At precisely 7:16 p.m., January 6, 2018, Travis Dermott made his on-ice, in-game, NHL debut as a Toronto Maple Leaf. That would be Toronto prevailing 3-2 over the Canucks: second straight shootout win, second straight W in this nascent new year, with the team waist-deep into a crucial six-game homestand. Tyler Bozak, hero in the shootout again as Toronto’s third sniper in the gimmick phase after Auston Matthews beat Jacob Markstrom between the wickets and Mitch Marner got stoned. A first-ever NHL point for Dermott, in his first-ever NHL game, assisting on the late third-period goal by Bozak that brought Toronto into a 2-2 tie. Dermott actually had one foot back on the bench when Bozak drew the Leafs square on a play the rookie had started.

Source: thestar January 07, 2018 03:49 UTC