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  • Gameday Recap – 10/17/2018 – New York Rangers v. Washington Capitals

    Gameday Recap – 10/17/2018 – New York Rangers v. Washington Capitals

     

     

    New York Rangers (2-4-0 4pts) v. Washington Capitals (2-2-1 5pts)

     

    Lineups:

    New York Rangers:

    Chris Kreider — Mika Zibanejad — Jesper Fast

    Filip Chytil — Kevin Hayes — Mats Zuccarello

    Jimmy Vesey — Brett Howden — Vladislav Namestnikov

    Cody McLeod — Ryan Spooner — Vinni Lettieri

    Brady Skjei — Neal Pionk

    Marc Staal — Brendan Smith

    Fredrik Claesson — Kevin Shattenkirk

    Henrik Lundqvist

    Alexandar Georgiev

    Scratched: Adam McQuaid, Tony DeAngelo, Pavel Buchnevich

    Injured: Matt Beleskey (shoulder), Boo Nieves (concussion)

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Chandler Stephenson

    Jakub Vrana — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Andre Burakovsky — Lars Eller — Brett Connolly

    Nathan Walker — Nic Dowd — Devante Smith-Pelly

    Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen

    Michal Kempny — John Carlson

    Brooks Orpik — Christian Djoos

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Madison Bowey, Dmitrij Jaskin

    Injured: Travis Boyd (lower body)

    Suspended: Tom Wilson

     

    First Period:

    Rangers Goal – 6:09 – Mika Zibanejad (2) from Chris Kreider (2) and Neal Pionk (1)

    Capitals Penalty – 9:35 – Nic Dowd 2 minutes for Interference

    Capitals Goal – 14:05 – John Carlson (3) from Nicklas Backstrom (7)

     

    End of 1st – NYR – 1       WAS – 1

    Shots              9                  14

    Faceoffs         9                  9

    Hits                1                   8

    PP                 0/1                 N/A

     

    Analysis:

    This was an ok period for the Capitals. The Rangers are playing aggressive and the Capitals will have to take advantage when the Rangers get a little over aggressive, which has happened a couple of times in the Rangers zone. Great response by the Capitals with the tying goal after the Rangers took an early lead.

     

    Need to Do:

    The Capitals need to do a better job of of controlling the tempo of the game. The Capitals had spurts where they controlled it, but they let the Rangers back in it too many times. The Capitals also need to keep pushing the play in the Rangers zone.

     

    Second Period:

    Rangers Penalty – 2:09 – Brett Howden 2 minutes for Tripping

    Capitals PPG – 3:32 – Alex Ovechkin (5) from John Carlson (5) and Brett Connolly (4)

    Capitals Penalty – 5:39 – Jakub Vrana 2 minutes for Hooking

    Capitals Penalty – 12:37 – Dmitry Orlov 2 minutes for Holding

    Rangers PPG – 12:42 – Jimmy Vesey (3) from Neal Pionk (2) and Brett Howden (2)

    Rangers Penalty – 15:42 – Jesper Fast 2 minutes for Interference

    Capitals PPG – 17:01 – Alex Ovechkin (6) from John Carlson (6) and Nicklas Backstrom (8)

    Rangers Penalty – 19:32 – Brendan Smith 2 minutes for Interference

     

    End of 2nd – NYR – 2        WAS – 3

    Shots               27                 27

    Faceoffs          23                 22

    Hits                 8                    14

    PP                   1/3                 2/2 * 3rd in progress

     

    Analysis:

    This was a good period for the Capitals, but it was a better period for the Rangers. The Rangers out shot the Capitals 18-13 that period, and forced the Capitals to take some penalties. However the Capitals forced some penalties upon the Rangers as well, and got two powerplay goals and are entering the 3rd period with time left on their 3rd powerplay.

     

    Need to Do:

    The Capitals need to capitalize on this powerplay to start the period and use it to take the momentum of this game and put it in their favor. The Capitals need to also play a full 20 minutes to finish off the Rangers.

