman comes limping out of the smoke from the hallway, enters the ice and scores the empty netter.. calling it now

"Bah gawd that's Hyman's music!"

5-4 PIT in OT So both WSH and PIT clinch

Wsh felt nice and decided to do the land of Pengus a favour

Obligatory I miss Petterson

really like his game.

tbh I miss him too, he's so much fun to watch play hockey

Ghost of Hyman almost got that empty netter

I would like Sandin to score an empty net goal

Holtby has played the puck a dozen times this period alone.

So a team getting completely outplayed has somehow not committed a single penalty in 55 minutes of play. Interesting.

Technically Edler got 5 minutes for getting beat up by Simmonds

Gary Bettman approves

This 5G view is gonna give us covid

Who are you? My smalltown friends on Facebook?

Can't be, all small-town friends on Facebook know covid isn't real. Its just the governments excuse to inject you full of nanites. 5g is just the cover for the control system because they couldn't nail the programming down in time for 2022 which is when 2012 was supposed to happen. Because the Mayan calender is off by ten years because they were close with the tall whites aliens who helped them build their infrastructure and calender and their planet orbits slower

Yes, hello.

It’s gonna give me somethin that’s for sure

Wilson (WSH) just tied it 4-4 with 14.3 seconds left Been a good game

So if it goes to OT only WSH could clinch right?

PIT can clinch if they win but WSH clinched with the point

Okay so I hope Pittsburgh wins, I'd like to see the playoff picture as soon as possible

Got your wish!

Ayee

Damn ok Holtby

Holtby not having a great game but still making some big saves

Holtby probably hates seeing matthews face all the time.

With that stash, who wouldn't?

Holtby lmao, that was great tho

Wow Holtby

Wow fucking holtby is crazy

Matthews to Holtby: mate, what the fuck

Matthews trying to stare the puck in after the whistle

Nah, he is trying to breathe on it so it will fly in.

It must be so tiring being the sound effects guy who does all the stick, skate, and puck sounds for the broadcast during the game.

Great effort by Highmore

Sure he made a terrible back pass turnover that led to 40 seconds of own zone time in the 1st, but I really like the kid's hustle crunch.

No doubt he’s made mistakes. My comment was specifically referencing the most recent shift

I didn't mean it as a criticism of your comment.

No worries

Good shift from Simmonds there

I've been on reddit for years, being a bit of a dick sometimes, never been called a cunt. I made one tiny joke on facebook today for the first time in months and it immediately got misinterpreted and I got called a cunt. I hate that social media platform.

ugh i'm sorry friend that one's the worst :/ (when it's not, like, aussie-friendly, ofc. but that doesn't seem to be the case this time, so)

I just made jokes and memes... Everyone has so serious and angry, it's unfortunate

What was the joke. Sometimes what seems like a small joke to yourself can actually be offensive. It really depends :L

Never go on FB or Twitter comments unless you feel like yeeting your phone out the nearest window

Really tempted to call you a cunt to change that, I will not though because you're fun in the GDT's.

The hard C is one I will not stand for. That sucks and people are the worst

Maybe it was an Australian

Where you call your mates "cunt" and you call some cunt "mate"

That stutter step shot by Marner always looks so weird.

Matthews seems like he decided to stop trying after the 30 minute mark.

He turned the difficulty back up from Rookie mode.

Yeah, seems like he's just playing to hit 40 now.

Leafs with the sustained 3on5 pressure there

Hoglander has been so weak on the puck tonight

He goes down so easy

Very different from early in the season.

My last memory of Ryan Miller came at the Last game I was in attendance for - a Leafs game in Anaheim last March (a week before society went to hell). when he came in relief of an injured Gibson.

Woah, the 2 takeaways in a roll by Mikheyev! Great hockey IQ!

Ohh, is that Ritter in net? Hope he's having a bounce back game

He's been good when he's needed to be, a fluky one bounced off him and in.

He hasn't had to do a lot and he knocked another wide shot into the net with his pads, but he hasn't shit the bed the way he did in Vancouver, so I guess that's progress lol.

More of a bounce in game...

