Top-2 : Mitch Marner the football player
Last night in the NHL, only four teams were in action.
And none of these games had any influence on the habs.
Here are the results and highlights:
That’s a wrap on a two-game Wednesday as the @MapleLeafs and @mnwild benefited their playoff chances with regulation wins at home.#NHLStats: https://t.co/HAnplrZY8P pic.twitter.com/UthDKyF70n
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) March 20, 2025
1. Mitch Marner the forward
Mitch Marner will become a UFA after the season and let’s say that on the free agent market, he will command a big salary.
Last night, he showed he wasn’t just good at hockey. In his old life, clearly, he played football.
Marner’s in full soccer mode tonight
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— Spittin’ Chiclets (@spittinchiclets) March 20, 2025
Mitch Marner just out there playing soccer
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— Gino Hard (@GinoHard_) March 19, 2025
Marner had an assist on the first goal of the game.
That of Auston Matthews.
Auston Matthews scored his 142-career go-ahead goal and passed Mats Sundin (141) for the most in @MapleLeafs history.#NHLStats: https://t.co/MUFaIUL0vK https://t.co/GGTOdc113T
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) March 20, 2025
The Avalanche created a tie a few moments later, however.
A sixth goal in six games for Valeri Nichushkin.
Valeri Nichushkin’s got six goals in his last six games!
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But in the third period, Toronto got help from the official.
Watch how the winning goal was scored:
HOW BIZARRE IS THIS?
The Leafs scored after the puck hit the ref and it stopped.
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— BarDown (@BarDown) March 20, 2025
Final score: 2-1.
2. Three goals in less than five minutes to start the game in Minnesota
The Wild didn’t need much time to seal their victory last night.
Minnesota needed just 4:29 to score the first three goals of the game.
The @mnwild score THREE times in 1:42 early in the first period!
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These are the fastest three goals to start a game in the 2024-2025 season.
And in the history of the franchise, these three goals are not bad either…
The @mnwild (4:29) scored the second-fastest three goals to start a game in franchise history, behind Jan. 14, 2017 (4:00 at DAL). #NHLStats: https://t.co/HAnplrZY8P pic.twitter.com/KousXqqWw5
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) March 20, 2025
The locals finally won with a score of 4-0.
Filip Gustavsson took care of the defense, stopping 34 shots for a shutout.
Gustavsson shuts the door to maintain the three-goal advantage!
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Big win for the Wild in the standings, anyway.

In the East, not much happened, except for the Leafs, who moved away from the Lightning.

Overtime
– A nice pass for the former habs player.
Congrats on 600, Drou
#GoAvsGo pic.twitter.com/6C5MM7O5be
— Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) March 19, 2025
– 800th game for Jaden Schwartz.
800 for Cha Cha!
Tonight was Jaden Schwartz’s 800th career @NHL game. pic.twitter.com/fFYf9W4Ysq
— Seattle Kraken PR (@SeattleKrakenPR) March 20, 2025
– The scorers from last night.

– Big Thursday of action in the NHL.



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