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  • News and Notes: October 11th, 2018

     

    Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls…

    These are your news and notes for Thursday, October 11th, 2018…

    There were three contests in the NHL last night.

    • The Washington Capitals faced off against the Vegas Golden Knights in a rematch of last season’s Stanley Cup Final. Evgeny Kuznetsov and Alex Ovechkin would both find the scoring sheet and lead Washington to a 5-2 victory over Vegas at Capital One Arena.Ovechkin would net career goals 610 and 611 to pass Bobby Hull for 17th place on the NHL’s career goal scoring list. This would also be Ovechkin’s first multi-goal game on the season and the 121st time he has multi-goal games in his NHL career.

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      For TXHT’s coverage of last night’s game between the Vegas Golden Knights and Washington Capitals, please check out this article.

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    • The Philadelphia Flyers went on to defeat the Ottawa Senators 7-4. Jakub Voracek had a five point contest (two goals and three assists) to establish a career high. He joined Mike Richards and Claude Giroux as the only players in the last ten years to register five points in a regular season game.

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      For the Ottawa Senators, rookie Brady Tkachuk scored his first two goals of his NHL career and became the quickest among his family to score his first NHL goal.

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    • The Arizona Coyotes went on to defeat the Anahiem Ducks 3-2 in a shootout. This gave Arizona their first win of the season.Coyotes goalie Antti Raanta registered 23 saves and would deny three shooters in the shootout. Raanta now owns a .922 career save percentage which is go for third-highest among goalie who have appeared in at least 100 games.

    Tonight’s schedule:

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    Image courtesy of NHL and NHL Public Relations.

    TXHT has your previews of Washington Capitals at New Jersey and Toronto Maple Leafs at Detroit Red Wings

    In NHL news….

    Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada released his “31 Thoughts Podcast” aricle today.

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    Elliotte Friedman also released his “31 Thoughts” article yesterday as well.

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    In NWHL news…

    Today marks the third anniversary of the debut of the NWHL.

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  • 10/11/2018 – NHL Game Previews

    Toronto Maple Leafs v. Detroit Red Wings

     

    Washington Capitals v. New Jersey Devils

     

    Los Angeles Kings v. Montreal Canadiens

     

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  • Game Day Preview Montreal Canadiens vs Los Angeles Kings

    Game Day Preview Montreal Canadiens vs Los Angeles Kings

     

     

    Time: 7:30

    Montreal Canadiens: 1-0-1 for three points

    Los Angeles Kings: 1-1-1 for three points

    The Montreal Canadiens are coming off a dominating 5-1 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night. In the first two games for the Habs they have looked very good all over the ice. Tonight the Habs will have their home opener along with honoring the 1993 Stanley Cup team.

     

    The Habs will stick with the same lines as they had for the previous two games:

    Tomas Tatar-Danault- Brendan Gallagher

    Jonathan Drouin-Jesperi Kotkaniemi- Joel Armia

    Paul Byron- Max Domi- Artturi Lehkonen

    Charles Hudon-Matthew Peca-Andrew Shaw

     

    Victor Mete-Jeff Petry

    Mike Reilly- Noah Juulsen

    Xavier Ouellet-Jordie Benn

     

    Carey Price will get the start between the pipes

     

    Healthy Scratches- Tomas Plekanec and Karl Alzner

     

    If the Habs are able to come out and play the way they have in the past two games they should have no problem against a Kings teams who is without their number goalie in Jonathan Quick. All eyes once again will be on the young center Jesperi Kotkaniemi who comes into the game with one assists on the season. The Habs will be looking to get Jonathan Drouin going as he has struggled in his first two games.

    On the Blueline the Habs have looked decent without their number one D-man in Shea Weber. Mike Reilly is starting to show his worth in Montreal after being aquired last season from the Minnesota Wild. Victor Mete has looked decent while playing first pairing mintues and should continue to be a force for the Habs on the point.