     

    Third Period:

    Capitals Penalty – 9:20 – Nathan Walker 2 minutes for Holding

    Rangers PPG – 10:25 – Chris Kreider (4) from Neal Pionk (3) and Mika Zibanejad (2)

    Rangers Penalty – 14:43 – Kevin Hayes 2 minutes for High Sticking

     

    End of 3rd – NYR – 3         WAS – 3

    Shots              32                   36

    Faceoffs        30                    33

    Hits               13                     21

    PP                 2/4                    2/4

     

    Overtime:

    Capitals Goal – 2:18 – Matt Niskanen (1) from Evgeny Kuznetsov (6) and TJ Oshie (3)

     

    End of OT – NYR – 3         WAS – 4

    Shots              32                   38

    Faceoffs        31                    35

    Hits               14                     23

    PP                 2/4                    2/4

     

    Analysis:

    A good win for the Capitals despite blowing their one goal lead and needing overtime to win this game. The Capitals out shot the Rangers in both the 3rd period and in overtime combined, but they had their defensive relapses in their own zone plus some bad penalties taken again let the Rangers stay in this one. The Capitals need to clean up the play in their own zone, especially in front of their own net as they are giving up too many chances and goals right in the slot area.

     

    Next Up:

    Washington (3-2-1 7pts) v. Florida (0-2-2 2pts)

    NY Rangers (2-4-1 5pts) v. Calgary (3-2-0 6pts)

     

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  • News and Notes: October 17th, 2018

     

    Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, these are your news and notes for Wednesday, October 17th, 2018.

     

    There were eight contests in the NHL yesterday…

    • Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers went on to defeat the Winnipeg Jets 5-4 in overtime.Connor McDavid scored twice in the contest and in doing so, McDavid continued a streak of attributing to all of the Oilers goals thus far on the season. McDavid became the first player in NHL history to record a point on all nine of the team’s goals to begin the season. The NHL record for most points by a player at any point is 15, a mark set by Jaromir Jagr in the 1999-2000 season.
    • Kyle Palmieri would score for New Jersey and became the first player in League history to score the opening goal for his team in four straight games to open up the season. Only one player has started off with five and that mark belongs to Johnny Bucyk during the 1965-66 season.

      New Jersey would go on to win the contest 3-0 over the Dallas Stars.

      Keith Kinkaid would go on to register 24 saves to lead the Devils to a 4-0-0 record on the season thus far. This is the fourth time in franchise history that the Devils have won at least their first four games to start off the season. The last time they started off 4-0-0 was during the 1995-96 season.

    • Vegas Golden Knights G Marc-Andre Fleury won his 407th game to move into a tie for tenth place with Glenn Hall on the all-time list for wins by a goaltender.

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      Vegas would defeat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1.

      With this victory, Vegas surpassed the Montreal Canadiens for the second most wins all time within the first 100 regular season games at 53 wins in 89 total games played. The original Ottawa Senators had more wins (63) within 100 games. The Golden Knights play their 100th regular season game on November 11th against the Boston Bruins.

    • Sebastian Aho and the Carolina Hurricanes fell to the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2. Aho extended his point-scoring streak to seven games and became the sixth player to record at least a point in each of the team’s first seven games to begin a season.

     

    Yesterday’s results:

    • New Jersey 3, Dallas 0
    • NY Rangers 3, Colorado 2 (SO)
    • Philadelphia 6, Florida 5 (SO)
    • Vancouver 3, Pittsburgh 2 (OT)
    • Tampa Bay 4, Carolina 2
    • Minnesota 2, Arizona 1
    • Edmonton 5, Winnipeg 4 (OT)
    • Vegas 4, Buffalo 1

     

    In NHL action today, there are four contests on tap.

    TXHT has your preview of the contest between the New York Rangers and Washington Capitals here.

     

    In NHL news…

    • The Ottawa Senators confirmed that Brady Tkachuk will be out of action for at least a month with a torn ligament in his leg.
    • Washington Capitals F Tom Wilson will have his appeal hearing for his 20-game suspension tomorrow in New York.
    • Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada’s Elliotte Friedman released his weekly “31 Thoughts” article today.

     

    In the NWHL…

    • NWHL Commissoner Dani Rylan says that a single Women’s hockey league is “inevitable”. A merger was also discussed over the summer between the NWHL and the CWHL.

