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For the primary time in 23 video games, Toronto Maple Leafs star Mitch Marner did not document a degree. Marner had his franchise document 23-game level streak snapped in Thursday’s 3-1 loss by the hands of the New York Rangers.
“Sometimes stuff does not go best for you and for the group,” Marner stated after the sport, in line with the Toronto Star. “Streaks are going to finish finally. I knew that. So it is not like I’m mad about it. I knew it was coming to an finish finally. It’s exhausting to get factors on this league. It’s why it is the very best league on the earth.”
Marner’s 23-game level streak lasted from Oct. 27 till Thursday’s contest. In the method, he set a franchise document along with his nineteenth consecutive recreation with a degree again on Dec. 3 towards the Tampa Bay Lightning, when he registered a pair of targets in a 4-3 time beyond regulation loss.
The streak was tied for the ninth-longest in NHL historical past, with former Montreal Canadiens nice Guy Lafleur and Wayne Gretzky. In addition, Marner’s streak was the third-longest within the wage cap period, behind solely Patrick Kane’s 26-game level streak in 2015 and Sidney Crosby’s 25-game streak in 2010.
Marner ended up recording 11 targets and 20 assists throughout his streak. On the season, the Maple Leafs star ahead leads the group with 37 factors (12 targets & 25 assists).
“We all would have liked for it to proceed,” Maple Leafs captain John Tavares stated relating to Marner’s streak. “It was a hell of a run. Obviously, I did not need to see it finish, however on the similar time, although it has, it is nonetheless extraordinarily spectacular.”
Along with Marner’s factors streak ending, the Maple Leafs additionally misplaced in regulation for the primary time since Nov. 11. It was a streak of 15 consecutive video games by which the group earned no less than one level, which was only one shy of tying the franchise document that was set throughout the 2003-04 marketing campaign.