    The big question coming into the season was the health of Carey Price and if he would return to his old veznia self which has in the first two games stopping 44-48 shots. The Habs don’t have any back-back games this month so expect to see a lot of Price in the first month of the season.

     

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  • Game Preview – 10/11/2018 – Washington Capitals v. New Jersey Devils

    Game Preview – 10/11/2018 – Washington Capitals v. New Jersey Devils

     

    Time: 7p EST

    Station: NBC Sports Washington

     

    Preview:

    In their first matchup since facing each other in the last regular game of the 2017-18 season, the Washington Capitals and New Jersey Devils look to renew their rivalry tonight. The Capitals will be playing in their fourth game which also happens to be the 2nd of a back to back for the Capitals once again, while the Devils will be playimg in their second game of the season.

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Projected Lineup:

    Alex Ovechkin – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Brett Connolly

    Jakub Vrana – Nicklas Backstrom – TJ Oshie

    Chandler Stephenson – Lars Eller – Andre Burakovsky

    Dmitrij Jaskin – Nic Dowd – Devante Smith-Pelly

    Michal Kempny – John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov – Matt Niskanen

    Christian Djoos – Brooks Orpik

    Pheonix Copley

    Braden Holtby

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Be consistent in the faceoff circle

    Last night the Capitals did a much better job in the faceoff circle, and should look to keep that consistency going into tonight.

     

    2. Keep your feet moving

    I know it sounds like a broken record already, but this is the second time now in these very early stages that the Capitala are playing in the 2nd game of a back to back. They will need to keep their legs moving, and play a much better defensive game than they did last week against Pittsburgh.

     

    New Jersey Devils:

    Projected Lineup:

    Taylor Hall – Nico Hischier – Kyle Palmieri

    Marcus Johansson – Pavel Zacha – Stefan Noesen

    Miles Wood – Travis Zajac – John Quenneville

    Brian Boyle – Blake Coleman – Jean-Sebastian Dea

    Mirco Mueller – Sami Vatanen

    Andy Greene – Damon Severson

    Will Butcher – Ben Lovejoy

    Keith Kinkaid

    Eddie Lack

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Get a good start

    Being how this is only the second game for the Devils this season, they will want to get a good start on the Capitals who played last night. The Devils have a better team and is looking to improve upon last season. Starting strong agaimst the defending Stanley Cup Champions would be a good start this early in the season.

     

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  • Gameday Preview:  Toronto Maple Leafs vs Detroit Red Wings

    Gameday Preview:  Toronto Maple Leafs vs Detroit Red Wings

     

    Time: Thursday, October 10th 2018

    Toronto : 3-1-0 for 6 points

    Detroit: 0-1-2 for 2 points

    The Toronto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings for a Thursday night meeting in Detroit. Toronto comes off back to back road wins in Chicago 7-6 in OT and Dallas 7-4. The first 4 games have shown that almost any defensive problem that the Leafs face they can outscore. It’s also been the Matthews, Marner and Tavares show, the 3 have combined for 24 points in the first 4 games.

    While Detroit comes into the game struggling, in the midst of a rebuild it’s looking a lot like the struggle the Leafs dealt with for the first couple of year of the rebuild. In order to make a game out of this Detroit will need to stay out of the penalty box, which could be a task for them. Tied for 30th in the league in penalty minutes, struggling to stay out of the box.

    The big story of this game though will be the goaltending. Andersen is having is typical October struggle with a 3.37 GAA and a .892 SV%. While Howard comes in with two OT loses and holds a .924 SV% and 2.36 GAA.

    Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup

    Matthews – 10 points (7 goals 3 assists) 52% on Face-offs
    Rielly – 10 points (2 goals 8 assists)
    Tavares – 6 points (6 goals) 51% on face-offs

    Larkin, Nyquist, Cholowski – 3 points (1 goal 2 assists, 1 goal 2 assists, 3 assists)
    Bertuzzi – 2 points (2 goals)
    Helm – 1 points (1 Goal)

    Frederik Andersen
    2-1-0 3.37GAA .892SV%

    Jimmy Howard
    0-0-2 2.36GAA .924SV%

     

    Lineups & Injuries

    Toronto:

    Kapanen –Matthews – Marleau
    Marner – Tavares– Hyman
    Lindholm – Kadri – Brown
    Ennis – Gauthier – Leivo

    Rielly  –  Hainsey
    Gardiner – Zaitsev
    Dermott – Ozhiganov

    Scratches – Marincin, Holl and Johnsson

    Injuries:

    Goalies :

    Frederik Andersen
    Garrett Sparks

    Detroit:

    Abdelkader – Larkin – Mantha
    Nyquist – Anathansiou – Vanek
    Bertuzzi – Neilsen – Rasmussen
    Helm – Ehn – Glendening

    Dekeyser – Hronek
    Sulak – Hicketts
    Kronwall – Jensen

    Howard
    Bernier

    Scratches: None

    Injuries: Franzen, Zetterberg, Green, Cholowski, and Daley

    4 Keys to Winning in Detroit:

    1. Offensive Zone Time
      1. Leafs need to get a lot of Offensive zone time and begin creating scoring chances right away. Keep the pressure on the young Red Wings. As we’ve seen in the game against Ottawa, you give a young team the ability to maneuver and they will take advantage of that and soon you’ll be in a whole.
    2. Lots of shots.
      1. Howard has been good. But the Leafs need to stick to their game plan and pepper him with shots. Force Howard to make saves.
    3. Depth Scoring
      1. Leivo, Kadri, Brown, Gauthier, Ennis need to build off their performance in Dallas. Lots of zone time and scoring chances.
    4. Clean up the Defence & Goaltending.
      1. Leafs have been hanging Andersen out to dry. They need to tighten it up a lot. Andersen needs to step up his October game, his numbers show he hasn’t been amazing but he’s been better then number show.
  • 10/10/2018 – Vegas Golden Knights v. Washington Capitals

    10/10/2018 – Vegas Golden Knights v. Washington Capitals

     

    Vegas Golden Knights (1-2-0 2pts) v, Washington Capitals (1-0-1 3pts)

     

    Lineups:

    Vegas Golden Knights:

    Jonathan Marchessault — William Karlsson — Reilly Smith

    Max Pacioretty — Erik Haula — Tomas Nosek

    Ryan Carpenter — Cody Eakin — Oscar Lindberg

    William Carrier — Pierre-Edouard Bellemare — Ryan Reaves

    Shea Theodore — Deryk Engelland

    Brayden McNabb — Colin Miller

    Jon Merrill — Nick Holden

    Marc-Andre Fleury

    Malcolm Subban

    Scratched: Jake Bischoff, Brad Hunt

    Injured: Paul Stastny (lower body), Alex Tuch (lower body)

    Suspended: Nate Schmidt

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Brett Connolly

    Jakub Vrana — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie

    Andre Burakovsky — Lars Eller — Chandler Stephenson

    Dmitrij Jaskin — Nic Dowd — Devante Smith-Pelly

    Dmitry Orlov — Matt Niskanen

    Michal Kempny — John Carlson

    Brooks Orpik — Christian Djoos

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

    Scratched: Madison Bowey, Nathan Walker

    Injured: Travis Boyd (lower body)

    Suspended: Tom Wilson

     

    First Period:

    Capitals Penalty – 8:40 – Brett Connolly 2 minutes for Tripping

    Golden Knights Penalty – 11:13 – Ryan Carpenter 2 minutes for Hooking

    Golden Knights Penalty – 18:04 – Tomas Nosek 2 minutes for Holding

    Capitals PPG – 19:25 – Evegny Kuznetsov (3) from Nicklas Backstrom (5) and John Carlson (3)

     

    End of 1st – VGK – 0          WAS – 1

    Shots              4                     9

    Faceoffs        7                     11

    Hits               11                     4

    PP                 0/1                    1/2

     

    Analysis:

    This was a good fast paced first period for the Capitals. They were making slick passes and made great breakouts out of their zone. They played with great hustle and they drew two penalties late in the period, which the second one resulted in a power play goal. Jakub Vrana definitely had a great first period, but I’d like to see him keep that consistent throughout the night.