     

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  • Montreal Canadiens Game Day Preview

    Montreal Canadiens Game Day Preview

     

    Montreal Canadiens (3-1-1)

    St Louis Blues (1-2-2)

    Puck Drop:7:00

    The Montreal Canadiens come into tonight riding a 2 game winning streak. The Habs will get their star goaltender Carey Price back tonight as he will get his first start since catching the flu. The Habs have not yet announced a line-up but there have been indications that their will be changes due to an illness going around the locker room.

    Keys to the game:
    Carey Price will look to get back to his veznia self tonight after Niemi had two great starts in a row.

    The Habs have found thier scorer in Tomas Tatar who has three goals and four assists for 7 points in 5 games.

    The Defence has played okay but definitely needs to play stronger if that Habs want to be successful this season.

  • Gameday Preview – 10/17/2018 – New York Rangers v. Washington Capitals

    Gameday Preview – 10/17/2018 – New York Rangers v. Washington Capitals

     

     

     

    Time: 7p EST

    Station: NBC Sports Network

     

    Preview:

    The Washington Capitals will be looking to win their third straight Wednesday Night Hockey matchup of this young season as they host the New York Rangers. The Rangers who are coming to DC off of a shootout win last night, look to extend their winning streak, while the Capitals are looking to end their two game skid.

     

    New York Rangers:

    Projected Lineup:

    Chris Kreider — Mika Zibanejad — Jesper Fast

    Filip Chytil — Kevin Hayes — Mats Zuccarello

    Jimmy Vesey — Brett Howden — Vladislav Namestnikov

    Cody McLeod — Ryan Spooner — Vinni Lettieri

    Brady Skjei — Neal Pionk

    Marc Staal — Brendan Smith

    Fredrik Claesson — Kevin Shattenkirk

    Henrik Lundqvist

    Alexandar Georgiev

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Stay Fresh

    The Rangers played last night and will have some tired legs, but they will meed to keep their shifts short, and keep their legs fresh against a rested Capitals team.

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Projected Lineup:

    Alex Ovechkin – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Chandler Stephenson

    Jakub Vrana – Nicklas Backstrom – TJ Oshie

    Brett Connolly – Lars Eller – Andre Burakovsky

    Nathan Walker – Nic Dowd – Devante Smith-Pelly

    Michal Kempny – John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov – Matt Niskanen

    Christian Djoos – Brooks Orpik

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Play a full 60 minutes

    The Capitals played a great first 2 periods against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night, but their third period was abysmal. The Capitals will needvto play a full 60 minutes against the Rangers who are playing in their second game of a back to back.

     

    2. Generate traffic in front of Henrik Lundqvist

    Lundqvist will playing for the second consecutive night for the Rangers, and the Capitals will need to generate traffic in front of him, and make him work to tire him out.

     

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  • TXHT – 10/16/2018

     

    Join Michael as he breaks down the past week for the Washington Capitals, NHL, and NWHL.

     

    You can watch TXHT Live next Wednesday at 8p EST on both Twitch and Facebook Live.

  • News & Notes – October 16th, 2018

    NHL

     

    Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, these are your news and notes for Tuesday, October 16th, 2018.

     

    There were four contests in the NHL yesterday.

    • The Montreal Canadiens scoring was hot in their 7-3 rout of the Detroit Red Wings, their sixth consecutive win over Detroit.Johnathan Drouin recorded his fourth multi-goal game of his career and his first as a member of the Canadiens, one of which occurred on his second career penalty shot attempt.

      Brendan Gallagher would also register a goal in the contest, his 11th goal in 18 career games versus Detroit. He has also scored seven times in the current six game win streak against the Red Wings.

      Tomas Plekanec would also play in his 1,000th career NHL game.

       

    • Plekanec also became the fourth player in Montreal history to record a goal while in his 1,000th NHL game.
    • In Toronto, the Toronto Maple Leafs are continuing to be an offensive machine with the line of Kasperi Kapanen, Auston Matthews, and Patrick Marleau all found the score sheet. The line combined for three goals and two assists in the Maple Leafs 7-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings.Kapanen entered the season with ten points in 55 career games. Kapanen has register four goals and four assists thus far this season in just seven games.

      With Patrick Marleau also scoring his first goal of the season on a power-play, he now ranks seventh place in game wining goals, sitting five shy from Brendan Shanahan (109).

