Detroit Red Wings vs Toronto Maple Leafs – 06/12/2018 – Game Day Recap

VS 

Detroit Red Wings (12-12-4 28pts) v, Toronto Maple Leafs (20-8-0 40pts)

Lineups:

Toronto:

Kasperi Kapanen – Auston Matthews – William Nylander

Mitch Marner – John Tavares– Zach Hyman

Kasperi Kapanen – Nazem Kadri – Andreas Johnsson

Tyler Ennis –Para Lindolm– Connor Brown

 

Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov

 

Garrett Sparks

Frederik Andersen

 

Scratched: Justin Holl & Martin Marincin

Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

Suspension: None

 

Detroit:

Gustav Nyquist – Dylan Larkin – Justin Abdelkader

Andreas Anthansiou – Frans Nielsen– Thomas Vanek

Luke Glendeing – Jacob De La Rose – Michael Rasmussen

Luke Witowski – Christoffer Ehn – Martin Frk

Niklas Kronwall – Mike Green

Johnathan Ericsson – Dennis Cholowski

Danny DeKeyser – Nicla Jensen

 

Jimmy Howard

Johnathan Bernier

 

Scratched: None

Injuries: Henrik Zetterberg, Evgeny Svechnikov, Trevor Daley, Anthony Mantha

Suspension: None

 

Gameday:

Getting ready for the Red Wings.@HennyTweets previews tonight's game with the latest news & notes. #LeafsForever https://t.co/dYnCGEqzm4

— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) December 6, 2018

First Period:

Leafs Goal – 04:50 – Kasperi Kapanen (11) assisted by Jake Gardiner (11) and Andreas Johnsson (5)

Detroit Goal – 05:23 – Jonathan Ericsson (2) assisted by Thomas Vanek (7)

Detroit Goal – 06:28 –  Luke Glendening (4) assisted by Niklas Kronwall (5) and Jacob De La Rose (3)

Detroit Penalty – 07:17 – Justin Abdelkader, 2 minutes for Tripping

Detroit Penalty – 16:39 – Niclas Jensen, 2 minutes for Tripping

Detroit Goal –19:46 – Gustav Nyquist (7) assisted by Dylan Larkin (15) and Mike Green (13)

 

End of 1st – DET –3        TOR – 1

Shots              11                    10

Faceoffs     9/21              12/21

Hits               8                     7

PP                 0/0                   0/2

 

Analysis

Leafs came out strong in this one with Kasperi Kapanen scoring his 11^th of the season but then bad goaltending and solid defence from the Red Wings caught up to them as Garrett Sparks allowed 3 goals, 2 of which were pretty soft.

 

Need to Do:

Get your legs moving, get some shots on the net.

Leafs trail 3-1 following the first. #TMLtalk pic.twitter.com/XcUASslIPT

— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) December 7, 2018

Second Period:

Detroit Goal–11:17 – Mike Green (3), assisted by Martin Frk (9) and Gustav Nyquist (18)

Leafs Penalty – 08:56 –Mitch Marner, 2 mins for Tripping

Detroit Penalty –12:33 – Nicklas Kronwall, 2 mins for Boarding

Leafs Penalty – 15:36 –Par Lindholm, 2 mins for Tripping

Detroit Penalty –19:19 – Nicklas Kronwall, 2 mins for holding

 

End of 2nd – DET– 4          TOR – 1

Shots              23                    15

Faceoffs       16/35              19/35

Hits              13                      12

PP                 0/2                    0/4

 

Analysis:

Leafs played a terrible 2^nd period. Terrible defensive zone coverage and couldn’t get any pucks through. Leafs need to put it into gear or else this game is done.

 

Need to Do:

Everything to the net.

Work to do in the third. #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/277bNiC0ej

— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) December 7, 2018

Under way in the final frame on @Sportsnet Ontario and @TSN1050Radio. #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/cSrvgd3KGk

— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) December 7, 2018

 

Third Period:

Leafs Goal– 02:38 – John Tavares (18) assisted by Morgan Rielly (22) and Jake Gardiner (13)

Leafs Goal– 08:50 – Zach Hyman (7) assisted by Igor Ozhiganov(3) and Mitch Marner (34)

Leafs Goal – 11:36 – Andreas Johnsson (6) assisted by Auston Matthews(9) and Kasperi Kapanen(10)

 

End of 3rd – DET – 4        TOR – 4

Shots             30                   30

Faceoffs     25/60                35/60

Hits               19                       12

PP                0/2                    0/4

 

Analysis:

Leafs come out flying and score 3 goals in the 3^rd courtesy of Tavares, Hyman and Johnsson to bring it to overtime! All out aggressive play in the 3^rd and it worked.

Leafs score three in the third and we're headed to overtime. #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/iszZXxQ2ab

— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) December 7, 2018

Overtime:

Detroit Goal – 02:48 – Dylan Larkin (11) assisted by Gustav Nyquist(19)

 

End of OT – DET – 4       TOR – 3

Shots              32                   31

Faceoffs     27/65                38/65

Hits               21                       14

PP                0/2                    0/4

 

Analysis:

John Tavares with a giveaway and Dylan Larkin makes no mistake beating Garrett Sparks five-hole. Leafs come back from down 3 in the 3^rd but lose in Overtime. Still gain a much needed point.

Leafs battled back in the final frame but fall in overtime.#LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/2GADqjJ7St

— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) December 7, 2018

Next Up:

Toronto (20-8-1 41pts) vs Boston (14-9-4 32pts)

NY Islanders (13-10-3 29pts) at Detroit (13-12-4 30pts)