     

    Need to Do:

    The Caps need to keep pressing on the Golden Knights and make them uncomfortable in their own zone. Also despite scoring on their second power play opportunity, the Caps need to be better with their possession on the powerplay.

     

    Second Period:

    Capitals Goal – 10:18 – Alex Ovechkin (3) from Evgeny Kuznetsov (2) and Brett Connolly (2)

    Golden Knights Goal – 10:49 – Cody Eakin (1) from unassisted

    Capitals Penalty – 11:20 – Michal Kempny 2 minutes for Interference

     

    End of 2nd – VGK – 1          WAS – 2

    Shots              20                    17

    Faceoffs        24                    21

    Hits               16                     22

    PP                 0/2                    1/2

     

    Analysis:

    This was a better period for the Golden Knights than it was for the Capitals. Vegas doubled up the Capitals on shots 16-8 in the 2nd period and won 17 faceoffs to the Capitals 10 in the period too.Penalty Kill has been a highlight for the Capitals in this game when they have been needed.

     

    Need to Do:

    The Capitals need to get back to playing the way they were in the first period. Vegas out shot the Capitals, and were better in the faceoff circle. The Capitals need to get back that hustle and continue to outwork the Golden Knights.

     

    Third Period:

    Golden Knights Penalty – :20 – Colin Miller 2 minutes for Slashing

    Golden Knights Penalty – 4:07 – Erik Haula 2 minutes for Tripping

    Capitals PPG – 5:08 – Nicklas Backstrom (1) from Evegny Kuznetsov (3) and John Carlson (4)

    Golden Knights Goal – 7:08 – Reilly Smith (1) from Nick Holden (1) and William Karlsson (3)

    Capitals Penalty – 8:11 – Michal Kempny 2 minutes for Hooking

    Capitals Goal – 10:33 – Alex Ovechkin (4) from Evgeny Kuznetsov (4) and Brett Connolly (3)

    Golden Knights Goal – 13:49 – waived after Coach’s Challenge for Offside

    Capitals ENG – 18:05 – TJ Oshie (4) from Matt Niskanen (2) and Dmitry Orlov (1)

     

    End of 3rd – VGK – 2          WAS – 5

    Shots              31                   29

    Faceoffs        38                   36

    Hits               19                    31

    PP                 0/3                    2/4

     

    Analysis:

    This was a good solid game for the Capitals. Not the best second period, but the Capitals overcame and out played the Golden Knights in the third period to solidify the victory. Also great game by Brooks Orpik who left late in the first period and returned early in the second period. He played with a lot of snarl when he returned to the game. Jakub Vrana showed some very good hustle, and generated some good scoring chances, and Dmitrij Jaskin in his Capitals debut was not that bad. You can tell Jaskin was getting his legs under him in this game, but as the game progressed, Jaskin got better.

     

    Next Up:

    Washington (2-0-1 5pts) at New Jersey (1-0-0 2pts)

    Vegas (1-3-0 2pts) at Pittsburgh (1-1-0 2pts)

     

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  • News and Notes: October 10th, 2018

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    Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, these are your news and notes for Wednesday, October 10th, 2018…

    There were six contests in the NHL.

