""We didn't really give them much," Stecher said post-game. "It felt like in the second period we really tilted the ice in our favour. It felt like a complete game from all 20 guys who were playing tonight." Stecher opened the scoring for Toronto in the first period with a clean wrist shot from the point that beat Sergei Bobrovsky. It's the third consecutive game when a Maple Leafs blueliner opened the scoring, with Morgan Rielly and Oliver Ekman-Larsson doing so in the previous two contests."
"Stecher is hardly known as a goalscorer. His last tuck came in December 2024, and he has a career high of five goals in a season. Considering this, Stecher spoke about how good it felt to come up with an important one for the Leafs so early in his time with the team. "It's great," Stecher said. "Don't do it often, so it feels nice when you get one. It's nice to contribute, big goal at that moment obviously, gave us the lead and we never looked back." Stecher shared that he had told Easton Cowan and Nick Robertson before the game he was gonna score one, but added that he tells someone that every night just in case it happens. "Fake it 'till you make it kind of thing," he said. "Give me the puck, I'm gonna score, then most often it's on the glass and out. So it feels good to score tonight.""
Troy Stecher was claimed off waivers in mid-November and recorded his first goal with the Maple Leafs, plus an assist for his first multi-point game since March 2023. Toronto has a winning record when Stecher dresses and has won three of its last four games as he assumes a larger role. Stecher praised a strong team effort, noting a pivotal second period that limited the opponent. He opened the scoring with a clean wrist shot past Sergei Bobrovsky, and he expressed satisfaction contributing a timely goal while showing confidence around teammates.
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