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injury to claim his third man-of-the-match honour in seven appearances, was optimistic it could be the star

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TORONTO -- The last time Mitch Marner remembers attending a Maple Leafs game as a fan, Mats Sundin returned to Air Canada Centre as a Vancouver Canuck.Over seven years later, Sundin was back to see his No. 13 raised to the rafters, and Marner was there, too, scoring his first NHL goal to help Toronto roll over the Boston Bruins 4-1 for its first win of the season on Saturday night.Marner got his first goal in only his second game, joined on the scoresheet by fellow rookie and Toronto native Connor Brown. Their efforts came on the heels of Auston Matthews historic debut, when he became the first player in the modern NHL to score four goals in his first game.Its a lot of excitement and obviously theres going to be (a) learning curve and growing pains throughout the way, but theyve been playing great so far, teammate James van Riemsdyk said of the youth movement.Brown and Marner opened the scoring about 10 minutes apart, landing the Leafs in the record books once more. Toronto became the first team since expansion in 1967-68 to have rookies combine for the first six goals to start a season, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.Brown had the games first goal after barely two minutes, joined shortly after by the 19-year-old Marner and then van Riemsdyk a few minutes after that.The fourth overall pick of the 2015 draft, Marner took a pass from Tyler Bozak just outside the Boston blue line, gained the offensive zone with space and fired a shot far-side past goaltender Anton Khudobin.A native of nearby Thornhill, Ontario, Marner followed with an exuberant celebration.To finally be playing in front of these fans for real, its pretty crazy, Marner said. And for the first one to go in in front of them, its kind of sweet.Outside of Matthews, Marner was perhaps Torontos most dangerous player in a season-opening overtime loss to Ottawa on Wednesday. He had six shots in the 5-4 overtime defeat, following that up with a goal and four more shots in 15-plus minutes against the Bruins on Saturday.Hes shown a knack for getting behind the oppositions defense, finding a seam and some space for his first goal on Saturday.Thats just good anticipation and good smarts where he can pick his spots to use his speed to get himself in those situations, van Riemsdyk said.Marner said hed give the puck from his first goal to his parents.Anton Khudobin allowed four goals on 20 shots for Boston. David Pastrnak scored his third goal in two games this season.Overall, not a good enough effort on our part, said Bruins coach Claude Julien. And at the end of the night, you dont deserve the win.The worst team in the NHL last season, the Leafs have quickly shown themselves to be a much faster and highly skilled entity in the early days of this season, led by Marner, Matthews and 20-year-old William Nylander. Often that youth shows itself in less effective ways though, including a messy second period in which Torontos sloppiness with the puck led to chances and sustained offensive zone time for Boston.Id like us to obviously take better care of the puck and so well learn how to do that, Leafs coach Mike Babcock said afterward.Frederik Andersen gave up only one goal on 25 shots following his wobbly five-goal outing in Wednesdays season opener.Matthews was quiet on Saturday after his unparalleled showing earlier in the week. He was held point-less and finished with only two shots in nearly 17 minutes.Game notes The Maple Leafs retired 17 sweaters in a pre-game ceremony, altering a long-standing team policy where jersey numbers were honored but not retired.UP NEXTBruins: Conclude their season-opening three-game trip Monday night at Winnipeg.Maple Leafs: Begin a three-game trip Wednesday night at Winnipeg. http://www.ravensrookiestore.com/Ravens-Nico-Siragusa-Jersey/ .C. -- Charlotte Bobcats coach Steve Clifford said after all of these years in the NBA hes still amazed at some of the things LeBron James does. http://www.ravensrookiestore.com/Ravens-Eric-Weddle-Jersey/ . Nathan MacKinnon, Jamie McGinn and Jan Hejda also scored for the Avalanche, who won despite being outshot 38-23. MacKinnons goal, also on the power play, came with just over a minute remaining. http://www.ravensrookiestore.com/Ravens-Tony-Jefferson-Jersey/ . The deal is pending a physical, assistant general manager Bobby Evans said. Traded from Seattle to Baltimore on Aug. 30, Morse also can play first base and right field to give manager Bruce Bochy some flexibility in writing his lineup. http://www.ravensrookiestore.com/Ravens-Alex-Collins-Jersey/ .Y. - Nelson Mandela will be honoured by the New York Yankees with a plaque in Monument Park. http://www.ravensrookiestore.com/Hoodie/ . -- Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson asked his players a simple question during Fridays morning shootaround: How many of them had ever been on a team 14 games over . Fireball winger Andrew Nabbout has urged Newcastle not to take their foot off the gas against Adelaide, as the Jets attempt to build on a breakthrough win by cracking the A-Leagues top six.The Jets put a flat Perth to the sword 2-1 last weekend to secure the clubs first triumph in the west since 2005 - and their first in eight games this campaign.Nabbout was the star as Mark Jones injury-afflicted side took 27 shots on goal in a performance that lifted them from ninth to seventh and belied their previously below-par form.They now have two home games against teams behind them on the table in the last-placed Reds and eighth-placed Wellington.Depending how Western Sydney fare against the Phoenix this weekend, a Jets win over the struggling Reds at McDonald Jones Stadium on Friday night could squeeze them into finals contention.Nabbout, who returned early from an ankle injury to claim his third man-of-the-match honour in seven appearances, was optimistic it could be the start of something for the Hunter-based club.We really bounced back from the last five or six games and showed that on our day we can keep up with the best, Nabbout told AAP.ddddddddddddTo do it against Perth is quality, because theyve always been one of the frontrunners.It was the perfect result for us and hopefully we can build on that.But the 23-year-old also warned their surprise display against the Glory was exactly why they couldnt afford to underestimate any opponent.Nabbout was particularly alert to Adelaides attacking threats in Spanish striker Sergi Guardiola, along with returned stars Henrique and Sergio Cirio.Were not going to take our foot off the gas one bit regardless of which team were playing against, Nabbout said.And were wary of Adelaide because a lot of people are saying now is the perfect time to hit them while theyre down.But it could be the other way - they could come out firing like we did against Perth and it could go all wrong for us.Wellington will be the same having come off a 3-0 win against the Mariners, and we cant take them lightly either because their coach (Ernie Merrick) is gone and they might feel rejuvenated. 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