    • Auston Matthews and John Tavares would both score two goals for the second consecutive game to defeat the Dallas Stars 7-4. Matthews and Tavares are the sixth set of teammates in League history, and the third in the modern era (1943-44), to score six or more goals in a team’s first four games. Matthews has also gone on to collect at least two points in all of Toronto’s contests thus far.
    • Joe Pavelski and Evander Kane would score multiple goals each to lift the San Jose Sharks in a 8-2 rout of the Philadelphia Flyers. With Pavleski scoring two goals, he remains one point shy of becoming the third player to record 700 points in San Jose Sharks franchise history. Patrick Marleau (1082 pts) and Joe Thornton (974 pts) are the other two players to reach the 700 point plateau.
    • Five different skaters scored last night for the Carolina Hurricanes would would go on to defeat the Vancouver Canucks 5-3. With the victory, the Hurricanes extended their season-opening point streak to 7 (3-0-1). The Hurricanes have a combined 13 goals in their last two contests, matching a total for consecutive games since April 6-8, 2010.Sebastian Aho would extend his point streak to four games and this game marked the third time in the last four games in which a Carolina player would record at least one point in each of the team’s first four games.

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    Yesterday’s contests:

    • San Jose 8, Philadelphia 2
    • Carolina 5, Vancouver 3
    • Columbus 5, Colorado 2
    • Calgary 3, Nashville 0
    • Winnipeg 2, Los Angeles 1
    • Toronto 7, Dallas 4

    Tonight’s schedule of games:

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    Image courtesy of NHL and NHL Public Relations

    TXHT has your preview of the Washington Capitals playing host to the Vegas Golden Knights. To read the game preview, please go here.

    In NHL news…

    Washington Capitals beat writer Isabelle Khurshudyan released an article about a conversation that happened between Brett Connolly and Devante Smith-Pelly and what that did. Also in the article is how new acquisition Dmitri Jaskin could be a good reclamation project.

    Also in Capitals news, F Tom Wilson is scheduled to have his hearing about his suspension with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman sometime next week.

    The NHL announced a time change for the Boston Bruins versus Detroit Red Wings game on Saturday. The game will now start at 3 p.m. to accommodate the Boston Red Sox vs. Houston Astros Game 1 of MLB’s ALCS.

     

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  • Game Preview – 10/10/2018 – Vegas Golden Knights v. Washington Capitals

    Game Preview – 10/10/2018 – Vegas Golden Knights v. Washington Capitals

     

    Time: 8p EST

    Station: NBCSN

     

    Preview:

    In a rematch of last season’s Stanley Cup Finals, the Vegas Golden Knights visit the Washington Capitals as they renew their rivalary from this past summer. The Capitals will not have a very different looking lineup compared to the last time these two faced, but Michal Kempny will be making his regular season debut, and Dmitrij Jaskin will be making his Washington Capitals debut. Vegas on the other hand have some new faces in their lineup, but will be without free agent addition Paul Stastny for tonight’s game.

     

    Vegas Golden Knights:

    Projected Lineup:

    Jonathan Marchessault – William Karlsson – Reilly Smith

    Max Pacioretty – Erik Haula – Tomas Nosek

    Ryan Carpenter – Cody Eakin – Oscar Lindberg

    William Carrier – Pierre-Eduoard Bellemare – Ryan Reaves

    Brayden McNabb – Colin Miller

    Deryk Engelland – Shea Theodore

    Jon Merril – Nick Holden

    Marc-Andre Fleury

    Malcolm Subban

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Get a good start

    The Golden Knights are looking tonstart this game strong. This is their 4th game of the season already, and their first 3 games have been met with mixed results. If Vegas can get their legs moving early, they can give themselves a chance to a strong game.

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Projected Lineup:

    Alex Ovechkin – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Brett Connolly

    Jakub Vrana – Nicklas Backstrom – TJ Oshie

    Chandler Stephenson – Lars Eller – Andre Burakovsky

    Dmitrij Jaskin – Nic Dowd – Devante Smith-Pelly

    Michal Kempny – John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov – Matt Niskanen

    Christian Djoos – Brooks Orpik

    Braden Holtby

    Pheonix Copley

     

    Keys to the Game:

    1. Be consistent in the faceoff circle

    In the Capitals season opener, they were abysmal in the faceoff circle against Boston, but the next night in Pittsburgh they were much better. Tonight against Vegas the Capitals will want to repeat how they did in the faceoff circle against Pittsburgh.

