Maple Leafs Stars Crush Sens

Plus waiver wire recommendations and more

Feb 19, 2021

This week’s waiver wire piece for The Athletic is here.

After some less than inspired performances against the Ottawa Senators, the Toronto Maple Leafs put the hammer down Thursday night, with their big guns leading the way.

THURSDAY GAMES

Ottawa 3 Toronto 7

TOR C Auston Matthews 2 G, 2 A (16 G, 8 A in his past 15 GP)

TOR RW Mitch Marner 1 G, 3 A (8 G, 18 A in his past 16 GP)

TOR LW Joe Thornton 1 G, 2 A (3 G, 5 A in 8 GP)

TOR RW William Nylander 1 G, 1 A

TOR LW Alexander Kerfoot 0 G, 2 A (2 G, 4 A in past 6 GP)

TOR D Morgan Rielly 2 A (1 G, 6 A in past 8 GP)

OTT LW Tim Stutzle 1 G, 1 A

TOR D T.J. Brodie and RW Mitch Marner were both on the ice for four goals for and none against.

New Jersey 3 Boston 2

NJ RW Kyle Palmieri 2 G

N.Y. Islanders 1 Pittsburgh 4

PIT RW Bryan Rust 1 G, 1 A (4 G, 4 A in past 5 GP)

PIT LW Jason Zucker 1 G, 1 A

PIT C Evgeni Malkin 2 A

PIT D John Marino and Mike Matheson were both on the ice for three goals for and none against during 5-on-5 play.

N.Y. Rangers 3 Philadelphia 2 (SO)

PHI C Kevin Hayes 2 A (6 G, 7 A in 14 GP)

PHI G Carter Hart stopped 31 of 33 shots (.902 SV% in 10 GP)

Buffalo 1 Washington 3

WSH G Vitek Vanecek 22 saves on 23 shots for the victory. (.909 SV% in 13 GP)

Nashville 0 Columbus 3

32-save shutout for CBJ G Elvis Merzlikins (.920 SV% in 8 GP)

San Jose 2 St. Louis 3

STL RW David Perron 1 G, 2 A (6 G, 11 A in past 13 GP)

STL LW Mike Hoffman 1 G, 1 A (5 G, 5 A in past 10 GP)

Los Angeles 3 Arizona 2 (SO)

ARZ G Darcy Kuemper stopped 27 of 29 shots (.920 SV% in 13 GP)

LA G Jonathan Quick had 20 saves on 22 shots (.889 SV% in 8 GP)

Minnesota 3 Anaheim 1

Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 16 of 17 shots for the W. (.905 SV% in 8 GP)

Digging Deep

Every episode I will recommend one player that is owned in 5% or fewer of Yahoo leagues. It may be a player to add right away or simply a head’s up – keep an eye out for this one to see if he can keep it up.

Pittsburgh Penguins LW Zach Aston-Reese had offseason shoulder surgery but has hit the ice at full speed putting up four points (3 G, 1 A), 11 shots on goal and 11 hits in his first four games. Aston-Reese isn’t likely to be a big scorer, his most notable impact is defensively but his line, with Teddy Blueger and Brandon Tanev is making a difference for the Penguins. (3% Yahoo)