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  • 04/01/2019 – Vancouver Canucks at Toronto Maple Leafs – Game Day Preview

    04/01/2019 – Vancouver Canucks at Toronto Maple Leafs – Game Day Preview

    Time: Saturday, January 4th , 2019

    Toronto: 26-12-2 for 54 points

    Vancouver: 20-20-4 for 44 points

    Michael Hutchinson will get the start again Saturday against the Canucks at home. Leafs will be looking to kick their game back into the winning column.

    Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup

    Mitch Marner – 55 points (15 goals 40 assists)

    John Tavares – 46 points (26 goals 20 assists) 54% on face-offs

    Morgan Rielly – 44 points (13 goals 31 assists)

    Auston Matthews – 36 points (19 goals 17 assists) 51% on Face-off

     

    Elias Petterson–42 points (20 goals 22 assists)

    Bo Horvat – 36 points (17 goals 19 assists)

    Brock Boeser – 28 points (14 goals 14 assist)

    Nikolay Goldobin – 23 points (5 goals 18 assists)

     

    Michael Hutchinson

    0-1-0 4.21GAA .882SV%

    Jakub Markstrom

    17-11-3 2.79GAA .910SV%

     

    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:

    Sven Baertschi – Elias Petterson– Brock Boeser

    Antoine Roussel – Bo Horvat – Loui Erikson

    Markus Granlund– Brandon Sutter– Jake Virtanen

    Tim Schaller – Jay Beagle –Tyler Motte

     

    Alex Edler –Chris Tanev

    Ben Hutton – Erik Gudbranson

    Michael Del Zotto – Troy Stecher

     

    Jakub Markstrom

    Thatcher Demko
    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Josh Leivo

    Suspension: None

     

    Keys to Winning against Vancouver:

    1. Strong Forecheck
      1. Attack the defence every where on the ice. Force them to make plays that they don’t want to.
    2. Win Faceoffs
      1. Control play which means faceoffs and dictating the pace of play
    3. Jake Gardiner
      1. Needs to confidently control play on the powerplay without turning the puck over.

     

  • January 4th, 2019 — News and Notes

    January 4th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Friday, January 4th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were eight games in action today.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Minnesota 4, TORONTO 3

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    The Minnesota Wild would take on the Toronto Maple Leafs yesterday afternoon in the “Next Gen Game” in Toronto and the Maple Leafs would fall to the Wild by the score of 4-3.

    Toronto’s Mitch Marner would open up the scoring in the first seven seconds of the contest.  With that goal, he tied a mark set back in 1932 for the quickest goal by a Maple Leaf in the storied history of the Maple Leafs franchise.

     

     

     

     

     

    Mitch Marner would score again at the 5:38 mark in the contest and became the first Maple Leaf player to have two goals in the opening six minutes of the contest since Phil Kessel achieved the same feat back on January 30th, 2010.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    William Nylander would net the final goal for the Maple Leafs, his first of the season, at the 8:16 mark in the second period.

     

    Despite playing a strong first six minutes in this contest, Toronto would virtually fall flat for the duration of the contest with costly turnovers and being outshot the entire game.  On four Power-Play chances for Toronto, they would fail to take advantage of the extra-man on all four chances.

     

     

    Steve Gardiner, TXHT’s Maple Leafs writer, has the full recap of the contest at the following page.

    01/3/2019 – Minnesota Wild vs Toronto Maple Leafs

     

    BOSTON 6, Calgary 4

    The Boston Bruins, fresh off their win against the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2019 Winter Classic two days ago, would continue their winning ways with the 6-4 win over the Calgary Flames on home ice last night.

     

    For Calgary, they would register a League-high 13th shorthanded goal and this would be the ninth time that they would register at least 13 shorthanded goals in a season.

     

    Jake DeBrusk scored in the game twice, including the eighth game-winner in his career, and helped the Bruins win their third consecutive game.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Johnny Gaudreau would tie Bob MacMillan for the fewest games played (42) to reach the 60-point mark in franchise history in this contest for the Flames.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    BUFFALO 4, Florida 3

    Buffalo’s Jeff Skinner would score his 27th goal of the season to take over sole possession of second place in League goals.  He only trails Washington’s Alex Ovechkin, who has 30 goals thus far on the season.  At the time of Skinner’s goal, Ovechkin has 29 goals.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Carolina 5, PHILADELPHIA 3

    Carolina Hurricanes phenom Sebastian Aho would reach the 40-point mark in his 39th game on the season with two assists in the contest.  Carolina would go on to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers by the score of 5-3 in downtown Philadelphia last night.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    NY ISLANDERS 3, Chicago 2 (OT)

     

    The New York Islanders faced off against the Chicago Blackhawks at Nassau Coliseum and would go on to defeat Chicago 3-2 in overtime.

