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  • 01/3/2019 – Minnesota Wild vs Toronto Maple Leafs – Game Day Preview

    01/3/2019 – Minnesota Wild vs Toronto Maple Leafs – Game Day Preview

    Time: Thursday, January 3rd , 2018

    Toronto: 26-11-2 for 54 points

    Minnesota: 18-17-3 for 39 points

    The Toronto Maple Leafs open 2019 at the most uncomfortable time of 2pm on a Thursday afternoon. The Leafs hope that the Minnesota Wild will continue their lack of scoring and that goaltender Michael Hutchinson will provide some much-needed goaltending while both the Leafs goaltender heal.

    Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup

    Mitch Marner – 53 points (13 goals 40 assists)

    John Tavares – 44 points (26 goals 18 assists) 54% on face-offs

    Morgan Rielly – 44 points (13 goals 31 assists)

    Auston Matthews – 35 points (19 goals 16 assists) 51% on Face-off

     

    Michael Granlund–37 points (11 goals 26 assists)

    Zach Parise – 33 points (17 goals 16 assists)

    Ryan Suter – 27 points (4 goals 23 assist)

    Eric Staal – 25 points (13 goal 12 assists)

     

    Michael Hutchinson

    1-1-2 4.17GAA .839SV%

    Devan Dubnyk

    13-14-3 2.62GAA .912SV%

     

    Probable Lineups:

    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

     

    Minnesota:

    Jason Zucker – Eric Staal– Mikael Granlund

    Zach Parise – Charlie Coyle – Luke Kunin

    Jordan Greenway– Mikko Koivu– Nino Niederreiter

    Marcus Foligno – Eric Fehr –Matt Hendricks

     

    Ryan Suter –Jared Spurgeon

    Jonas Brodin – Greg Pateryn

    Matt Bartowski – Nate Prosser

     

    Devan Dubnyk

    Alex Stalock
    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Matt Dumba (hand), Nick Seeler

    Suspension: None

     

    Keys to Winning against Minnesota:

    1. Be Aggressive
      1. Attack the defence of the Wild. A couple of injuries have made the defence a little weak. Attack them.
    2. Shots
      1. Put everything to the net. Make Dubnyk work.
    3. Trevor Moore
      1. Moore has been a stand out in the AHL and has looked good in his first few games as an NHL player. Expect him to be a pest.
    4. Travis Dermott
      1. Has really been upping his game lately. Expect him to be a huge impact for the Leafs tonight and moving forward.

     

  • December 30th, 2018 — News and Notes

    December 30th, 2018 — News and Notes

    Today is Sunday, December 30th, 2018, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were 15 contests in the NHL yesterday.

     

    NEW JERSEY 2, Carolina 0

    In the NHL European Game of the Week yesterday, the New Jersey Devils would go on to defeat the Carolina Hurricanes by the score of 2-0.  Mackenzie Blackwood became the third youngest goaltender in the history of the Devils franchise to record his first NHL shutout.

     

    VEGAS 4, Los Angeles 1

     

     

    San Jose 7, EDMONTON 4

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Minnesota 3, WINNIPEG 1

     

    Boston 3, BUFFALO 2 (OT)

     

     

    NY Islanders 4, TORONTO 0

    In the 4-0 win by the Islanders over the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York’s Mathew Barzal registered a hat trick in the contest.

     

     

     

    Washington 3, OTTAWA 2

     

    In a night of firsts for two Washington Capitals players, the Capitals would go on to defeat the Ottawa Senators 3-2.  Washington’s Tyler Lewington and Madison Bowey would go on to score their first career NHL goals in the contest.  Lewington would also go on to register a “Gordie Howe hat trick” in the contest as well.

     

     

    You can see the complete recap of the contest between the Capitals and the Senators at the following page.

