Toronto Maple Leafs (36-19-3 75 points) v, St.Louis Blues (25-27-5 55 points)
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
Gameday:
Ending the six-game road swing in St. Louis. @HennyTweets has everything you need to know for puck drop in tonight's Game Preview. #LeafsForever
⏰ 8:00 PM
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📻 @TSN1050Radio
📍 St. Louis, MO pic.twitter.com/11CiSFHdkE— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) February 19, 2019
First Period:
St. Louis Goal – 10:13 – Jaden Schwartz (6) assisted by Tyler Bozak (15) and Alex Steen (13)
Toronto Penalty – 16:27 – Travis Dermott, 2 minutes for Hooking
St. Louis PP Goal – 17:42– Colton Parayko (10) assisted by Jaden Schwartz (21) and Tyler Bozak (16)
End of 1st – TOR –0 STL – 2
Shots 9 19
Faceoffs 14/27 13/27
Hits 4 5
PP 0/1 1/1
Analysis
A lot of sloppy play in the defensive end and the neutral zone. Too many giveaways and not enough zone time. One of the worst periods all year from the Leafs.
Need to Do:
Get back to your game
Down 2-0 after 20. #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/eeAPlzGWLP
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) February 20, 2019
Second Period:
Toronto Penalty – 18:58 –Ron Hainsey, 2 mins for Hooking
End of 2nd – TOR– 0 STL – 2
Shots 25 32
Faceoffs 29/54 25/54
Hits 8 9
PP 0/0 1/2
Analysis:
Leafs looked much better in the 2nd period but still can’t solve Jordan Binnington
Need to Do:
Tighten up in the defensive end and bring more offensively
Leafs trail 2-0 following scoreless second period. #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/uBmOEdjbCy
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) February 20, 2019
Focused in on the final frame.
We're under way in the third on @Sportsnet Ontario and @TSN1050Radio. #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/MmQ61WW2ol
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) February 20, 2019
Third Period:
Toronto Penalty – 01:20 – Andreas Johnsson, 2 minutes for Hooking
Toronto Goal– 06:34 – Zach Hyman (11) unassisted
Toronto Goal– 07:05 – Auston Matthews (28) assisted by Nikita Zaitsev(6) and Kasperi Kapanen (19)
End of 3rd – TOR – 2 STL – 2
Shots 32 40
Faceoffs 37/71 34/71
Hits 13 10
PP 0/0 1/3
Analysis:
Leafs come out flying and scored 2 goals in under a minute to tie the game up and bring it to overtime.
Leafs score two in the third and we've got overtime on deck. #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/RTq8aFxYb0
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) February 20, 2019
Overtime:
St. Louis Goal – 00:34 – Ryan O’Reilly (23) unassisted
End of OT – TOR– 2 STL – 3
Shots 33 41
Faceoffs 37/71 34/71
Hits 13 10
PP 0/0 1/3
Analysis:
Valiant effort to comeback after an atrocious 1st period. Leafs get a point out of it.
Leafs rally on the road to pick up a point tonight. #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/MhwV8icgHa
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) February 20, 2019
Next Up:
Washington (33-20-7 73pts) vs Toronto (36-19-4 76pts)
Boston (35-17-8 78pts) at St. Louis (32-22-5 69pts)
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