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• Maple Leafs' John Tavares: Power-play tally in Game 2 win

  04/23/2024 • By RotoWire

  Tavares scored a goal on two shots in Monday's 3-2 victory over the Bruins. Tavares tied the game 2-2 on the man advantage late in the second period, beating Linus Ullmark with a turnaround wrister for his first goal of the playoffs. The 33-year-old Tavares finished the regular season with at least one goal in each of his final four contests. He tallied 29 goals and 65 points across 80 outings this year.

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• Maple Leafs' John Tavares: Snags 27th goal of season

  04/15/2024 • By RotoWire

  Tavares scored his 27th goal of the season Saturday in a 5-4 overtime loss to Detroit. Tavares has three goals in his last two games after putting up just one in his previous 10. His overall production has dropped off a bit (63 points in 78 games), but those 27 goals are right in line with his other seasons in Toronto. Tavares' shooting percentage (9.9) is well below his career mark of 12.8, so that bears watching heading into 2024-25, but he'll also be 34 years old by the start of next season and may have lost a step.

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• Maple Leafs' John Tavares: First goals in six games

  04/12/2024 • By RotoWire

  Tavares scored twice in a 6-5 loss to the Devils on Thursday. Tavares scored 18 seconds into the first period when he took a pass from Mitchell Marner in the slot and cut around Luke Hughes in the left circle to beat Jake Allen with a wrister as the goaltender fell to his knees. Tavares tied the game 5-5 late in the third with a wrist shot from the top of the crease. Tavares snapped a five-game goal drought with the snipes, which pushed his season mark to 26. He has delivered at least 24 goals in every season of his career except the pandemic-shortened 2020-21 campaign.

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• Maple Leafs' John Tavares: Continues to produce

  03/31/2024 • By RotoWire

  Tavares scored the game-winning goal Saturday in a 3-0 win over the Sabres. It was his 1,100 game. William Nylander threaded a backhand pass to Tavares inside the blue line, and Tavares drove to the high slot, where he ripped a wrist shot past Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen early in the first period. Tavares now has 1,033 points (451 goals, 582 assists), which is fifth-most among all active players through their 1,100th game.

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• Maple Leafs' John Tavares: Three points in Wednesday's win

  03/21/2024 • By RotoWire

  Tavares scored a power-play goal and added two even-strength assists in Wednesday's 7-3 win over the Capitals. After helping to set up tallies by William Nylander in the second period and Bobby McMann in the third, Tavares capped the scoring on the night by flipping a backhand past Charlie Lindgren from in close. It's the third straight multi-point performance for Tavares, and over the last 14 games the 33-year-old has churned out eight goals and 14 points.

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