Gameday Preview: ย Toronto Maple Leafs vs Boston Bruins
Time: Saturday, December 8th,ย 2018
Toronto: 20-8-1 for 41 points
Boston: 14-10-4 for 32 points
The Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins meet for their 3rd meeting of the season having won 1 game each. Expect a great game from both sides. Boston has struggled without some of their top players in the lineup recently, but the Leafs will need to take advantage of that.
Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup
Mitch Marner โ 40 points (6 goals 34 assists)
John Tavares โ 32 points (18 goals 14 assists) 49% on face-offs
Morgan Rielly โ 31 points (9 goals 22 assists)
Auston Matthews – 24 points (15 goals 9 assists) 53% on Face-offs)
David Pastrnak – 32 points (20 goals 12 assists)
Patrice Bergeron- 26 points (9 goal 17 assists)
Brad Marchandโ 22 points (7 goal 17 assist)
David Krecji – 20 points (3 goal 17 assists)
Frederik Andersen
16-7-0 2.320GAA .931SV%
Tuukka Rask
6-6-2 2.63GAA .914SV%
Lineups:
Toronto:
William Nylander โ Auston Matthews โ Patrick Marleau
Mitch Marner โ John Tavaresโ Zach Hyman
Andreas Johnsson โ Nazem Kadri โ Kasperi Kapanen
Tyler Ennis โ Pars Lindholm โ Connor Brown
Morgan Riellyย – Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner โ Nikita Zaitsev
Travis Dermott โ Igor Ozhiganov
Frederik Andersen
Garrett Sparks
Scratched: Justin Holl & Martin Marincin
Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)
Suspension: None
Boston:
Brad Marchand โ David Krejci โ David Pastrnak
Danton Heinein โ Colby Cavesโ David Backes
Gemel Smith โ Sean Kuraly โ Chris Wagner
Ryan Donato โ Jakob Forback-Karlsson โ Joakim Nordstrom
Torey Krug โ Brandon Carlo
John Moore โ Charlie MacVoy
Matt Grzelcyk โ Steve Kampfer
Tuukka Rask
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: None
Injuries: Kevan Miller, Urho Vaakanainen, Patrice Bergeron,ย Zdeno Chara, Jake Debrusk
Suspension: None
Keys to Winning against Boston:
- Attack the defence
- Bruins defence is depleted, attack some of their guys get some turnovers
- Win faceoffs
- No Bergeron, Means winning more faceoffs which means more puck possession
- Kadri, Kapanen, Johnsson
- Dominated all game long in Detroit. Needs to keep that going.