Martin runs into him. Sticks high. Drew miller attempts to wedge it out. As the crowd is certainly pierre here we go skp. Right in front of me. John stay out of it, pierre. Steve ott and matt martin. From the former new york islander, matt martin. Pierre talked about it before, matt martin understanding his role. You feel the energy from the crowd after that. Ott understands his role as well. Soshnikov with the big hit on drew miller. They didnt like that. Matt martin didnt like some of the hits earlier. Remember, it was Auston Matthews and steve ott understanding goes right after matt martin and challenges him and off they go. John this is how you see it. You cant get any closer, pierre. Pierre nope. Both guys went after one another. I mean, listen, steve otts not the fighter that matt martin is but really understands his role and hes a phenomenal teammate. John and they continue to talk about it over here. Pierre and dont think that hit on Auston Matthews didnt get the attention of matt martin. John yep. Okay. Hes one of the best agitators this game has ever seen. Pierre i remember one time when Jarome Iginla was in calgary, steve ott was in dallas oh, my god, something beautiful. John along the boards now. Brendan smith. Along by Anthony Mantha. Heres tomas tatar. Its offside. Lets go to Jeremy Roenick once again, he has a special guest or two. Yeah, thanks, john. Auston matthews influence all over the country, all over the world has been evident. I have my friends here, jeff and alex carson from philadelphia. The Philadelphia Flyer fans. You came up to experience this for new years with your son. Tell us about it. Just came up for the weekend. Good way to start off the new year, be part of the 100year celebration for the nhl. See a great game. Nice weekend together. Who are some of your favorite players in the National Hockey league . Giroux, mcdavid, Auston Matthews and my dad got me this jersey. What are your hopes and aspirations in hockey . Hopefully one day get into college, play hockey in college and one day in the nhl. What position do you play . Im a goaltender. Youre a goaltender. Maybe one day youll go head to head with Auston Matthews in a shootout. How do you think youll do that . Maybe one day. I dont know. I wish you all the best of luck. Listen, thanks for coming up and enjoying such a great new years and great spectacle of hockey. Even though youre Philadelphia Flyer fans, we love youre supporting hockey. Thank you. Thank you. Back to you, john. John thank you, j. R. Pierre how about the young mans poise . Favorite player, claude giroux. Hes a flyers fan, great answer by him. John he might be able to stop Auston Matthews someday. Not going to tell us how. Pierre all part of it. Auston had the same dreams, shane doan, all those great arizo Arizona Coyotes back in the day. John this weekend is celebration of World Juniors here. The alumni game yesterday. Today we commemorate 100 years, a seasonlong celebration in the nhl. Pierre this game, johnny, there really is. John there is. Kadri on ouellet. A shot goes wide from gardiner. It kar all the way back in toronto zone. Pierre screaming up the ice to kadri, drop it, drop it, drop it. John connor carrick. Direct pass. Ericsson. Knocked it down. Detroit will jump on it. Xavier ouellet. Reverse here for Jonathan Ericsson. Pass. Nielsen. Frans nielsen is away. Hell go wide. A trailer, nyquist. Blocked by gardiner. Danny dekeyser. Dekeyser bottled up by nazem kadri. Just about five minutes gone in this third period. Both teams changing. Gardiner. Carrick off the boards, through center. Van riemsdyk. Tied up by smith. Its a foot race. Roman polak ahead of riley sheahan. Luke glendening down low. Pucks free to the corner now. Theyll reverse it inside. Dylan larkin on a cycle. Chased out by carrick. Glendening. Gets him. Glendening with a shot. It goes high and deflects out of play. Its a new Celebrity Apprentice with the baddest boss in town, Arnold Schwarzenegger and all new celebrities including nfl stars Ricky Williams and eric dickerson. The new Celebrity Apprentice premieres tomorrow at 8 00, 7 00 on nbc. Pierre johnny, we are in a soccer building. Look what theyre doing, the wave around the building and the fans are loving it. Its awesome. John this facility is really special, open corners for the atmosphere, were right on the shores of lake ontario. And the sight lines are beautiful. Perfect size for this type of an event. Along the boards. See it pop out. By drew miller. Moved along. Kronwall. Broken up. Here comes nylander. Hell drag it. Center. Its out of the reach of nikita soshnikov. Pierre what a play by drew miller coming back hard against a quicker kid, younger kid from sweden, nylander. John detroit gets after it. Taken down. Toronto desperately tries to clear their own zone. They will. Brought out at the line. Soshnikov. Feeds ahead. Ericsson, shoulder to shoulder on zach hyman. From in back of the goal. Good move by xavier ouellet. Has a tough time finding the handle. He does now. Ouellet will pump it in by andersen. Back of the goal now. To the