Morgan Rielly

Morgan Rielly potted a pair of goals, including the game-winner, in Toronto's 4-3 overtime win over the Bruins on Saturday. He added five shots and four blocks.

Fantasy Impact: The goals were Rielly's first two of the season and they couldn't have come at a better time for the Leafs. On his overtime goal, Rielly was the beneficiary of a lucky bounce as Mitch Marner fired a shot that hit him right in the chest and found its way into the back of the net. But they all count, and I don't think fantasy owners are complaining. While that goal may have been a bit fluky, Rielly's production so far this season is far from that. He's second in the NHL among defensemen with 11 points (nine goals, two assists) in nine games and doesn't look like he's slowing down.

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Morgan Rielly broke out in a big way on Tuesday night, coming through with four second-period assists that led the Maple Leafs to a 4-2 win over Minnesota.

Fantasy Impact: Rielly was all over the ice in this one, picking up two of his assists on the power-play, firing six shots on goal and serving two penalty minutes. He hasn't scored a goal yet this season, but he now has nine assists through seven games. Elite outbursts like this are why you should confidently deploy Rielly in every game he suits up.

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Morgan Rielly was snapping it around on Friday. He led the way with a team-high three assists, two of which came on the power-play. He also fired two shots on goal and added two hits, two blocks and two penalty minutes in 23:12 of ice time.

Fantasy Impact: Rielly now has four assists through the first two games of this season. He blew his career-high out of the water last season when he posted 72 points in a full 82 games and based on how things have gone so far, there's no reason to believe Rielly isn't headed that direction once again. He is in a prime fantasy situation and should be very highly valued in all formats.

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Morgan Rielly got the scoring started Sunday afternoon with a goal 9:42 into the first period to put the Maple Leafs up 1-0.

Fantasy Impact: Rielly has been impressive this series, producing five points in six games, as well as maintaining a plus-two rating during this stretch as well.

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Morgan Rielly assisted on four of Toronto's six goals as the Maple Leafs embarrassed the Florida Panthers 6-1 Thursday.

Fantasy Impact: Like all the Maple Leafs, Rielly has feasted on the club's 13-goal tally in their last two games having earned 5 points himself in that span. His 29 assists this season rank him 13th in the NHL.

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Morgan Rielly scored his 10th goal of the season —a go-ahead score in the second period to put Toronto up 2-1. The Maple Leafs would go on to defeat the Hurricanes 4-1.

Fantasy Impact: It was the first goal for Reilly since way back on November 16th —but he still manages a helper in seemingly every Leafs game. He's already surpassed his career high for goals in a season and seems more-than-likely to top his career best for points in a season of 52, set back in 2017-18. He has 33-points in 31 games thus far and is one of the Top 25 best players in fantasy hockey.

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Morgan Rielly's thrilling breakaway goal with 1:43 remaining in overtime sealed the road win for the Leafs Friday at Anaheim.

Fantasy Impact: Rielly owners might also recall his OT winner in Chicago in early October. Rielly's fantasy dominance (9 goals, 16 assists, +/- 10) to start the 2018-19 campaign cannot be understated.

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Morgan Reilly added insult to injury with a late second period goal to put Toronto up 5-1 over the Devils. The Leafs would win the game 6-1.

Fantasy Impact: That's seven goals and 13 assists for Morgan Reilly through 16 games. Reilly has only one peer when it comes to considering the best NHL fantasy defenceman in 2018-19 — Ottawa's Thomas Chabot (22 points.)

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Morgan Reilly scored twice in Toronto's 5-0 win over Pittsburgh Saturday night.

Fantasy Impact: Reilly now has 18 points and a +/- of 9. He's been one of the NHL's Top 5 fantasy performers to start the year.

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Morgan Reilly scored his third goal of the young season and added a second period assist in Toronto's 5-3 victory over Detroit Thursday night.

Fantasy Impact: Reilly is off to an electric start, totaling 12 points in Toronto's first five games. The total surpasses Bobby Orr's for the most by a defenseman in his team's first five games in the last 100 years. It took Reilly 14 games to reach this total last season. The Leafs top-pairing D-man remains a must-start in all formats.

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Morgan Rielly notched his first goal and first assist of the season in Toronto's 5-3 loss to Ottawa.

Fantasy Impact: The shot came after a nifty cross-ice pass by Mitchell Marner. Rielly would also pick up a power-play assist on a goal by Marner later the second period. Rielly's lack of physicality can be frustrating, but fantasy-wise he remains one of the game's top offensive-defenceman.

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Rielly scored a goal and added a helper in the Maple Leafs 5-0 shut out win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night. He finished the game with three shots on net and a plus-three rating in over 20 minutes of ice time.

Fantasy Impact: With his two points last night, Rielly now has four points in his last five games. He'll look to extend that point streak as the Leafs continue to stay in the playoff hunt.

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Rielly assisted on two of the Maple Leafs five goals in their 6-5 overtime loss to the New York Islanders on Monday. He finished the game with one shot on net and a minus-one rating in over 21 minutes of ice time.

Fantasy Impact: Rielly's two assists last night were a bit of a relief for fantasy owners as they marked his first points since January 1st. Averaging 20 minutes of ice time over his past three games, Rielly looks like he is back to his old self after an injury kept him out the lineup for two weeks.

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Rielly was the lone assist on the final Toronto goal which provided the final score of 4-1.

Fantasy Impact: He is off to a solid start this season.

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Rielly assisted on the first Toronto goal to bring them within 2-1, but they never caught up.

Fantasy Impact: He is off to a solid start this season.

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Rielly recorded a power play assist on Van Riemsdyk's goal.

Fantasy Impact: He is off to a solid start this season.

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Rielly recorded an assist on the final Toronto goal in the 4-2 victory.

Fantasy Impact: He is off to a solid start this season.

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Rielly recorded an assist versus Florida on the way to a 6-1 victory.

Fantasy Impact: He is off to a solid start this season.

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Rielly had a huge game as he scored a goal and had three assists during the 6-3 victory. Two of those points were on the power-play.

Fantasy Impact: He is off to a solid start this season.

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Rielly assisted on the game-winner in overtime.

Fantasy Impact: He is off to a solid start so there is reason for hope but it is hard to judge yet.

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Rielly assisted on the second Toronto goal during the 5-4 loss.

Fantasy Impact: He is off to a solid start so there is reason for hope but it is hard to judge yet.

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Rielly recorded an assist in the course of a 4-1 victory.

Fantasy Impact: He is off to a solid start so there is reason for hope but it is hard to judge yet.

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Rielly assisted on a goal and recorded a +2 rating with two shots in the 5-4 loss.

Fantasy Impact: If Rielly can gel with Matthews, it would help his value, especially with the traditionally more relaxed fantasy criteria for defensemen to be relevant.

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Morgan Rielly had a goal and two assists on Monday night in Toronto's 4-1 win over Dallas.

Fantasy Impact: Rielly has heated up over his last five games with three goals and three assists. He's a sneaky defensive play right now after a bit of a slow start. Having Joffrey Lupul up front and healthy seems to be helping his play.

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