Maple Leafs 6-3 over Avalanche as Bobrovsky answers the barrage
Nylander and Matthews finish while the iron bites Colorado and Bobrovsky seals it.
Toronto didn’t have the puck as much, but it had the finish — and Sergei Bobrovsky. The Maple Leafs turned a night of counterpunches into a 6-3 win while the Avalanche carried most of the push and kept firing.
Colorado’s pressure was real: they owned the shot attempts by almost two to one and generated chances worth about 4.40 expected goals — expected goals meaning how many the chances usually produce. Nathan MacKinnon drove that wave with 8 shots and 2 goals. But Bobrovsky stopped 30 of 33 and added +1.40 goals saved above expected — how many more he turned away than a typical night — giving Toronto the breathing room to strike back.
On the other end, William Nylander (2 goals, 3 assists) and Auston Matthews (2 goals, 2 assists) cashed the best looks, with help from a Leafs power play that converted twice. Mackenzie Blackwood yielded 5 on 21 shots, and that goaltending gap told.
The bounces cut Colorado too: the iron rang three times, with Martin Necas, Morgan Rielly, and Nazem Kadri each clipping a crossbar.
Takeaway: Toronto bags a big win that hides how much it spent defending; Colorado showed an elite attack, but finishing and netminding swung the night.