corner. Hunwick. Leaves it there. Ouellet. Shot blocked. Toronto in control. Roman polak. Along the boards. Heres zach hyman. By mantha. Pitched out by dekeyser. Hunwick is back in his own zone. We approach the sevenminute mark in this third period. Now tied at one. Tieing goal from leo komarov. Icing is called here and well take it back. Pierre mike babcock doesnt like that icing at well. Matthews has been out there for a while. Hymans been out there for a while. Connor brown been out there for a while. You see, hes not happy. Oh, man, he wasnt happy at all. John take a look at this alignment. Matthews gets a little bit of time here. Frans nielsen. Playing well of late. Faceoff won by nielsen. Vanek from the corner. Hell walk it. Right out in front. Paddle down for andersen. He sweeps it along. Matthews pinned by vanek as they get to the corner. Rolled up top. Brendan smith. Nielsen. Blocked at the defense. Cleared out of the zone that time by matt hunwick. Frans nielsen. Through the center zone. Wandered down by andersen. Vanek with a shot blocked again. As carrick got in the way. Nielsen for vanek. Thomas vanek. Nobody home in the slot. Hell take it to the outside of carrick. And the leafs have control. Nazem kadri handling that. Leo komarov, taken down by brendan smith. No call. Nyquist warming up on gardiner. Throws on the brakes. Shouldered hard. Komarov coming all the way back. Another heavy hit in the corner. Nick jensen moves in. Jensen. Runs into a roadblock. Nazem kadri. The leafs deep in their own zone play it off the glass and get it back out. Through center ice. Niklas kronwall plays it along. Marner. In the zone. Tyler bozak. Shot denied. Rebound. Mitch marner. Hell crank it up. Hell stop. Jensen now picks him up. To the point. This way. Zaitsev. Nikita zaitsev moves it in. To the top of your screen. Morgan rielly for marner. Look out. Here he is. He scores what a goal mitch marner and toronto has a 21 lead. Pierre john, youve been talking about it all game long. Mitch marner knows how to elevate and he does at a key time for toronto. Long shift for nicholas jensen. Tries to break the play. Morgan rielly loses the stick. Theres the escapeability and athleticism of mitch marner, stop, dont pop, keep moving to the inside and just watch it. Look at the edge control. The balance and the quick release. You just dont teach this in hockey school. This is a gift. John he, too, a toronto boy. Markham, ontario. Mitch marner, great hands, great presence of mind. And a 21 lead. Leafs get it deep. Coreau directing traffic. Soshnikov, the steal. And coreau got back with help from his defense. Hes lost his stick. Goaltender, jared coreau. Leo komarov to the outside of Jonathan Ericsson for the point. Morgan rielly off soshnikov. Coreau. Using a skaters stick. In the meantime. The corner. Controlled now by ouellet. Pierre using Dylan Larkins stick. Larkin went right to the bench. Coreaus got his stick back. John we saw that. Now its carried in by matthews. Hell circle the wagons, hold onto it, whip it through the blue and out. Connor carrick. Looking for a lane. It goes high. Connor brown in back of the goal. Larkins on him. Now ouellet. Trying clear. Zach hyman goes to work on dylan larkin. The leafs, a great sequence. Carrick goes wide. His shot stopped by coreau. Brown in front. They score connor brown set up by zach hyman. Toronto with a 31 lead. Pierre johnny, theres one of the animals mike babcock talked about who insulates Auston Matthews. Grind, skill, speed. Zach hyman, another one of the animals. Keep it alive. Then the finish by connor brown. Its intensity, its quickness, its passion, and its a finish. And when you think about how the period started, mike babcock and his intensity, matt martin and his fight with steve ott, and then you saw the explosive nature of the Toronto Maple Leafs and now detroits called a timeout. Right in front of the detroit bench. This crowd and this toronto team got awake after this. You just see, hes talking, see steve ott, yeah, i got you on film, but believe me, everything changed when babcock came out here. We talked about the intensity he showed. We talked about the fight with martin then you see the offensive eruption by this Toronto Maple Leafs team. Youth is being served. John you called it. As soon as you saw babcock and the type of presence he had at the start of the period. And its parlayed into this for his team. An explosion. Goals that come 71 seconds apart. Connor brown, the latest. Icing is called here. 10 20 left in regulation time. Pierre yeah, theres one guy whos helped change it, heres another guy whos helped change. Mike babcock. Johnny, when we visited with him yesterday, i loved what he said. He said, you know what, were not that far away from being really good. He is not a braggadocios sort, especially when dealing with the media. Man, oh, man, was he confident yet. John his team just five points out of a playoff spot. Roman polak. Mitch marner. From Morgan Rielly and james van riemsdyk. 