Willy Styles is the nickname given to Toronto forward William Nylander by Joe Thornton when the two quarantined with a handful of other Maple Leafs teammates in a Toronto-area home in 2020 during the COVID pandemic. It suggested that Nylander marches to the beat of his own drum, something the eccentric Thornton would know all about.

William Nylander was already well on the way to the most goals he’d ever scored in one regular season and the most goals by any player in the league not named Leon Draisaitl when he was asked how he felt it all was going.

William Nylander got the Toronto Maple Leafs off to a fast start in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.Nylander scored twice in the first period before adding an assist as Toronto built a big lead before holding on to beat the Florida Panthers 5-4 on Monday night in the series opener.