As the first period of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ rout of the Philadelphia Flyers ended, Steven Lorentz slowly glided toward William Nylander. He had something to say. And with every inch Lorentz got closer, his grin grew even wider.
Just minutes earlier, Nylander had fired a soft-looking shot – or maybe it was a pass, who can ever tell with Nylander – from well below the face-off dot toward the Flyers net. Seconds later, Flyers defenceman Nick Seeler raised his head in disbelief.
. . .
“I said, ‘That was a sick shot, were you trying to do that? Because if I take that kind of shot, it’s hitting a skate, going the other way and somehow ending in the back of my net,’” Lorentz said, his tongue planted firmly in his cheek. “Goal scorers know how to score goals. He’s got so many different weapons in his arsenal. He can fire that high blocker, high glove, he can go anywhere.”
So what exactly was Nylander trying to do?