8 23. Then connor brown, from zach hyman. Connor carrick. Connor carrick will settle it down. Goes dtod. Through center ice. A step for komarov. A cut on the body. Defended by dekeyser. Brought along by william nylander. Nylander leaves it there. Kadri, broken up. Brendan smith. Here come the wings out to center ice. Vanek into the shoulder by komarov. Kadri down the wall. Leo komarov in control. Started the theegoal explosion here in the third period. Zetterberg. Down in desperation, komarov. Tatar drags it. Right through. Turned out by andersen. A couple of times. The followup by henrik zetterberg. Nylander. Dead center ice. Its kadri. In the zone. Moving up on xavier ouellet. Nylander. Morgan rielly off a stick off ouellet. Zach hyman from the corner. Kadri in back of the goal. Utilize the back of the cage. Accepted by Anthony Mantha who sets up tomas tatar. Three defenders back for toronto. Detroit is offside. 8 55 left to go in this third period. The maple leafs heard from in the centennial classic. First it was mitch marner, then connor brown. Toronto 3, detroit 1. Taking a holiday in britain, are ya doll . Well, the only place you need go. Londons got the best of everything. Cornwalls got the best of everything. Sport sport nightlife nightlife both fashion adventure im tellin ya, britain is the only place you really need go. Expedia. Everything you need to travel britain better. How else do you think he gets around so fast . Take the reins this holiday and get the mercedesbenz youve always wanted during the winter event. Now lease the 2017 gla250 for 329 a month at your local mercedesbenz dealer. Our coverage of the centennial classic continues here in toronto. John forslund, Pierre Mcguire insidetheglass. Brian boucher rinkside. Along with Kathryn Tappen and Jeremy Roenick. The home team explodes to three in this third period. Detroit had a 10 lead after two and a goal by Anthony Mantha. Toronto goes low in the detroit zone. Kronwall taken down. Dylan larkin away from mitch marner. Part of the three that have scored in this period. Gardiner on the turning stick of mitch marner. Deep in his own zone. It deflects out to center. Tyler bozak goes cross corner. Brendan smith is back first. Its moved along by kronwall. The point. Held in by connor carrick. To the open corner. Derek larkin now will wind it up. 8 14 left in his third period. Detroit down by two. Dylan larkin. Floats it off the blocker of andersen. The offside now. Jake gardiner for the maple leafs will play it along. The center zone. Connor brown. Has matthews this way. There he is. He scores Auston Matthews. Pierre great scorers and great players get it. Foot race situation, detroits trying to open up. When they try to open it up, theyre in trouble. Auston matt withdrew dohthew op receive the one timer. B beauty of the play. Present the target. On his stick, off his stick. Thats brains and finish. John 19th goal for auston matthe matthews. Puck comes back. Hunwick out of the corner. Through center again. Jensen. Wrapping him up. Matt martin. Nick jensen, hard pressed in his own zone. Gained by drew miller. Pass ahead here for steve ott all the way across. Picked off by matt hunwick. Out to center ice. Dekeyser coming back. Icing is called here with 7 20 left. Pierre johnny, you just look at this. Cream of the crop for nhl rookies. Look at that. Auston matthews. Mitch marner. William nylander. I mean, and the hits keep coming. We dont even have connor brown on there. We dont even have zach hyman on there. John right. Pierre i mean, its just this team in toronto is poised to explode and they are going to make a very real serious push to be a playoff team in the eastern conference. John thats why part of this story line, this great story line tonight is all about the past and you cant get any richer than the environment here. But it is so much about their future with toronto. The city is absolutely excited. Three goals in 3 42. Frans nielsen in control. Detroit attempting to make a push now. Kronwall. Through center. Nielsen, moving up by nylander. Off the stick. Gathered in by thomas vanek. Down the wall he goes. Weak side. Theres brendan smith. Hard time with it. A chance, andersen said no. Nielsen in the dead slot. Its carried out by nylander. Komarov from the front. A trailer. Carrick. Closing in. To the blue. All the way back. Gardiner leaves it there. Connor carrick again. Here it comes. It goes wide. Tip out in front. Nylander broke it up. Frans nielsen now will sort it out for the wings. Ahead for thomas vanek. Detroit changing. Thats why they come back with it. Just about 14 minutes gone in this third period of the centennial classic. Anthony mantha. Stutter step. The big guy brings it this way. Has detroits goal. A shot. They score Jonathan Ericsson coming late and detroit has life. Pierre yeah, you know, you got to give these guys a lot of credit. Jonathan ericsson, henrik zetterberg, theyre not going to let their team down. Anthony mantha if theyre doi going down theyre going down with a fight. Strong with a puck right out front. A one timer. Through the screen of tomas tatar. Really good job by Anthony Mantha, really starting to establish himself