The "Mr. T" Man of the Match 2023 Playoff Edition

[Kaberle15]

MotM: John "The Captain" Tavares
HM: Ilya "Better Than Vasi" Samsonov

Perfection.
Matthews was in beast mode all night as well.

 

[louisstamos]

Samsonov
HM: Schenn, absolutely beauty tonight and made tons of great plays

 

[CarltonTheBear]

SAMSONOV
HM TAVARES

 

[Kin]

Samsonov
HM By all rights should be Matthews or Schenn but screw it, Johnny Tavares.

 

[Omallley]

Samsonov
HM By all rights should be Matthews or Schenn but screw it, Johnny Tavares.

Couldn't agree more this gets my +1. He wasn't consistent through the series, but big, did Tavares ever come up big in games 2 and 6 - when the team needed them the most.

 

[cw]

SAMSONOV
HM TAVARES

+1

 

[Frank E]

Samsonov
Tavares

 

[LittleHockeyFan]

SAMSONOV
HM TAVARES

+1

ditto....in a night when several other guys deserve pre-OT HMs too.... Schenn, Matthews, Marner all showed up big time tonight

 

[ZBBM]

R1G1: TBL v TOR: Lightning 7-3.  MotM: Marner 3/3.  HM: Nylander 3/2.  Others: Woll 1/0, Matthews 0/1, Tavares 1/0, O'Reilly 0/1.
R1G2: TBL v TOR: Leafs 7-2.  MotM: Rielly 2/8.  HM: Tavares 8/2.  Others: none.
R1G3: TOR v TBL: Leafs 4-3 OT.  MotM: O'Reilly 7/2.  HM: Samsonov 2/5.  Others: Rielly 1/2, Brodie 0/1.
R1G4: TOR v TBL: Leafs 5-4 OT.  MotM: Matthews 7/2.  HM: Samsonov 2/4.  Others: Kerfoot 1/0, Knies 0/2, Nylander 0/1. O'Reilly 0/1.
R1G5: TBL v TOR: Lightning 4-2.  MotM: Rielly 4/2.  HM: Matthews 0/2.  Others: O'Reilly 1/0, McCabe 1/0, Knies 0/1, Nylander 0/1.
R1G6: TOR v TBL: Leafs 2-1 OT.  MotM: Samsonov 8/4.  HM: Tavares 4/6.  Others: Matthews 2/1, Brodie 0/2, Schenn 0/1.
R2G1: FLA v TOR:
R2G2: FLA v TOR:
R2G3: TOR v FLA:
R2G4: TOR v FLA:

	MotM/Win	MotM/Loss	HonMen	Accolades	Times Voted	Points
Forwards
26 Nick Abruzzese	0	0	0	0	0	0
52 Noel Acciari	0	0	0	0	0	0
12 Zach Aston-Reese	0	0	0	0	0	0
58 Michael Bunting	0	0	0	0	0	0
29 Pontus Holmberg	0	0	0	0	0	0
19 Calle J?rnkrok	0	0	0	0	0	0
64 David K?mpf	0	0	0	0	0	0
15 Alexander Kerfoot	0	0	0	0	1	1
23 Matthew Knies	0	0	0	0	2	2
28 Sam Lafferty	0	0	0	0	0	0
16 Mitch Marner	0	1	0	1	1	3
34 Auston Matthews	1	0	1	2	4	8
74 Bobby McMann	0	0	0	0	0	0
88 William Nylander	0	0	1	1	3	4
90 Ryan O'Reilly	1	0	0	1	4	7
24 Wayne Simmonds	0	0	0	0	0	0
46 Alex Steeves	0	0	0	0	0	0
91 John Tavares	0	0	2	2	3	5
53 Radim Zahorna	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defensemen
18 Jordie Benn	0	0	0	0	0	0
78 T.J. Brodie	0	0	0	0	2	2
55 Mark Giordano	0	0	0	0	0	0
56 Erik Gustafsson	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Justin Holl	0	0	0	0	0	0
37 Timothy Liljegren	0	0	0	0	0	0
22 Jake McCabe	0	0	0	0	1	1
44 Morgan Rielly	1	1	0	2	3	10
2 Luke Schenn	0	0	0	0	1	1
25 Conor Timmins	0	0	0	0	0	0
Goalkeepers
50 Erik K?llgren	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
30 Matt Murray	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
35 Ilya Samsonov	1	0	2	3	3	8.0
60 Joseph Woll	0	0	0	0	1	1.0

EXPLAINER:

"R2" stands for "Round Two."  Round Two is what happens after you WIN Round one.

EDIT: Wow.  I have to write in FLA.

