01/5/2019 – Vancouver Canucks vs Toronto Maple Leafs -Game Recap

Toronto Maple Leafs (26-11-2 54pts) vs Vancouver Canucks (20-20-4 44pts)

Lineups:

Toronto:

Kasperi Kapanen – Auston Matthews – William Nylander

Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Andreas Johnsson

Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – Connor Brown

Trevor Moore – Pars Lindholm – Frederik Gauthier

 

Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov

 

Michael Hutchinson

Kasimir Kaskisuo

Scratched: Justin Holl & Martin Marincin

Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back), Zach Hyman (Ankle), Frederik Andersen (Groin), Garrett Sparks (Concussion), Tyler Ennis (Leg)

Suspension: None

 

Vancouver:

Antoine Roussel – Bo Horvat – Loui Erikson

Sven Baertschi – Markus Granlund – Jake Virtanen

Nikolay Goldobin– Brandon Sutter– Brock Boeser

Tim Schaller – Jay Beagle –Tyler Motte

 

Alex Edler –Chris Tanev

Derrick Pouliot – Troy Stecher

Ben Hutton – Erik Gudbranson

 

Jakub Markstrom

Thatcher Demko
Scratched: None

Injuries: Josh Leivo, Elias Petterson

Suspension: None

Gameday:

First Period:

Leafs Penalty – 19:35 – Andreas Johnsson, 2 mins for Interference

Leafs Goal – 08:54 – John Tavares (27) assisted Morgan Rielly (32) and Connor Brown (12)

Leafs Goal – 14:30– Trevor Moore(1) assisted Igor Ozhiganov (4)

End of 1st – VAN – 0        TOR – 2

Shots              8                     11

Faceoffs     7/18               11/18

Hits               8                    7

PP                 0/1                   0/0

 

Analysis:

Leafs came out flying with pure speed. Trevor Moore’s first NHL goal with some end to end speed made it 2-0 and capped off what was a brilliant opening period. Michael Hutchinson looks like he came ready tonight giving the Leafs confidence.

Need to Do:

Keep being hard on the forecheck attack the young defence

Second Period:

Leafs Penalty– 16:02– Jake Gardiner, 2 minutes for Tripping

End of 2nd – VAN – 0         TOR – 2

Shots              16                    22

Faceoffs       14/36              22/36

Hits               16                      14

PP                 0/2                    0/0

 

Analysis:

No scoring in the 2^nd period but not for lack of chances on the Leafs part. The Canucks defence looks like they are struggling with the Leafs speed.

Need to Do:

Tighten up the defensive end and continue the hard forecheck.

Third Period:

Leafs Goal– 04:45 – Auston Matthews (20) assisted by Andreas Johnsson(10)

Leafs Goal – 11:55 – Andreas Johnsson (9) assisted by Auston Matthews (18)

Leafs Goal – 14:49– Igor Ozhiganov (2) assisted Auston Matthews (19) and Travis Dermott (10)

Leafs Penalty –15:50 – Jake Gardiner, 2 mins for Tripping

End of 3rd – VAN– 0       TOR– 5

Shots              28                  34

Faceoffs     22/56              34/56

Hits               26                     21

PP                 0/3                 0/0

 

Analysis:

Leafs came to play tonight in all ends of the ice. This is one of the better complete game efforts from the Leafs this season.

Next Up:

Nashville (25-15-3 53pts) at Toronto (27-12-2 56pts)

Arizona(17-21-3 37pts) at Vancouver (20-21-4 44pts)

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