with a goal earlier then the shot through the screen by ericsson. Now we have a game. We have a fight to the finish here now, johnny. John the last player taken in the 02 draft, 49 games since his last goal. Jonathan ericsson. Now a twogoal deficit for detroit. Still time left. Just under six. Zetterberg. Moving on matthews. Henrik zetterberg now. From the point. A shot. With traffic out in front. Broken up. Again, ericsson with that shot. Comes all the way back. Pierre toronto is going to get more oddman rushes, too, john, because detroit is clearly trying to open up the game. John theyre going for it, no question. Now it comes back. Icing is called here. Tomorrow, celebrate the tradition of the bridgestone nhl winter classic. As the blackhawks take on the blues and they take it outside at Busch Stadium in st. Louis. Thats tomorrow at 1 00 eastern right here on nbc. Well get you out of here in a hurry tonight, pierre. Pierre is there a better team in the league than the Chicago Blackhawks when it comes to understanding the importance of selling the game . John yes. Pierre i mean, they do everything the league asks. Chicago is an amazing franchise. Really is. John how great is it for st. Louis to get this game . Pierre you heard Wayne Gretzky talk about it, its awesome. John ricochets around. Its dunked out. Jonathan ericsson, first. Anthony mantha has two points. Dekeyser looks for vanek. Shakes off the vanek has a man. A broken stick. Otherwise who knows. Frans nielsen all alone. Nylander. Centers one. A chance. Coreaus got it. Nazem kadri had the opportunity. 5 02 left in regulation time. 19yearold Auston Matthews with torontos fourth. Since the dawn of time, steak has been the unquestionable master of the menu. So to perfect the perfect, we made the subway steak and cheese footlong just 6 for a limited time. We take lean steak now triumphantly free of artificial preservatives and flavors. And we cover it with a heavenly blanket of cheese. Yes, cheese feeling spicy . Try it with chipotle southwest sauce. The subway steak cheese footlong. Now just. Six. Dollars. Or is this your cans year . Your cans thinking houston. Dont jinx it your can is houston. So dress like this guy and play like this guy. You cant catch me. Broadway cans. Breakout cans. Cans with a whole extra man. Whether youre wearing beads. Stripes. Or cheese. If you bleed blue, black and yellow, or various shades of red. This is your beer. Beer with my team on it. If youre gonna make an entrance. [car driving upon the water] well, its getting really close. Im here with rachel whos a big detroit fan. You must have come here from detroit. Im from toronto. How hard is it being a toronto fan here in detroit . It has its moments, but were the better team. Okay. You have a dylan larkin shirt on. Right . What do you love about dylan larkin . Hes a good player. Hes fast and hes attractive. All right. Well, listen, toronto just scored three goals in 3 30, so i think they need your help right now. We can do it. Theyll do it. John as j. R. Releases her back into the crowd. Attractive, pierre. Pierre i agree. John we never go in, do we . Pierre no. John out of the corner. Its tied up. All kinds of humanity over that puck. Theyll continue that scrum. 4 35 left in this third period. Toronto with a twogoal lead. Brendan smith off the boards and out. Here comes larkin on cue. Dylan larkin drops it off. A chance taken. Goes high. Attempt now by mitch marner to get it out of the zone for the maple leafs. He does. See it come back. Ouellet. Start the breakout when we approached the 16minute mark. The outside. Tatar. Matthews. Toronto attempts to get it out. Jumping on it here, nikita zaitsev. Play it along the boards. It deflects out of play. Well bring it to a halt and well go to a break. Were going down the stretch in the centennial classic. I had that dream again that i was on the icelandic game show. And everyone knows me for discounts, like safe driver and paperless billing. But nobody knows the box behind the discounts. Oh, its like my father always told me put that down. Thats expensive. Of course i save people an average of nearly 600, but whos gonna save me . [ voice breaking ] and thats when i realized. Im allergic to wasabi. Well, i feel better. Its been five minutes. Talk about progress. [ chuckles ] okay. Welcome back to toronto. Mike babcock during the last tv timeout brings everybody together. He knows detroit is going to put a push on, he was their coach for ten years. He was telling them establish a presence in front of our goalie and keep everything to the outside. John 3 45 left. Regulation time. Brendan smith back to get it. His team down by two. Keep an eye on jared coreau, see if Jeff Blashill goes with an rly hook. Morgan rielly coming back. Out of the corner along the boards. Back out to center. Frans nielsen. Hard on the backcheck that time on nylander, as it kicks around. Nielsen back out. Picked off by roman polak. Zach hyman, a stickcheck for nielsen on him. Kadri. Right back to the d. Gardiner this way b
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