Pittsburgh initially appeared to take a 1–0 lead with just over seven minutes played, but the goal was disallowed due to Pittsburgh’s Justin Brazeau pushing into Toronto goaltender Joseph Woll’s shin guard before the puck entered the net.
The first goal that counted was scored by Nylander, as he moved the puck around and behind goaltender Stuart Skinner’s skates.
Just a little over three minutes later, he played clubmate Matias Maccelli’s 2–1 goal.
In the third period, fine Swedish cooperation led to another goal for Toronto, when Nylander and Oliver Ekman-Larsson both got an assist as Maxi Domi put the puck in the goal.
Nylander scored the last goal of the match in an empty net. The match ended 6–3.
It was fun to see Willy do what he did tonight, said Toronto coach Craig Berube, according to nhl.com.
It is a heavy loss for Pittsburgh, according to Swede Erik Karlsson, who plays for the team.
We didn’t play a bad game, says Karlsson according to nhl.com.
We were only punished when we made big mistakes, and that happens sometimes when you play against a good team.
William Nylander has already been selected for Tre Kronor’s Olympic team that will play in Milan in February, with Adrian Kempe, Gabriel Landeskog and Lucas Raymond among others.