 

[ZBBM]

MotM: Knies, I guess
HM: J?rnkrok. I noticed several nice plays besides the lovely assist.  His jets were on all night, too.

 

[Kin]

Knies
HM Schenn, who I thought did a very good job all night

I thought Samsonov was good, generally speaking, as it's tough to fault him on a couple of those goals but he needs to be sharper in key moments.

 

[Guilt Trip]

Knies
Matthews

 

[L K]

Knies
HM Schenn

 

[louisstamos]

Knies
HM: Schenn

The Schenn-Rielly pairing was the best one of the night.  McCabe definitely did not have a good night.

 

[Frank E]

Knies
Bunting

 

[Kaberle15]

Schenn
Knies  (2 goals in 11 seconds, next try both on the opposite net Kid! )

Also notice Nylander flying out there and Bunting.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Knies
HM Bunting

Even goals aside I thought they two looked very good last night. Props to the way Bunting's played since coming back from his suspension/scratch.

 

[ZBBM]

R1G1: TBL v TOR: Lightning 7-3.  MotM: Marner 3/3.  HM: Nylander 3/2.  Others: Woll 1/0, Matthews 0/1, Tavares 1/0, O'Reilly 0/1.
R1G2: TBL v TOR: Leafs 7-2.  MotM: Rielly 2/8.  HM: Tavares 8/2.  Others: none.
R1G3: TOR v TBL: Leafs 4-3 OT.  MotM: O'Reilly 7/2.  HM: Samsonov 2/5.  Others: Rielly 1/2, Brodie 0/1.
R1G4: TOR v TBL: Leafs 5-4 OT.  MotM: Matthews 7/2.  HM: Samsonov 2/4.  Others: Kerfoot 1/0, Knies 0/2, Nylander 0/1. O'Reilly 0/1.
R1G5: TBL v TOR: Lightning 4-2.  MotM: Rielly 4/2.  HM: Matthews 0/2.  Others: O'Reilly 1/0, McCabe 1/0, Knies 0/1, Nylander 0/1.
R1G6: TOR v TBL: Leafs 2-1 OT.  MotM: Samsonov 8/4.  HM: Tavares 4/6.  Others: Matthews 2/1, Brodie 0/2, Schenn 0/1.
R2G1: FLA v TOR: Panthers 4-2.  MotM: Knies 7/1.  HM: Schenn 1/3.  Others: Bunting 0/2, J?rnkrok 0/1, Matthews 0/1.
R2G2: FLA v TOR:

	MotM/Win	MotM/Loss	HonMen	Accolades	Times Voted	Points
Forwards
26 Nick Abruzzese	0	0	0	0	0	0
52 Noel Acciari	0	0	0	0	0	0
12 Zach Aston-Reese	0	0	0	0	0	0
58 Michael Bunting	0	0	0	0	1	1
29 Pontus Holmberg	0	0	0	0	0	0
19 Calle J?rnkrok	0	0	0	0	1	1
64 David K?mpf	0	0	0	0	0	0
15 Alexander Kerfoot	0	0	0	0	1	1
23 Matthew Knies	0	1	0	1	3	5
28 Sam Lafferty	0	0	0	0	0	0
16 Mitch Marner	0	1	0	1	1	3
34 Auston Matthews	1	0	1	2	5	9
74 Bobby McMann	0	0	0	0	0	0
88 William Nylander	0	0	1	1	3	4
90 Ryan O'Reilly	1	0	0	1	4	7
24 Wayne Simmonds	0	0	0	0	0	0
46 Alex Steeves	0	0	0	0	0	0
91 John Tavares	0	0	2	2	3	5
53 Radim Zahorna	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defensemen
18 Jordie Benn	0	0	0	0	0	0
78 T.J. Brodie	0	0	0	0	2	2
55 Mark Giordano	0	0	0	0	0	0
56 Erik Gustafsson	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Justin Holl	0	0	0	0	0	0
37 Timothy Liljegren	0	0	0	0	0	0
22 Jake McCabe	0	0	0	0	1	1
44 Morgan Rielly	1	1	0	2	3	10
2 Luke Schenn	0	0	1	0	2	4
25 Conor Timmins	0	0	0	0	0	0
Goalkeepers
50 Erik K?llgren	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
30 Matt Murray	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
35 Ilya Samsonov	1	0	2	3	3	8.0
60 Joseph Woll	0	0	0	0	1	1.0

R2G3: TOR v FLA:
R2G4: TOR v FLA:

 

[ZBBM]

MotM: Acciari
HM: O'Reilly

 

[Guilt Trip]

Acciari
Kerfoot