Gameday Preview: Toronto Maple Leafs vs St.Louis
Time: Tuesday, February 19h 2019
Toronto: 36-19-3 for 75 points
St.Louis: 25-27-5 for 55 points
The Toronto Maple Leafs look to jump back into the winning column against the surging Blues. Leafs need a big game here from the big guns.
Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup
Mitch Marner –69 points (21 goals 48 assists)
John Tavares – 63 points (33 goals 30 assists) 54% on face-offs
Morgan Rielly – 57 points (15 goals 42 assists)
Auston Matthews – 53 points (27 goals 26 assists) 53% on Face-offs
Ryan O’Rielly – 60 points (22 goals 38 assists)
Vladimir Tarasenko– 51 points (26 goal 25 assists)
Brayden Schenn – 39 points (11 goal 28 assists)
David Perron – 35 points (17 goals 18 assists)
Frederik Andersen
27-12-2 2.56GAA .923SV%
Jordan Binnington
12-1-1 1.58GAA .937SV%
Lineups:
Toronto:
Patrick Marleau – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen
Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman
Connor Brown – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander
Tyler Ennis – Pars Lindholm – Frederik Gauthier
Morgan Rielly – Jake Muzzin
Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev
Travis Dermott – Ron Hainsey
Frederik Andersen
Garrett Sparks
Scratched: Justin Holl
Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back), Andreas Johnsson (Knee)
Suspension: None
St.Louis:
Brayden Schenn – Ryan O’Rielly – Vladimir Tarasenko
Jayden Schwartz – Tyler Bozak– Alex Steen
Zach Sanford – Oskar Sundqvist – Patrick Maroon
Mackenzie MaCeachern – Ivan Barbashev – Robert Thomas
Joel Edmundson – Alex Pietrangelo
Jay Bouwmeester – Colton Parayko
Vince Dunn – Robert Bortuzzo
Jordan Binnington
Jake Allen
Scratched: None
Injuries: Carl Gunnarsson
Suspension: None
Keys to Winning against St.Louis:
- Speed
- Last game the Leafs played against the Blues they were slow and sluggish in every aspect of their game.
- Puck Possession
- Play a game of keep-away cycle the puck and keep them hemmed in their own zone.
- Matthews & Marner
- Very different games but huge impact players for the Leafs moving forward.
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