     

    Devon Toews would net the game winner in the overime frame, Toews’ first NHL goal.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    MONTREAL 2, Vancouver 0

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Jordie Benn and Jonathan Drouin would be the lone goal scores for the Canadiens in the contest and goaltender Carey Price would earn his 42nd career regular-season shutout in the contest and is four shy of tying the all-time franchise mark of 46 set by Ken Dryden.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    ST. LOUIS 5, Washington 2

    The St. Louis Blues would face off against the Washington Capitals last night and would come away with the 5-2 victory at Enterprise Center last night.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Blues defenceman Alex Pietrangelo would score his fifth goal of the season in the contest and now has possession of second place all-time for most goals by a defenceman in St. Louis Blues history with 85 goals.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Washington’s Alex Ovechkin would go on to score his 30th goal on the season in the contest and now has had 14 seasons of scoring at least 30 goals.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    TXHT has your recap of the contest between the Washington Capitals and the St. Louis Blues at the following page.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Tampa Bay 6, LOS ANGELES 2

     

    Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov would register his seventh straight multi-point game to become only the second player to have seven consecutive multi-point games and the first since Vincent Lecavalier had an eight-game streak during the 2007-08 season.

    Kucherov would also become the sixth different player since the 1993-1994 season to have at least 69 points through 41 team games.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    With Tampa Bay’s win, they now have a 12 point lead in the overall NHL standings and also marks the first time since the NHL’s expansion era (1967-68) that a team holds a 12 point lead at the mid-point of their season.

     

     

     

    Today there are seven games on the schedule…

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

    01/3/2019 – Minnesota Wild vs Toronto Maple Leafs

    Minnesota Wild (18-17-3 39pts) v, Toronto Maple Leafs (26-11-2 54pts)

    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
    Gameday:

     

    First Period:

    Leafs Goal – 00:07 – Mitch Marner (14) assisted Connor Brown (11) and John Tavares (19)

    Leafs Penalty – 2:31 – Par Lindholm, 2 mins for Slashing

    Leafs Goal – 05:38 – Mitch Marner(15) assisted John Tavares (20) and Ron Hainsey (10)

    Wild Goal – 09:10– Charlie Coyle (7) assisted by Lukas Kunin (2) and Jared Spurgeon(16)

    Leafs Penalty – 19:40 – John Tavares, 2 mins for Slashing

    Wild Penalty – 19:40 – Marcus Foligno, 2 mins for Roughing

    End of 1st – TML – 2        MIN – 1

    Shots              10                     19

    Faceoffs     14/22               8/22

    Hits               5                     5

    PP                 0/1                   0/1

    Analysis:

    Marner kicked into gear for the first period. The Wild couldn’t stop him all period he was just flying. But the Leafs seemed to take the foot off the gas pedal in the 2nd half of the period.

    Need to Do:

    Get your legs moving and keep the pressure on.

    Second Period:

    Wild Penalty – 02:47 – Eric Staal, 2 minutes for Hooking

    Wild Goal– 5:09 – Mikko Koivu (6), assisted by Jared Spurgeon (17) and Zach Parise (17)

    Leafs Goal– 8:16– William Nylander (1), assisted by Auston Matthews (17) and Travis Dermott (9)

    Wild Goal– 9:36 – Jared Spurgeon (5), assisted by Jordan Greenway (6) and Nino Niederreiter (13)

    Wild Penalty – 16:42– Mikael Granlund, 2 minutes for Hooking

    End of 2nd – TML – 3          MIN – 3

    Shots              22                    30

    Faceoffs       28/44              16/44

    Hits               10                       10

    PP                 0/3                    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.