    Game Recap — 12/29/2018 — Washington Capitals at Ottawa Senators

     

     

    TAMPA BAY 6, Montreal 5

     

    FLORIDA 2, Philadelphia 1

     

     

    Pittsburgh 6, ST. LOUIS 1

     

     

     

    NY Rangers 4, NASHVILLE 3

     

     

    DALLAS 5, Detroit 1

     

     

    Chicago 3, COLORADO 2

     

     

     

    Arizona 5, ANAHEIM 4

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1079251791877820418

     

    Vancouver 3, CALGARY 2

     

     

     

     

    NWHL

    In the lone NWHL contest of the day, the Buffalo Beauts took on the Minnesota Whitecaps.

    The Minnesota Whitecaps would get back in the win column when the Whitecaps would go on to defeat the Buffalo Beauts at KeyBank Center yesterday afternoon in downtown Buffalo.

    Minnesota’s Lee Stecklein would be the difference maker when she scored the game winner with 1:17 left in the game to seal the win for the Whitecaps.

    Kendall Coyne Schoefield would be responsible for the Whitecaps tying the score at 1 in the second period thanks to a power-play for the Whitecaps.

    With Minnesota’s win, they move to a record of 7-2 and Buffalo falls to a record of 4-4 on the season.

    Minnesota Whitecaps 2, BUFFALO BEAUTS 1

     

    The Whitecaps and Beauts face off again today at 1:30 p.m., ET.

    Also today, the Boston Pride visit the Connecticut Whale at 3 p.m., ET.

    Both games can be seen at NHWL.zone.

     

     

     

    In Day 4 of the 2019 World Junior Championships,

     

     

    Day 5 of competition has two games and that is Switzerland taking on Russia at 5 p.m., PST. and then Kazakhstan taking on Slovakia at 7:30 p.m., ET.

     

    Today there is only one NHL contest and that is the Vegas Golden Knights taking on the Arizona Coyotes.

     

     

  • December 16th, 2018 — News and Notes

    December 16th, 2018 — News and Notes

    Today is Sunday, December 16th, 2018, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were 10 contests on the NHL slate yesterday.

     

    Calgary 2, MINNESOTA 1

    In a penalty filled contest between the Calgary Flames and the Minnesota Wild, the Calgary Flames would come away from Minnesota with the 2-1 victory yesterday afternoon.

    Flames D Mark Giordano became the first player in Flames history to have shorthanded goals in consecutive games with his short-handed goal at 12:03 in the first period.

     

     

    Despite being outshot, Calgary would have the most important side of the stat sheet with their 2-1 win.

     

    MONTREAL 5, Ottawa 2

     

    This would be the Canadiens third win over the Senators in 12 days.

     

     

    The Montreal Canadiens, with their win, would give head coach Claude Julien his 600th NHL win.

     

    NY ISLANDERS 4, Detroit 3 (OT)

     

    NY Islanders Matthew Barzal would net the winner in the shootout frame to give the Islanders the win over Detroit.

     

    PITTSBURGH 4, Los Angeles 3

    With the overtime winner by Phil Kessel, Kessel now ties Hall of Famer Mike Modano, Bill Guerin, and David Legwand for the second most regular season overtime winners by a  U.S.-born player with nine goals.

     

    ANAHEIM 2, Columbus 1

    The Anaheim Ducks would seal the 2-1 win, holding off a late rally from the Columbus Blue Jackets.

    Anaheim’s Daniel Sprong would score the only two goals for the Ducks.  Anaheim has won 10 out of their last 12 contests with this win over Columbus.

    https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1074153104877076480

     

    FLORIDA 4, Toronto 3 (OT)

    With the Florida Panthers over the Toronto Maple Leafs in overtime, the Panthers Aleksander Barkov would become the first player in the 25-year history of the franchise to complete the hat-trick with an overtime goal.

    Barkov, with his three goals in the contest, now has 114 goals as a Panther.  He moved past Radek Dvorak, who had 113 goals as a Panther.

    Despite Toronto scoring three goals in the third period, two by Mitchell Marner and other by John Tavares, the Maple Leafs were unable to take advantage in the overtime frame.

     

    TXHT’s Toronto Maple Leafs contributor, Steve Gardiner, has your recap of the contest between the Maple Leafs and the Panthers at the following page.

