Toronto Maple Leafs (30-17-2 62 pts) v, Detroit Red Wings (19-25-7 47pts)
Lineups:
Toronto:
Mitch Marner– Auston Matthews – Patrick Marleau
Kasperi Kapanen – John Tavares – Zach Hyman
Connor Brown – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander
Andreas Johnsson – Pars Lindholm – Frederik Gauthier
Morgan Rielly – Jake Muzzin
Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev
Travis Dermott – Ron Hainsey
Frederik Andersen
Garrett Sparks
Scratched: Justin Holl, Martin Marincin
Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back),Tyler Ennis (Leg)
Suspension: None
Detroit:
Justin Abdelkader – Dylan Larkin – Gustav Nyquist
Tomas Vanek– Frans Nielsen– Anthony Mantha
Andreas Anathansiou – Luke Glendening – Darren Helm
Christoffer Ehn – Jacob De La Rose – Martin Frk
Nicklas Kronwall – Mike Green
Danny DeKeyser – Niclas Jensen
Jonathan Ericsson – Dennis Cholowski
Jimmy Howard
Jonathan Bernier
Scratched: None
Injuries: Henrik Zetterberg, Evgeny Svechnikov, Trevor Daley, Michael Rasmussen, Tyler Bertuzzi.
Suspension: None
Gameday:
First Period:
Toronto Penalty – 10:58 – Mitch Marner, 2 minutes for Holding
Detroit Penalty – 14:03 – Luke Glendening, 2 minutes for Holding
Detroit Penalty – 18:39 – Jacob De La Rose, 2 minutes for Goaltender Interference
End of 1st – TOR –0 DET – 0
Shots 5 10
Faceoffs 8/18 10/18
Hits 4 7
PP 0/2 0/1
Analysis
Leafs looked slow the whole period and acting like they’re still on vacation.
Need to Do:
Need to pick up the game in the 2nd or else this could be a long game.
Second Period:
Toronto Penalty – 1:27 –Par Lindholm, 2 mins for Holding the Stick
Detroit Penalty – 4:28 –Danny DeKeyser, 2 mins for Slashing
Detroit Goal–8:14 – Gustav Nyquist (12), assisted by Andreas Anathansiou (14)
Toronto Goal–18:11 – Auston Matthews (22), assisted by Patrick Marleau (12)
End of 2nd – TOR– 1 DET – 1
Shots 13 17
Faceoffs 15/32 17/30
Hits 13 11
PP 0/3 0/2
Analysis:
Leafs gain some life in the 2nd after giving up the first goal, Matthews responds. New Leaf Jake Muzzin has been quiet which is what a coach likes from his defencemen.
Need to Do:
Better defensively and more offensive zone time
Third Period:
Detroit Penalty – 00:10 –Andreas Anathansiou, 2 mins for Tripping
Toronto Penalty – 03:11 –Mitch Marner, 2 mins for Tripping
Detroit Penalty – 10:40 –Gustav Nyquist, 2 mins for Hooking
Toronto Penalty – 12:54 –Patrick Marleau, 2 mins for Hooking
Detroit PP Goal–13:31 – Dylan Larkin (22), assisted by Tomas Vanek (14) and Andreas Anathansiou (15)
Toronto Goal–17:41 – Patrick Marleau (12), assisted by Auston Matthews (23) and Morgan Rielly (38)
End of 3rd – TOR – 2 DET – 2
Shots 21 33
Faceoffs 25/53 28/53
Hits 13 16
PP 0/5 1/4
Analysis:
Played a sloppy period but showed they can score.
OT:
Detroit Goal–2:40 – Danny DeKeyser (2), assisted by Gustav Nyquist (33) and Andreas Anathansiou (16)
End of OT – TOR – 2 DET – 3
Shots 21 33
Faceoffs 25/53 28/53
Hits 13 16
PP 0/5 1/4
Analysis:
Back and forth overtime but the Leafs couldn’t buy one.
Next Up:
Pittsburgh (28-17-6 62pts) vs Toronto (30-17-3 63pts)
Detroit (20-25-7 47pts) at Ottawa (19-27-5 43pts)
