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Five goals in the opening six games for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
William Nylander is starting to find form and scored two more goals as his team beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2.
“He’s too good,” writes a user on X (formerly Twitter).
Last season did William Nylander28, a whopping 98 points (40+58) in 82 regular season games, plus three goals in the playoffs. It was his best season ever in terms of points. The question is, can he break his own record this year? The Swedish star has started to shift gears.
Nice numbers for Nylander
Last night there were three new points for Nylander who made sure that the Tampa Bay Lightning did not have much to gain. He scored two of the goals himself in the 5-2 victory. This means that he has already managed to put five pucks in the net in the opening six rounds of the NHL season.
In addition, he has two assists, which means that Nylander is Toronto’s best scorer so far. He is ahead of superstars like Austin Matthews and John Tavares in that statistic.
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The start of the season has been good for the Maple Leafs, who have won four of their six games and are second in the Atlantic division behind last year’s Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers.
“It’s Willy’s World”
After the victory, Toronto’s new favorite Swede was celebrated – after all, they have a history of thunderous Swedes who Börje Salming and Mats Sundin.
“He’s too good,” writes one person on X.
“Willy is having a great game so far,” comments another.
“It’s Willy’s world, and the rest of us just live in it,” writes a third.
“100 points this year”, writes someone hoping for the best.
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How wonderful that things are going well for our Swedes over in North America. A Nylander in goal form is a lovely sight.
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