     

    Toronto Maple Leafs vs Florida Panthers – 15/12/2018 – Game Day Recap

     

    WASHINGTON 4, Buffalo 3 (SO)

    Washington Capitals F Alex Ovechkin would extend his point-scoring streak to 14 games, a career-high, with his League-leading 29th goal on the season.

    Alex Ovechkin now sits one goal away from having his 14th consecutive season in which he has scored at least 30 goals in a season.

     

    Rasums Dahlin, last June’s number one overall pick, became the fifth different rookie defenceman in Buffalo Sabres history to record at least three points in a contest.

     

    https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1074113761626218497

     

    TXHT has your full recap and analysis of the match-up between the Washington Capitals and the Buffalo Sabres at the following page.

    Game Recap – 12/15/2018 – Buffalo Sabres v. Washington Capitals

     

    NASHVILLE 2, New Jersey 1 (SO)

    Nashville Predators Ryan Johansen would seal the winner in the shootout frame to give the Predators a of 22-10-1 (45 pts), moving back the top of the Western Conference standings.

     

    Nashville would also move to a record of 10-0-0 against Eastern Conference opponents during the 2018-19 campaign with the win over the New Jersey Devils.

     

    https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1074157670662373376

     

    COLORADO 6, Dallas 4

     

    In this contest, Colorado Avalanche’s Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen would become the fifth set of teammates to reach the 50-point plateau since the 1981-1982 season.

     

     

    VANCOUVER 5, Philadelphia 1

    Philadelphia’s lone goal in the contest would be scored by Scott Laughton at 16:29 in the first period to bring the

     

    Meanwhile for the Vancouver Canucks, rookie sensation Elias Pettersson continues to find his way onto to scoring sheet.

    Pettersson has extended an assist and point streak to six games, amassing three goals and nine assists (12 points) and this matches a Vancouver Canucks rookie record for longest assist streak.

     

    The longest assist streak belongs to J.J. Daigneault during the 1984-85 season.

     

    The longest rookie point streak belong to Pavel Bure, who had a point in at least eight straight contests during the 1991-92 season.

     

  • December 8th, 2018 — News and Notes

    December 8th, 2018 — News and Notes

    Today is Saturday, December 8th, 2018, and these are your news and notes.

     

    DALLAS 3, San Jose 2

     

    The Dallas Stars faced off against the San Jose Sharks last night and would win this contest 3-2.

    Dallas is 10-3-1 when playing games at home on the season thus far.

    Dallas has also won their last four contests.

     

    St. Louis 1, WINNIPEG 0

    With this 1-0 St. Louis Blues win, they would snap the four-game win streak for the Winnipeg Jets.

     

    EDMONTON 7, Minnesota 2

     

    Edmonton Oilers Connor McDavid now has 33 games in his career where he has at least three points in a game before his 22nd birthday.

     

    McDavid joins four other players for this exclusive list.

     

    With this win, Edmonton has won their last four home games and six out of the last seven.

     

     

    Carolina 4, ANAHEIM 1

    The Carolina Hurricanes took on the Anaheim Ducks last night and would end up winning the contest 4-1.

    Sebastian Aho would score the empty net goal to seal the win for the Hurricanes late in the third period.

     

     

     

     

    This week’s NHL European Game of the Week is the contest between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Buffalo Sabres

     

    In NHL news…

    The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced yesterday that Calgary Flames D Mark Giordano has been suspended for two games for kneeing Minnesota Wild’s F Mikko Koivu.

    Also, the NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced that Calgary Flames F Ryan Lomberg has been suspended for one game for leaving the player’s bench on a legal line change to start an altercation.

    This is additional discipline for the automatic suspension that was announced earlier yesterday.

     

     

    Today in the NWHL…

    The Buffalo Beauts take on the Connecticut Whale at HarborCenter today at 6 p.m., ET.

     

    In NWHL news today…

    The Buffalo Beauts announced that head coach Ric Seiling and assistant coaches Craig Muni have been relieved of their coaching duties.

     

    https://twitter.com/NWHL/status/1071210855004602368

     
    TXHT has more coverage on this news at the following page.