      Auston Matthews has been on fire thus far for the season and this game was no different. Matthews registered his seventh straight multi-point game and at least one point in the last 17 regular-season contests. By registering his seventh straight multi-point game in as many games, he joined a very special class.

    • Ottawa Seantors D Maxime Lajoie and F Brady Tkachuk scored two of Ottawa’s first four straight goals to lift the Senators to their second straight win and a record of 3-2-1 on the season in a 4-1 rout of the Dallas Stars.This game would also be noteworthy for Lajoie as no Senators defenceman has registered more points in their first six games with the franchise.
    • In the final contest of the evening, Nashville Predators Filip Forsberg scored the game-winner to give himself four goals and two assists as well as giving Nashville their third consecutive win on the season. Nashville, 5-1-0, has earned at least five wins in six games for the third time in franchise history and the second time in four seasons (5-1-0 in 2015-16). Nashville would defeat the Minnesota Wild 4-2.

     

    There are eight games on the NHL schedule tonight…

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    Image courtesy of NHL and NHL Public Relations

     

    In NHL news today…

    • The Arizona Coyotes announced that C Alex Galechenyuk has been cleared for contact but the return for on-ice action has not yet been determined.

     

     

    You can watch TXHT Live next Wednesday at 8p EST on both Twitch and Facebook Live.

  • 10/15/2018 – Los Angeles Kings vs Toronto Maple Leafs

    10/15/2018 – Los Angeles Kings vs Toronto Maple Leafs

     

    Los Angeles Kings (2-2-1 2pts) v, Toronto Maple Leafs (5-1-0 10pts)

     

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Kasperi Kapanen – Auston Matthews – Patrick Marleau
    Mitch Marner – John Tavares– Zach Hyman
    Pars Lindholm – Nazem Kadri – Connor Brown
    Andreas Johnsson – Frederik Gauthier –  Josh Leivo

    Morgan Rielly  –  Ron Hainsey
    Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev
    Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov

    Garrett Sparks
    Frederik Andersen

    Scratched: Tyler Ennis , Justin Holl & Martin Marincin

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

    Suspension: None

    Los Angeles:

    Aaron Iaffalo – Anze Kopitar – Ilya Kovalchuk
    Tanner Pearson – Adrian Kempe – Tyler Toffoli
    Jaret Anderson-Dolan– Jeff Carter – Mike Amadio
    Kyle Clifford – Nate Thompson – Trevor Lewis

    Drew Doughty – Derek Forbort
    Jake Muzzin – Alec Martinez
    Dion Phaneuf – Paul Ladue

    Jack Campbell
    Peter Budaj

    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Jonathan Quick (Lower-Body), Dustin Brown (Finger)

    Suspension: None

    Gameday:

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    First Period:

    Leafs Goal – 00:46– Kasperi Kapanen (3) from Jake Gardiner (5) and Auston Matthews (5)

    Leafs Goal PPG – 19:38– Patrick Marleau (3) from Josh Leivo (1) and Jake Gardiner (6)

    Kings Penalty – 04:23 – Kyle Clifford, 2 mins for High-Sticking

    Kings Penalty – 18:11 – Adrian Kempe, 2 mins for Holding

    End of 1st – TML – 2         LAK – 0

    Shots              9                     10

    Faceoffs     11/20                11/20

    Hits               8                      9

    PP                 1/2                   0/0

    Analysis:

    Leafs took over the first period from the beginning and just controlled every facet. Kapanen scores again tonight with some fantastic speed and a beautiful pass from Matthews.. Great defence and fantastic goaltending from backup Garett Sparks.

     

    Need to Do:

    Keep the pressure on.  Sweet passing messed with the defensive game.

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    Second Period:

    Kings Goal – 03:38– Ilya Kovalchuk (2) from Aaron Iafallo (3) and Derek Forbort (2)

    Leafs Goal – 08:32– Mitch Marner (4) from John Tavares (5) and Zach Hyman(5)

    Leafs Penalty – 9:05 –Mitch Marner, 2 mins for Slashing

    Leafs Penalty – 12:11–Mitch Marner, 2 mins for Slashing

     

    End of 2nd – TML – 3          LAK – 1

    Shots              8                    15

    Faceoffs       18/40             24/40

    Hits               18                     20

    PP                 1/2                    0/2

     

    Analysis:

    Gave up 1 goal and took a couple of questionable penalties but Sparks came up big again and helped keep the door shut.

