When Anthony scored a goal in his NHL debut in Dallas on March 1, his former Oshawa teammate Matthew Mistele ripped off a fitting tweet. “You just know Cirelli is going to score the Stanley Cup ...

Anthony Cirelli? He bleeds. Those are all compliments, by the way. Shorthand for a signature style of play. Point, the world knows, is quick and elusive.

Anthony Cirelli (71) spins around Maple Leafs defenseman Mark Giordano (55), bottom left, to shoot the puck for a short-handed goal in Game 6 of the first-round series.

In his first seven NHL seasons, Cirelli averaged 0.8 goals for every 60 minutes on the ice. This season, he is up to 1.4 goals. That’s exactly what Kucherov is averaging, although the Lightning ...