    Buffalo Beauts Relieve Coaches Ric Seiling and Craig Muni

  • December 2nd, 2018 — News and Notes

    December 2nd, 2018 — News and Notes

    Today is Sunday, December 2nd, 2018, and these are your news and notes…

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    There were 12 games that took place yesterday.

     

    OTTAWA 6, San Jose 2

     

    In the NHL European Game of the Week…

     

     

    The Ottawa Senators would defeat the San Jose Sharks 6-2 yesterday afternoon.  This matchup would mark the return of Sharks D Erik Karlsson to Ottawa for the first time since the offseason trade.

     

    Ottawa’s Thomas Chabot recorded his 30th point on the season, making him the third player to get to 30 points for a Senator defenceman in franchise history.

     

     

    Ottawa’s Ben Harpur would score his first NHL career goal in the win for the Senators.

     

    NY ISLANDERS 3, Columbus 2

     

    The New York Islanders would play their first contest in the newly renovated Nassau Coliseum last night of the season.

     

    Columbus Blue Jackets Cam Atkinson would extend his point streak to a career-best 10 contests and is only three games shy of tying the all-time franchise record set by Ryan Johansen in the 2014-15 season.

     

     

    Dallas 2, VANCOUVER 1

     

    Detroit 4, BOSTON 2

    The Detroit Red Wings snapped an eight-game regular-season winless streak against the Boston Bruins as the visitors when they defeated the Boston Bruins 4-2 last night.

     

    MONTREAL 5, NY Rangers 2

    In his return to action, Montreal Canadiens captain Shea Weber would score twice to help lift the Canadiens past the New York Rangers with a 5-2 win.

     

     

    Tampa Bay 5, FLORIDA 4 (OT)

     

    Brayden Point of the Tampa Bay Lightning score the 15th game winner, the most in the NHL since the 2017-18 season.

     

     

    Tampa Bay would go on to win the contest over the Florida Panthers 5-4 in overtime.

     

    Winnipeg 4, NEW JERSEY 3 (OT)

     

    Mark Schiefele would score the fifth regular-season overtime goal, the most in Winnipeg Jets franchise history with the Jets 4-3 win over the New Jersey Devils last night.

     

    Philadelphia 4, PITTSBURGH 2

     

    Toronto 5, MINNESOTA 3

     

    The Toronto Maple Leafs would win their 10th road contest out of the 13 played thus far on the season with the 5-3 win over the Minnesota Wild.

     

     

    https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1069237278592155654

     

    TXHT’s Toronto Maple Leafs contributor Steve Gardiner has your recap of the contest between the Maple Leafs and the Minnesota Wild at the following page.

     

    12/1/2018 – Toronto Maple Leafs v. Minnesota Wild – Game Day Recap

     

     

    NASHVILLE 5, Chicago 2

    The Nashville Predators would score three goals in the first five minutes of the contest and would go on to defeat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2.

     

    ARIZONA 6, St. Louis 1

    There were six different players that scored for the Arizona Coyotes when they would go on to rout the St. Louis Blues by the score of 6-1.

     

    EDMONTON 2, Vegas 1

     

    NWHL

    In the NWHL contest from last night, the Connecticut Whale took on the Boston Pride in the NWHL Twitter Game of the Week.

     

    The Boston Pride would halt the Minnesota Whitecaps win streak at six games with the Pride’s 5-1 win at TRIA Rink last night.

     

    The contest would be scoreless for the first 17 minutes until  Mallory Souliotis scoredher first NWHL goal thanks to an assist from Amanda Pelkey to give the Pride the 1-0 lead.

     

    Jillian Dempsey would make the contest 2-0 before the end of the first period.

     

    Amanda Boulier would score the lone goal for the Whitecaps in the contest in the second period.

     

    The Boston Pride’s Hayley Skarupa would score on the power-play with 35 seconds left in the second period to give the Pride the 3-1 lead.

     

    In the third period Gigi Marvin would score both goals to give the Pride cement the 5-1 lead.

     

    The Minnesota Whitecaps look to take the win from the Boston Pride today at in front of another sold-out crowd at 2 p.m., CT and the game can be seen on NWHL.zone/watch

     

    The Metropolitan Riveters take on the Connecticut Whale today at 3:30pm, ET from the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Pittsburgh.