    Third Period:

    Wild Goal– 04:21 – Zach Parise (18) assisted by Charlie Coyle(13)

    Wild Penalty – 12:09 – Jonas Brodin, 2 minutes for Tripping

    End of 3rd – TML – 3       MIN – 4

    Shots              41                  34

    Faceoffs     43/69                26/69

    Hits               17                       16

    PP                 0/4                    0/1

     

    Toronto:

    Analysis:

    Leafs played a very unsettling game. They lacked any defensive consistency and any ability to show up in the clutch

    Next Up:

    Vancouver (20-19-4 44pts) at Toronto (26-12-2 54pts)

    Minnesota (19-17-3 42pts) at Ottawa (15-21-5 35pts)

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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.

     

     

  • Mitch Marner Proving all the Critics Wrong

    Mitch Marner Proving all the Critics Wrong

    When the Leafs Drafted Mitch Marner from the London Knights of the OHL, General Managers from around the league second-guessed the decision and wondered if the Leafs Management had messed up on another draft pick.

    Marner’s tenure in London was marked by nothing but success. In Marner’s 3 years with the London Knights organization, he amassed 96 goals 205 assists for 301 points in 184 games. That puts Marner at about 1.6 points per game. Everyone thought great another junior player will not be able to translate their offensive abilities into the NHL.

    Most scouts said he’s fast but too small and has no muscle build to help with his board work. Scouts also implied that his offensive ability would not translate into the style that the NHL plays. But the Leafs saw something in him that they felt was worth what was considered the minimal risk. The payoff has been everything and more than the Leafs could have asked for.

    In his first 2 seasons with Toronto, Marner has put up impressive numbers. In his first 159 games, Marner put up 41 goals 89 assists for 130 points. Earning him 0.82 points per game average and improving on his rookie number totals in year 2 showed that Marner is growing as a player. This season is no different for Marner. In 34 games this season Marner has put up sensational numbers, 9 goals and 35 assists for 44 points. If Marner was to keep the same pace and played all 82 games he would put up 106 points this season.

    While Marner has become one of the elite playmakers in the league, guys like Dylan Strome are still trying to find his groove and become a full-time NHL player. Expect Marner to become more of a two-way player, he already begun that process but expect more improvement in that aspect of his game.

    But as Leaf fans we get to enjoy Marner’s magic for what we hope is a long time coming.

  • December 24th, 2018 — News and Notes

    December 24th, 2018 — News and Notes

    Today is Monday, December 24th, 2018, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were eight games yesterday.

     

    Columbus 3, NEW JERSEY 0

    The Columbus Blue Jackets would go on to defeat the New Jersey Devils yesterday afternoon by the score of 3-0.

     

     

    The New Jersey Devils would wear their own heritage jerseys in this contest.  The jerseys were worn by the Devils from the 1982-83 season, the first season for the team in New Jersey, until the 1991-92 NHL season.

     

    https://twitter.com/NJDevils/status/1076891123904335877

     

    Blue jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky would register his 14th shutout since the 2016-17 NHL season, the most shutouts in that time frame.

     

    CAROLINA 5, Boston 3

    In this contest, the Carolina Hurricanes would wear their Hartford Whalers throwbacks for a Hartford Whalers night last night in Raleigh and would go on to defeat the the Boston Bruins by the score of 5-3.

     

     

    Carolina’s Sebastian Aho would go on to have a four-point performance (2G, 2A) in the contest and Carolina’s Petr Mrazek would go on to have a 27 save performance on 30 shots.

    In addition to Aho, Teuvo Teravainen would also have a four-point game.

     

     

    Carolina would also go on to have two shorthanded goals in this game.

     

     

     

    TXHT was live at the game and has your full recap of the contest at the following page.

    Game Recap – 12/23/2018 – Boston Bruins v. Hartford Whalers

     

     

    Philadelphia 3, NY RANGERS 2 (SO)

    The Philadelphia Flyers would go on to defeat the New York Rangers yesterday and this would mark the fifth consecutive win the Flyers would have over the Rangers.

     

    Despite the loss in the shootout, the Rangers would still get a point in the standings.

     

     

    Florida 6, CHICAGO 3

    In the Florida Panthers 6-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks yesterday, Florida’s Jayce Hawryluk would score the first two goals of his NHL career.

    Florida has won four out of their last five contests.