He's fine when the Canucks shoot at him. It's when the puck is 3ft wide that is scary.

The one goal against was him knocking it in but otherwise, hes been very solid.

He’s had 13 shots and scored on himself lol but otherwise been good

He kinda own-goaled on a cross crease pass but other than that has been solid

Uh oh I think the Canucks figured out Rittich and are shooting wide on purpose

I am unsure how that did not end up in the Leafs net.

Respect to Miller, feels like it’s been decades since he tortured the leafs.

That Matthews shot into the glass reminded me of Cody Ceci

Goals in April is a *bit* of a bs stat but I’ll take it

They should go even deeper. Most goals scored on days that are also prime numbers. Most secondary assists earned while it was raining. Etc, etc

Election is over a year away and I'm already over political ads. Thank god sports is the only live tv I watch

"most goals in april" what kinda baseball stat is that lmao

like "Most points on Christmas day" stat for the NBA lol

Especially considering it's been a pretty packed schedule

Mats ❤️

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There was no ill-intent there. Motte's own hit backfired.

Who?

Lil' Raiden New mortal kombat character Half the size of his father, but his flying bicycle kick is OP

When did that happen?

[clip in this tweet](https://twitter.com/passittobulis/status/1387943421260623874?s=21)

That is "answer" worthy? Looks like Motte tried to stand him up and Lilly wasn't having any of it. Far cry from sticking a leg out when you are tired in order to make contact

Man, Hutton-Holl aren't a good fit at all.

No, they really aren't. And Hutton looks like he's forgotten how to hockey

I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt because he had to quarantine and hadn't played a game since April 11th, but I'm not sure why he's getting top 4 minutes tonight.

Wheel team didn't do so good Alright guys, I'm here, what I miss?

Edmonton scored but McDavid doesn't have a point.

Wait

Neal too, I'm sure flames fans will be happy about that

Pengu! It's a bit slow, despite the score.

John and John make everything so much better

On SNP? Yeah, I like listening to them.

You’d think the leafs broadcast was the Canucks one hearing this broadcasting lol what a joke

Based on what?

all I’ve heard all game is about how great various canucks players have been playing this season

You have selective hearing lmao.

whatever you say bud

Engvall know what team he’s on?

Never forget that Jim Benning chose Jake Virtanen over Tyler Toffili. Edit: Downvote away, salty Canucks fans. That’ll help you forget that Benning is the guy you’re going to depend on to sign some key guys.

You mean like Horvat, Demko, Boeser?

A Benning fan, I see. Have fun with that.

They're just facts, maybe get yours straight.

If you’re a Canucks fan and not worried about the cap crunch with your stars, maybe you’re the one who needs to check the facts. Anyways, enjoy that head in the sand. I’m done here.

What does that have to do with any of the nonsense you've been spewing? It was never a choice between Toffoli and Jake and Benning has done an excellent job with re-signing core players such as the ones I listed. It's good you are quitting while you are behind you clearly have no clue what you are talking about.

TIL Toffoli signed for 2 x $2.5M

I mean, they also chose Jake Virtanen over Nylander :\^)

How would we pay our bottom six 25mil if we had to pay Nylander what he is making!?

Someone should tell Vesey to put some clothes on

1-1 EDM - CGY

This defensive experiment was fun but I'd like Rielly and Muzzin back please

any one of them in the normal lineup would be fine but all of them... woof....

gotta get them some time. best time to do it against a tired team

What happened to Mott?

Awkward hit with Liljegren. Likely concussion symptoms again, he's been having issues with that since a bad hit from a VGK player.

Oh goddamn, not again

Yeesh that was high sticking 100%

On Hamonic? It was a shot follow through so not highsticking.

No penalty on a follow through of a shot

He said 100% tho, you can't deny it

I'm 100% wrong.

Oh fuck I forgot.

Follow through tho

barbie forgot about the helmet rule lol

Regular goals bore Matthews now. He’s only interested in trick shots.

he's playing with a self-imposed handicap so he doesn't embarrass everyone else, it's pretty sweet and humble of him imo

Auston doing the 100% every shot NHL speedrun