     

    TXHT’s Christopher Vasilas has your preview of the contest between the Riveters and the Whale at the following page.

     

    NWHL Game Preview – 12/2/2018 – Metropolitan Riveters v. Connecticut Whale

     

     

    In NHL news…

     

    The Toronto Maple Leafs and William Nylander came to terms on a six-year deal worth $41.77M deal, ending Nylander’s holdout.

     

     

     

     

     

    The NHL announced yesterday afternoon the NHL Three Stars of the Month.

     

     

     

     

     

    The NHL also announced today that the Buffalo Sabres Rasmus Dahlin has been named the NHL Rookie of the Month for the Month of November.

     

     

    Today there are six contests on the schedule…

     

  • 12/1/2018 – Toronto Maple Leafs v. Minnesota Wild – Game Day Recap

    12/1/2018 – Toronto Maple Leafs v. Minnesota Wild – Game Day Recap

    Toronto Maple Leafs (18-8-0 36pts) v, Minnesota Wild (14-9-2 30pts)

     

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Kasperi Kapanen – Auston Matthews – Patrick Marleau

    Mitch Marner – John Tavares– Zach Hyman

    Andreas Johnsson – Nazem Kadri – Connor Brown

    Tyler Ennis – Pars Lindholm – 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

     

    Minnesota:

    Zach Parise – Mikko Koivu – Nino Niederrieter

    Jason Zucker – Eric Staal– Mikael Granlund

    Jordan Greenway– Joel Eriksson Ek – Charlie Coyle

    Marcus Foligno – Eric Fehr – JT Brown

     

    Ryan Suter –Jared Spurgeon

    Jonas Brodin – Matthew Dumba

    Nick Seeler – Greg Pateryn

     

    Devan Dubnyk

    Alex Stalock
    Scratched: None

    Injuries: None

    Suspension: None
    Gameday:

    https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1069007955993886720

    First Period:

    Wild Penalty – 5:21 – Matt Dumba, 2 mins for Hooking

    Leafs PP Goal – 06:06 – Auston Matthews (13) assisted Mitch Marner (31) and Morgan Rielly (20)

    Leafs Goal – 12:19 – Tyler Ennis(4) assisted Par Lindholm (7) and Travis Dermott (5)

    Leafs Penalty – 13:38 – Nikita Zaitsev, 2 mins for Cross Checking

    Wild Goal – 19:29– Eric Staal (10) assisted by Ryan Suter (17) and Mikael Granlund(14)

    End of 1st – TML – 2        MIN – 1

    Shots              8                     11

    Faceoffs     9/21               12/21

    Hits               4                     7

    PP                 1/1                   0/1

     

    Analysis:

    Leafs seemed to capitalize on all of the chances they were given as Auston Matthews scored on the powerplay and Tyler Ennis at even strength. Minnesota look to grab some momenteum back at the end of the 1st courtesy of Eric Staal’s 10th.

     

    Need to Do:

    Get your legs moving and keep the pressure on.

     

     

    https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1069033159352901632

    https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1069036776013144064

    Second Period:

    Wild Goal– 5:17 – Jordan Greenway (4), assisted by Joel Eriksson Ek (3)

    Leafs Goal– 14:38– Zach Hyman (5), assisted by Mitch Marner (32) and Jake Gardiner (10)

    End of 2nd – TML – 3          MIN – 2

    Shots              15                    23

    Faceoffs       16/38              22/38

    Hits               6                       15

    PP                 1/1                    0/1

     

    Analysis:

    Leafs looked sluggish and lacked any offensive flair for the first 10 minutes of the 2nd period but then began to pick it up in the last 10 minutes.

    Need to Do:

    Minnesota is clogging up the neutral zone, use your speed to get behind them.