     

    In addition to Hawryluk having two goals, Panthers defenceman Mackenzie Wagner would also have a two point performance.  Wagner would have two assists in this contest.  This would be the first multi-point contest for both players.

     

    TORONTO 5, Detroit 4 (OT)

    Detroit’s Dylan Larkin would extend his point streak to a career-high of 11 contests.  This makes it the longest such streak since Henrik Zetterberg had an 11 game run during the 2010-11 season.

    Toronto’s Patrick Marleau would play in his 1,612th regular season NHL game, tying Hall of Famer Ray Bourque for the tenth most in NHL history.

    Detroit’s Trevor Daley would go on to play in his 1,000th NHL career contest last night in this game.

     

     

     

    NY Islanders 3, DALLAS 1

    With the Islanders 3-1 win at the Dallas Stars last night, the New York Islanders would finish off their road trip going into the holiday break with a 3-1-0 record.

     

    Los Angeles 4, VEGAS 3 (OT)

    The Los Angeles Kings won their 36th regular season overtime game since the 3-on-3 overtime format was introduced in the 2015-16 season when the Kings go on to defeat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3.

     

    This would be the Vegas Golden Knights second consecutive overtime loss.

     

    Arizona 4, SAN JOSE 3 (SO)

    The Arizona Coyotes would go on to defeat the San Jose Sharks 4-3.

     

    With Joe Thornton’s assist in the first period on Tim Heed’s goal, Thornton would register his 1,041st career assist.  He passed Marcel Dionne for tenth place all time in the NHL.  He is now eight assists shy on his career from tying Gordie Howe for ninth place.

     

     

     

    The NHL resumes action Thursday night.

     

     

  • Florida Panthers vs Toronto Maple Leafs -20/12/2018-Game Day Recap

    Florida Panthers vs Toronto Maple Leafs -20/12/2018-Game Day Recap

    Florida Panthers (13-14-6 32 pts) v, Toronto Maple Leafs (23-10-2 48pts)

    Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Mitch Marner– John Tavares – Connor Brown

    Kasperi Kapanen –Auston Matthews– Andreas Johnsson

    Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander

    Tyler Ennis – Frederik Gauthier – Pars Lindholm

     

    Morgan Rielly – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Martin Marincin

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks
    Scratched: Justin Holl, Martin Marincin & Frederik Gauthier

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

    Suspension: None

     

    Florida:

    Jonathon Huberdeau – Aleksander Barkov – Mike Hoffman

    Frank Vatrano – Henrik Borgstrom– Evgenii Dadonov

    Troy Brouwer – Jared McCann – Denis Malgin

    Michael Haley – Juho Lammikko – Jayce Hawryluk

     

    Keith Yandle –Aaron Ekblad

    Michael Matheson – Alex Petrovic

    Mark Pysyk – Mackenzie Weegar

     

    Roberto Luongo

    James Reimer
    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Jamie McGinn, Nick Bjugstad, Vincent Trocheck & Derek Mackenzie

    Suspension: None

     

    Gameday:

    First Period:

    Panthers Penalty – 17:20 – Aaron Ekblad, 2 minutes for Interference

    Leafs PP Goal – 18:17 – Auston Matthews (18) from Mitch Marner (36) and Morgan Rielly (26)

     

    End of 1st – FLA –0        TOR – 1

    Shots              11                   8

    Faceoffs     5/15              10/15

    Hits               9                     3

    PP                 0/0                  1/1

     

    Analysis

    Leafs came focused and happy to be at the Scotia Bank Arena again. The kicked the powerplay slump and look to be running on all cylinders.

    Need to Do:

    Keep motoring forward.

    Second Period:

    Leafs Goal–03:50 – Auston Matthews (19), assisted by Morgan Rielly (27) and Kasperi Kapanen (11)

    Leafs Goal–11:14 – Nazem Kadri (9), assisted by Connor Brown (10)  and Morgan Rielly (28)

    Leafs Penalty – 12:33 –Nikita Zaitsev, 2 mins for Holding

    Leafs Penalty – 17:19 –Martin Marincin, 2 mins for Tripping

     

    End of 2nd – FLA– 0          TOR – 3

    Shots              13                    17

    Faceoffs       14/30              16/30

    Hits              18                      6

    PP                 0/2                  1/1

     

    Analysis:

    Leafs stay kick it up a notch in the 2nd period with 2 more goals. Morgan Rielly with 3 assists and Auston Matthews with 2 goals.

