Toronto Maple Leafs (26-11-2 54pts) vs Vancouver Canucks (20-20-4 44pts)
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
Vancouver:
Antoine Roussel – Bo Horvat – Loui Erikson
Sven Baertschi – Markus Granlund – Jake Virtanen
Nikolay Goldobin– Brandon Sutter– Brock Boeser
Tim Schaller – Jay Beagle –Tyler Motte
Alex Edler –Chris Tanev
Derrick Pouliot – Troy Stecher
Ben Hutton – Erik Gudbranson
Jakub Markstrom
Thatcher Demko
Scratched: None
Injuries: Josh Leivo, Elias Petterson
Suspension: None
Gameday:
The Leafs are looking to bounce back Saturday night at @ScotiabankArena and earn a victory over Vancouver.@HennyTweets previews tonight's matchup with the latest news & notes before puck drop. #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/4bv6YDzh4l
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) January 5, 2019
First Period:
Leafs Penalty – 19:35 – Andreas Johnsson, 2 mins for Interference
Leafs Goal – 08:54 – John Tavares (27) assisted Morgan Rielly (32) and Connor Brown (12)
Leafs Goal – 14:30– Trevor Moore(1) assisted Igor Ozhiganov (4)
End of 1st – VAN – 0 TOR – 2
Shots 8 11
Faceoffs 7/18 11/18
Hits 8 7
PP 0/1 0/0
Analysis:
Leafs came out flying with pure speed. Trevor Moore’s first NHL goal with some end to end speed made it 2-0 and capped off what was a brilliant opening period. Michael Hutchinson looks like he came ready tonight giving the Leafs confidence.
Need to Do:
Keep being hard on the forecheck attack the young defence
Leafs score twice in the opening frame and take a 2-0 lead into the break. #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/7OoaDo9Y7c
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) January 6, 2019
All lined up and ready for the second.
Catch the action on @hockeynight and @FAN590. #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/uaqJVpCOje
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) January 6, 2019
Second Period:
Leafs Penalty– 16:02– Jake Gardiner, 2 minutes for Tripping
End of 2nd – VAN – 0 TOR – 2
Shots 16 22
Faceoffs 14/36 22/36
Hits 16 14
PP 0/2 0/0
Analysis:
No scoring in the 2nd period but not for lack of chances on the Leafs part. The Canucks defence looks like they are struggling with the Leafs speed.
Need to Do:
Tighten up the defensive end and continue the hard forecheck.
No scoring in the second and the Leafs head to the final frame with a 2-0 lead. #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/UIfDVSfMBF
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) January 6, 2019
Twenty minutes to go. Keep bringing the noise, Leafs Nation.
We're under way in the third on @hockeynight and @FAN590. #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/4IJ6NNeTOF
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) January 6, 2019
Third Period:
Leafs Goal– 04:45 – Auston Matthews (20) assisted by Andreas Johnsson(10)
Leafs Goal – 11:55 – Andreas Johnsson (9) assisted by Auston Matthews (18)
Leafs Goal – 14:49– Igor Ozhiganov (2) assisted Auston Matthews (19) and Travis Dermott (10)
Leafs Penalty –15:50 – Jake Gardiner, 2 mins for Tripping
End of 3rd – VAN– 0 TOR– 5
Shots 28 34
Faceoffs 22/56 34/56
Hits 26 21
PP 0/3 0/0
Analysis:
Leafs came to play tonight in all ends of the ice. This is one of the better complete game efforts from the Leafs this season.
Leafs cruise past Canucks and earn Saturday night shutout.#LeafsForever #FuelledByG @GatoradeCanada pic.twitter.com/ck5CJ5pzpl
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) January 6, 2019
Next Up:
Nashville (25-15-3 53pts) at Toronto (27-12-2 56pts)
Arizona(17-21-3 37pts) at Vancouver (20-21-4 44pts)
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