     

    Need to Do:

    Stay out of the box. Eventually you will get burned if not.

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    Third Period:

    Leafs Penalty – 2:10 –Frederik Gauthier, 2 mins for Hooking

    Leafs Goal – 07:45– Kasperi Kapanen (4) from Auston Matthews (6)

     

    End of 3rd – TML – 4         LAK – 1

    Shots              7                   10

    Faceoffs     29/60                31/60

    Hits               26                     29

    PP                 1/2                    0/3

     

    Analysis:

    The most complete game they’ve had all season. Offensively, Defensively and goaltending. This is the way they need to play to win.

     

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    Next Up:

    Pittsburgh (2-1-1 5pts) at Toronto (6-1-0 12pts)

    NYI (2-2-0 2pts) at Los Angeles (2-3-1 5pts)

     

    You can watch TXHT Live today at 8p EST on both Twitch and Facebook Live.

     

  • News and Notes: October 15th, 2018

     

    Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, these are your news and notes for Monday, October 15th, 2018.

     

    There were three contests in the NHL yesterday.

    • Kyle Palmieri recorded two goals, his third consecutive multi-goal outing, to lift the New Jersey Devils over the San Jose Sharks with a 3-2 victory. In addition, Palmieri became the fourth player to record multi-goal games in each of his team’s first three games to kick off the regular-season campaign.

      Also in this contest, Joe Pavelski became the fifth player in NHL history to record at least 700 career points for a player drafted after the 200th overall pick.

     

    Sunday’s results

    • New Jersey 3, San Jose 2
    • Anaheim 3, St. Louis 2
    • Winnipeg 3, Carolina 1

     

    In NHL action today:

     

    In NHL news:

    The Three Stars of the Week were announced earlier today:

    • The NHL Department of Player Safety had a phone hearing with Florida Panthers D Mike Matheson for his interference/unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Vancouver Canucks F Elias Pettersson earlier today. With this hearing, the NHL Department of Player Safety announced that Matheson has been suspended for two games.

     

    In NWHL news:

    • The NWHL announced the Player of the Week is Lexi Bender. Bender was dominant on both sides of the ice, recording two assists in Boston’s 5-1 win over the Metropolitan Riveters. She carried plays amongst her units in almost every shift on the ice.

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    • The Metropolitan Riveters will raise their 2017-18 Isobel Cup championship banner before their contest on Saturday against the Minnesota Whitecaps at 2 p.m. ET.

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    You can watch TXHT Live tomorrow at 8p EST on both Twitch and Facebook Live.

  • Game Day Preview: Montreal Canadiens vs Detroit Red Wings

    Game Day Preview: Montreal Canadiens vs Detroit Red Wings

     

    Game time: 7:30 Pm.

    Montreal Canadiens- (2-1-1)

    Detroit Red Wings (0-3-2)

    The Canadiens will face a win-less Detroit team tonight after erasing a 2-0 deficit on Saturday Night vs Pittsburgh to win 4-3 in a shootout. Unfortunately for the Canadiens the flu bug seems to be going around the locker room as Andrew Shaw in questionable for tonight’s game with the flu. Carey Price will be the back-up tonight and according to coach Julien Niemi was scheduled to start anyway.  Tomas Plekanec will play in his 1,000 career game tonight for the Habs.

    Here are the lines for tonight’s game:

    Forwards

    Tomas Tatar-Phillip Danault-Brendan Gallagher

    Jonathan Drouin-Max Domi-Artturi Lehkonen

    Paul Bryon- Jesperi Kotkaniemi-Joel Armia

    Charles Hudon-Tomas Plekanec-Matthew Peca

    Defencemen

    Victor Mete- Jeff Petry

    Mike Reilly-Noah Juulsen

    Xavier Ouellet- Jordie Benn

    Scatches: Andrew Shaw, Jacob De La Rose, Nikita Sherbak

    How the Habs can pick up the W

    The Habs were able to bounce back on Saturday Night in Pittsburgh. Coming into tonight’s game the Habs should be rolling with confidence. Obviously Antti Niemi will look to have another solid start in net for the Habs. With that said no matter how he plays I expect to see Price back between the pipes on Wednesday Night.  The Habs first line looked very good on Saturday and basically got the Habs back in the game. Tonight will be a good test to see how all four lines are able to play against a struggling Red Wings team.