    Need to Do:

    Lock down the 3rd

    Third Period:

    Florida Penalty – 02:24 –Alex Petrovic, 2 mins for Tripping

    Leafs PP Goal–02:38 – John Tavares (22), assisted by Auston Matthews (13)  and Nazem Kadri  (14)

    Leafs Goal–05:41 – John Tavares (23), assisted by Mitch Marner (37)  and Martin Marincin  (1)

    Leafs Penalty – 8:56 –Andreas Johnsson, 2 mins for Slashing

    Florida Goal–10:28 – Henrik Borgstrom (1), assisted by Jared McCann (8)  and Frank Vatrano (4)

    Florida Penalty – 14:44 –Troy Brouwer, 2 mins for Holding

    Leafs PP Goal–15:14 – Mitch Marner (10), assisted by Auston Matthews (14)  and Morgan Rielly (29)

     

    End of 3rd – FLA – 1       FLA – 6

    Shots             26                  26

    Faceoffs     28/57                29/57

    Hits               30                       9

    PP                1/3                    3/3

     

    Analysis:

    John Tavares comes out and scores 2 in third and Marner added another to bring another dominate performance to a close.

    Next Up:

    Florida (13-14-6 32pts) vs Detroit (15-16-5 35pts)

    NY Rangers (15-13-5 35pts) at Toronto (23-10-2 48pts)

  • Florida Panthers vs Toronto Maple Leafs – 20/12/2018 – Game Day Preview

    Florida Panthers vs Toronto Maple Leafs – 20/12/2018 – Game Day Preview

    Time: Thursday, December 20th , 2018

    Toronto: 22-10-2 for 46 points

    Florida: 13-13-6 for 32 points

    The Leafs finally head back home for a rematch against the Florida Panthers. Where they were manhandled for most of the game and only showed up in the 3rd period. Leafs look to erase the thought of that game tonight.

    Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup

    Mitch Marner – 43 points (9 goals 35 assists)

    Morgan Rielly – 36 points (11 goals 25 assists)

    John Tavares – 36 points (21 goals 14 assists) 49% on face-offs

    Auston Matthews – 29 points (17 goals 12 assists) 53% on Face-off

     

    Jonathan Huberdeau–40 points (9 goals 31 assists)

    Evgeni Dadonov – 33 points (16 goal 17 assist)

    Aleksander Barkov– 33 points (15 goal 18 assists)

    Mike Hoffman –  31 points (15 goal 16 assists)

     

    Frederik Andersen

    18-9-1 2.53GAA .923SV%

    Roberto Luongo

    7-5-1 2.94GAA .906SV%

     

    Probable Lineups:

    Toronto:

    Mitch Marner– John Tavares – Zach Hyman

    Kasperi Kapanen –Auston Matthews– Andreas Johnsson

    Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander

    Tyler Ennis– Pars Lindholm – Connor Brown

     

    Morgan Rielly – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

    Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov

     

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks
    Scratched: Justin Holl, Martin Marincin & Frederik Gauthier

    Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

    Suspension: None

     

    Florida:

    Jonathon Huberdeau – Aleksander Barkov – Mike Hoffman

    Frank Vatrano – Henrik Borgstrom– Evgenii Dadonov

    Troy Brouwer – Jared McCann – Denis Malgin

    Michael Haley – Juho Lammikko – Jayce Hawryluk

     

    Keith Yandle –Aaron Ekblad

    Michael Matheson – Alex Petrovic

    Mark Pysyk – Mackenzie Weegar

     

    Roberto Luongo

    James Reimer
    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Jamie McGinn, Nick Bjugstad, Vincent Trocheck & Derek Mackenzie

    Suspension: None

     

    Keys to Winning against Florida:

    1. Dictate the Pace
      1. Last time the Leafs played the Panthers they let the Panthers dictate the pace of the game and it didn’t work in their favour.
    2. Quick out of the Zone
      1. The Leafs defence need to get the puck and up to the wingers on the boards quick and easy to ensure there is no prolonged zone time for especially the Barkov,Huberdeau and Hoffman line.
    3. Get a cycle going early
      1. A lot has been said about the Leafs speed but their cycle game has been just as good. Get it going early.