Auston Matthews said about Mitch Marner's performance - Source: Imagn
Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews had high praise for his teammate Mitch Marner after the Leafs beat the Nashville Predators 3-2 on Wednesday night.
Matthews was impressed with how Marner and the rest of the team performed during his 12-game absence due to upper body injury.
"That's a sign of a really great team - when you got guys that step up when other guys are out," Matthews said.
"Mitchy drives so much play for us, does so much for us on both sides of the puck. When you see that, it's really encouraging. It sucks not to be out there but, just the faith you have in the guys that go out there and compete every night. We've got a great team so we wanna keep it going."