     

    https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1069047238180118528

    Third Period:

    Leafs Penalty –0:32 – Zach Hyman, 2 mins for High Sticking

    Leafs Penalty –4:20 – Jake Gardiner, 2 mins for Tripping

    Wild Goal– 09:38 – Jason Zucker (8) assisted by Mikael Granlund(15)

    Leafs Goal – 16:40 – Nazem Kadri(8) assisted by Connor Brown (6) and Travis Dermott(6)

    Leafs EN Goal – 19:04– Zach Hyman (6) from unassisted

    End of 3rd – TML – 5        MIN – 3

    Shots              23                   41

    Faceoffs     33/62                29/62

    Hits               8                       22

    PP                 1/1                    0/3

     

    Toronto:

    Analysis:

    Leafs played a very unsettling game, but the amazing goaltending of Frederik Andersen and the Leafs ability to score a lot bailed them out.

    https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1069065041108975616

     

    Next Up:

    Toronto (19-8-0 38pts) at Buffalo (17-7-3 37pts)

    Minnesota (14-10-2 30pts) at Vancouver (11-15-3 25pts)

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  • The Nylander saga Comes to a shocking end

    The Nylander saga Comes to a shocking end

    In typical Toronto Maple Leafs fashion contract holdout William Nylander has signed a contract minutes before the 5pm deadline.

    Contract is reported as $6.9 million per season for 6 years.

    This is the contract number the Leafs were looking for. Expect Nylander to join the team sometime next week. Still many question arise for Nylander though? Is this just a deal for this season and then he will be traded? How will the team accept him?

    I guess all these questions will be answered in the coming and year.

    Stay tuned to #NylanderWatch I feel like there is still much more to give here.

  • Toronto Maple Leafs vs Minnesota Wild -12/1/2018 – Game Day Preview

    Toronto Maple Leafs vs Minnesota Wild -12/1/2018 – Game Day Preview

    Time: Saturday, Novemeber 30th , 2018

    Minnesota: 14-9-2 for 30 points

    Toronto: 18-8-0 for 36 points

    The Toronto Maple Leafs head back on the road in Minnesota after winning 9 straight at home and hoping to continue their success on the road. While Minnesota has shown they are a two-sided coin. Either they are really good or very bad, there has not been much in between. This shaping up to be the battle of the goalies, Devan Dubnyk vs Frederik Andersen.

    Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup

    Mitch Marner – 36 points (6 goals 30 assists)

    John Tavares – 30 points (17 goals 13 assists) 49% on face-offs

    Morgan Rielly – 28 points (9 goals 19 assists)

    Auston Matthews – 19 points (12 goals 7 assists) 53% on Face-off

     

    Mikael Granlund –24 points (11 goals 13 assists)

    Zach Parise 22 points (12 goal 10 assists)

    Mikko Koivu – 21 points (4 goal 17 assist)

    Ryan Suter– 19 points (3 goal 16 assists)

     

    Frederik Andersen

    14-7-0 2.26GAA .932SV%

     

    Devan Dubnyk

    9-7-2 2.65GAA .913SV%

     

    Probable Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Mitch Marner– John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Kasperi Kapanen –Auston Matthews– Andreas Johnsson

    Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – Connor Brown

    Tyler Ennis– Pars Lindholm – Josh Leivo

     

    Morgan Rielly – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks
    Scratched: Justin Holl & Martin Marincin

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

    Suspension: None

     

    Minnesota:

     

    Zach Parise – Mikko Koivu – Nino Niederrieter

    Jason Zucker – Eric Staal– Mikael Granlund

    Jordan Greenway– Joel Eriksson Ek – Charlie Coyle

    Marcus Foligno – Eric Fehr – JT Brown

     

    Ryan Suter –Jared Spurgeon

    Jonas Brodin – Matthew Dumba

    Nick Seeler – Greg Pateryn

     

    Devan Dubnyk

    Alex Stalock
    Scratched: None

    Injuries: None

    Suspension: None

     

    Keys to Winning against Minnesota:

    1. Speed Speed Speed
      1. Minnesota will try and clog up the passing lanes and the neutral zone. Need to be quick and direct with passes.
    2. Watch the Minnesota defence
      1. They like to pinch a lot, be careful not to lose site of those them.
    3. Depth will need a full team effort.
      1. Everyone needs to show up for this game.