  • Gameday Preview:  Los Angeles Kings vs Toronto Maple Leafs

    Gameday Preview:  Los Angeles Kings vs Toronto Maple Leafs

     

    Time: Monday, October 15th 2018

    Toronto: 5-1-0 for 10 points

    Los Angeles: 2-2-1 for 5 points

    The Toronto Maple Leafs and Los Angeles Kings come together for a battle of high flying prolific offence vs hardcore shutdown.  The Kings have started off the season mediocrely at 2-2-1 and only scoring 11 goals in 5 games. But this is nothing new for Kings as their defensive system does not allow for much offence. While the Leafs come back home flying high after defeating the Stanley Cup Champions 4-2.

    This will be a different challenge for the Leafs, as the Kings have a way of shutting down big offences. Toronto will probably have to try and win this one in a one goal game and I’d be shocked if otherwise.
    The Kings do have a couple big injuries goaltender Jonathan Quick and gritty forward Dustin Brown, these guys are instrumental in the success of the Kings. Jack Campbell or Peter Budaj will be thrust into the starting role tonight against the Leafs.

    Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup

    Auston Matthews – 14 points (10 goals 4 assists) 58% on Face-offs
    Morgan Rielly – 13 points (3 goals 10 assists)
    John Tavares – 10 points (6 goals 4 assists) 47% on face-offs
    Mitch Marner – 10 points (3 goals 7 assists)

    Aaron Iaffalo –4 points (2 goals 2 assists)
    Tyler Toffoli– 4 points (1 goal 3 assists)
    Ilya Kovalchuk, Carter – 3 points (1 goal 2 assist)
    Jake Muzzin – 3 points (3 assists)

    Garrett Sparks
    1-0-0 6.00GAA .806SV%

    Jack Campbell
    2-2-0 2.31GAA .938SV% 1SO

    Lineups & Injuries

    Toronto:

    Kasperi Kapanen – Auston Matthews – Patrick Marleau
    Mitch Marner – John Tavares– Zach Hyman
    Pars Lindholm – Nazem Kadri – Connor Brown
    Andreas Johnsson – Frederik Gauthier – Josh Leivo

    Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey
    Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev
    Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov

    Frederik Andersen
    Garrett Sparks

    Scratched: Tyler Ennis, Justin Holl & Martin Marincin

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

    Suspension: None

    Los Angeles:

    Aaron Iaffalo – Anze Kopitar – Ilya Kovalchuk
    Tanner Pearson – Adrian Kempe – Tyler Toffoli
    Jaret Anderson-Dolan– Jeff Carter – Mike Amadio
    Kyle Clifford – Nate Thompson – Trevor Lewis

    Drew Doughty – Derek Forbort
    Jake Muzzin – Alec Martinez
    Dion Phaneuf – Paul Ladue

    Jack Campbell
    Peter Budaj

    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Jonathan Quick (Lower-Body), Dustin Brown (Finger)

    Suspension: None

    4 Keys to Winning against Los Angeles:

    1. Use the middle of the Ice
      1. The Kings will play a trap style, to try and stop you from using the middle of the ice. But Crisp passing, and not being afraid to use the middle of the ice will help in breaking the defensive setup of the Kings.
    2. Win faceoffs in the Defensive End
      1. The Kings will try and cycle you in the defensive end and force you to ice the puck and tire your top lines out. They are built for the playoffs, win draws and get out of the zone quick.
    3. Depth reliability
      1. Leivo, Kadri, Brown, Gauthier, Ennis, Kapanen & Johnsspon need to continue on. Nice showing on Saturday against the Capitals. They showed that they can really take it heavy to other teams bottom two lines with their speed, strength and scoring ability
    4. Capitalize on the Man-Advantage
      1. If the Leafs get the extra man, it needs to go in the back of the net. You may not get very many chances to score.

     

     

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