Vegas Golden Knights: Fleury’s magic, other takeaways from Leafs win

Marc-Andre Fleury rightly stole all the headlines for more than one reason as the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 at T-Mobile Arena on Tuesday.

Building on their blowout win of the Calgary Flames on Sunday, the Vegas Golden Knights continued this four-game homestand by beating the Maple Leafs in impressive fashion.

Of course, the star of the show was Fleury who made 31 saves from 33 shots, including the surefire winner for Save of the Year with a breathtaking glove stop to absolutely rob Nic Petan.

It has dominated social media and the internet since, and it will probably be the save that ends up defining Fleury’s career.

It was also a night to remember for rookie Cody Glass who recorded the first multi-point night of his career with a goal and an assist, while Max Pacioretty also registered a two-point night with two assists.

Mark Stone got on the board for the second straight game and Cody Eakin also made it two in two after adding an empty net goal late on.

Tomas Nosek recorded the goal of the night, however, with a sublime individual effort after stealing the puck in the neutral zone before embarking on a breakaway and backhanding the puck past Toronto goalie Frederik Andersen.

Both Jason Spezza and Zach Hyman did get on the board for the Leafs but it wasn’t enough as they dropped their sixth straight, leading to Mike Babcock’s firing as the Head Coach of Toronto.

But, while it wasn’t a good night for Babcock or the Maple Leafs, it was a hell of a night for Fleury and the Golden Knights who have now won two straight.

Let’s delve into our main takeaways from last night’s win…