connor brown set up by zach hyman. toronto with a 3-1 lead. >> pierre: johnny, there's one of the animals mike babcock talked about who insulates auston matthews. grind, skill, speed. zach hyman, another one of the animals. keep it alive. then the finish by connor brown. it's intensity, it's quickness, it's passion, and it's a finish. and when you think about how the period started, mike babcock and his intensity, matt martin and his fight with steve ott, and then you saw the explosive nature of the toronto maple leafs and now detroit's called a time-out. right in front of the detroit bench. this crowd and this toronto team got awake after this. you just see, he's talking, see steve ott, yeah, i got you on film, but believe me, everything changed when babcock came out here. we talked about the intensity he showed. we talked about the fight with martin then you see the offensive eruption by this toronto maple leafs team. youth is being served. >> john: you called it. as soon as you saw babcock and the type of presence h

as they were going back into their own zone, mike babcock yelled at zach hyman, zach, where are you supposed to be? and hyman goes, i know, coach, i know. now babcock will call a time-out. and let's see who he talks to first because he was not happy with zach hyman. and you see him, he's looking right at hyman right now. >> john: again, tomorrow, you can celebrate the tti classic as the blackhawks take on the st. louis blues at busch stadium. that's tomorrow at 1:00 eastern on nbc. and pierre, when you look at who's on the ice, babcock has full trust in his youth. >> pierre: yeah, they got lot of layers of athleticism and you know what, this is the future. much like when he was in detroit and he had players like datsyuk and kronwall and henrik zetterberg. much the same. the baton was passed in detroit and it worked out really well and you see what he's doing here in toronto. >> john: hyman, matthews, and brown up front. zetterberg will draw. see mantha, vanek, kronwall, tatar. brendan smith is in back of them. there he is. smith holding on to it. right through the slot. shot attempt. vanek.

connor brown set up by zach hyman. toronto with a 3-1 lead. >> pierre: johnny, there's one of the animals mike babcock talked about who insulates auston matthews. grind, skill, speed. zach hyman, another one of the animals. keep it alive. then the finish by connor brown. it's intensity, it's quickness, it's passion, and it's a finish. and when you think about how the period started, mike babcock and his intensity, matt then you saw the explosive nature of the toronto maple leafs and now detroit's called a time-out. right in front of the detroit bench. this crowd and this toronto team got awake after this. you just see, he's talking, see steve ott, yeah, i got you on film, but believe me, everything changed when babcock came out here. we talked about the intensity he showed. we talked about the fight with martin then you see the offensive eruption by this toronto maple leafs team. youth is being served. >> john: you called it. as soon as you saw babcock and the type of presence he had at the start of the period. and it'