Ten seconds after establishing a new career high in goals, Johnny Gaudreau went ahead and did the same with points.
With his 25th and 26th goals - scored four seconds off Lanny McDonald's franchise record for the fastest two goals by one player - the Calgary Flames star improved on his 24-goal rookie total, and then his 64-point rookie total, in a flash Wednesday.
Johnny Gaudreau scores 2 goals in 10 seconds. It's only the 1st period. He may have 20 tonight pic.twitter.com/kuJARvFbyq
— Jordie (@BarstoolJordie) March 10, 2016
To be fair, the first goal required a review, so there was a little bit of a wait. But based on that clumsy back cut from the Predators defender, the delay worked to his advantage.
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The Toronto Maple Leafs pumped the brakes on a six-game losing streak thanks to the soft hands of rookie Nikita Soshnikov.
The 22-year-old beat New York Islanders goaltender Thomas Greiss with a deceptive backhand in the skills competition Wednesday to give the Maple Leafs a 4-3 victory.
The win snapped the Maple Leafs' six-game skid, which had seen their past five losses come in the form of one-goal defeats.
The goal proved to be only Soshnikov's latest achievement to catch the eye of head coach Mike Babcock, who made it clear that the Russian and fellow rookie Zach Hyman - who scored his second goal of the season Wednesday - have futures with the big club.
Mike Babcock: "Hyman and (Soshnikov) are here to stay. They're too good and too fast."
— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) March 10, 2016
"He's not intimidated by anything," Babcock said of Soshnikov.
William Nylander also received accolades from Babcock, who called Wednesday's performance his best game yet.
The Maple Leafs seemed destined for yet another one-goal loss after Ryan Strome put the Islanders up 3-2 with 5:19 remaining in regulation, until Nylander responded with a power-play marker with just 1:13 left to send the game to extra time.
Wait, maybe nobody told William Nylander about the losing one-goal games thing
— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) March 10, 2016
The Maple Leafs will look to string together back-to-back wins for the first time since Feb. 2 and 4 when they visit the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.
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This could've been a disaster. Toews gets caught on the door. #Blackhawks pic.twitter.com/FhAfyWviMQ
— Aldo Soto (@AldoSoto21) March 10, 2016
Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews exited briefly, but was able to return to normal deployment Wednesday night after being ridden into an opened door at the St. Louis Blues' bench.
Toews headed down the tunnel after a short shift, but returned just moments later.
The durable top center has 24 goals and 47 points in 66 starts.
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Ryan Reaves got a 5-minute major, game misconduct for this Christian Ehrhoff hit https://t.co/KaZR6X4xyg
— NHL on NBC (@NHLonNBCSports) March 10, 2016
Ryan Reaves has thrown another questionable hit.
The St. Louis Blues winger was dinged with a five-minute major charging penalty and automatic game misconduct Wednesday night for taking a run at Chicago Blackhawks defender Christian Ehrhoff.
The NHL's Department of Player Safety is required to look at the infraction to assess whether to uphold, lengthen, or rescind the automatic suspension tied to a game misconduct.
Reaves' force appeared to be exclusively through the body of Ehrhoff, but the argument could certainly be made that he left his feet to deliver the blow.
Ehrhoff returned to Wednesday's game.
Reaves was issued a three-game suspension for a nasty hit on Matt Tennyson only two weeks ago.
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If Morgan Rielly wanted a goal for his birthday, he got one.
The Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman celebrated his 22nd birthday Wednesday in offensive fashion by punching in his seventh goal of the season, beating New York Islanders goalie Thomas Greiss blocker side with a rising wrist shot.
Now blow out the candles, Morgan.
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