The Toronto Maple Leafs were not at their best against the Winnipeg Jets last night, but managed to collect an important two points thanks to Ilya Samsonov and an Auston Matthews overtime winner that was set up by the play of Nick Robertson. Yes, you read that correctly, it was not Mitch Marner setting up Matthews, but rather the 22-year-old former second-round pick.
Robertson has been in and out of the lineup recently, but earned himself some grace with the coach after a stellar outing in Seattle. After being a game-time decision against Seattle, he rewarded by Keefe with another game.
Roberson played a career-high 17:08 last night after playing just 8:52 against Seattle on Sunday. He had 4 shots on goal and made a fantastic play to set up the overtime winner. Over his last seven games, Robertson has 4 goals and five points and is making it difficult for Keefe to keep him out of the lineup.