     

    2. Keep your feet moving

    Against Boston the Capitals did everything right, and they benefited from it. However, against Pittsburgh they did not and the sloppy play costed them. Vegas will be looking for vengeance for being defeated in five games in the Stanley Cup Finals, and the Capitals will need to play their game, and keep their feet moving.

     

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  • TXHT – 10/09/2018

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    Join Michael as he breaks down the first two games of the season for the Washington Capitals. Plus NWHL recaps and NHL News and Notes.

     

    Opening Music – “Human Chess” by Crimson Orchid

     

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  • 10/09/2018 – Toronto Maple Leafs v. Dallas Stars

     

     

    Toronto Maple Leafs (2-1-0 4pts) v, Dallas Stars (2-0-0 4pts)

     

    Lineups:

    Toronto Maple Leafs:

    Kasperi Kapanen — Auston Matthews — Patrick Marleau

    Zach Hyman — John Tavares — Mitch Marner

    Par Lindholm — Nazem Kadri — Connor Brown

    Josh Leivo — Frederik Gauthier — Tyler Ennis

    Morgan Rielly – Ron Hainsey

    Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

    Igor Ozhiganov – Travis Dermott

    Frederik Andersen

    Garrett Sparks

    Scratched: Justin Holl, Andreas Johnsson, Martin Marincin

    Injured: None

     

    Dallas Stars:

    Jamie Benn — Alexander Radulov — Tyler Seguin

    Mattias Janmark — Jason Spezza — Blake Comeau

    Devin Shore — Radek Faksa — Tyler Pitlick

    Valeri Nichuskin — Roope Hintz — Brett Ritchie

    Esa Lindell — John Klingberg

    Marc Methot — Miro Heiskanen

    Connor Carrick — Roman Polak

    Ben Bishop

    Anton Khudobin

    Scratched: Jason Dickinson

    Injured: Johns (Concussion Symptoms), Hanzel (Back)

    Suspended:

    Gameday:

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    First Period:
    Leafs Goal – 9:40 – Mitch Marner (2) from Unassisted
    Stars Goal – 17:23– Alexander Radulov (3) from Tyler Seguin (3) and Miro Heiskanen(1)
    Leafs Goal – 18:58 – Auston Matthews (6) from Kasperi Kapanen (2) and Morgan Rielly (5)

    End of 1st – TML – 2      DAL – 1

    Shots             12                 10

    Faceoffs      7/14               7/14

    Hits                3                   12

    PP                 0/0                 0/0

     

    Analysis:

    The Leafs came out flying in this one. Scoring chances galore, The Stars were getting a lot of shots but not many chances. Solid defence and some good goaltending as well, both things that have hampered the Leafs this season.

     

    Need to Do:

    The Leafs need to be better in the faceoff circle and crowd up the neutral zone. The Stars are coming up the middle strong. Keep the foot on the gas pedal.

     

    Second Period:
    Stars Goal – 10:56 – Tyler Seguin (3) from Esa Lindell (2) and Ben Bishop (1)
    Stars Penalty – 8:40 – Jamie Benn, 2 minutes for Roughing
    Leafs PPG – 8:01 – Auston Matthews (7) from Morgan Rielly (6) and Mitch Marner (4)
    Leafs Goal – 4:00 – Ron Hainsey (1) from Kasper Kapanen (3) and Par Lindholm (1)
    Stars Penalty – 3:25 – Roope Hintz 2 minutes for Faceoff Violation
    Leafs PPG – 3:00 – John Tavares (7) from Mitch Marner (5) and Morgan Rielly (7)
    Leafs Penalty – 2:17 – Patrick Marleau 2 minutes for Hooking
    Stars PPG – 1:58 – Jamie Benn (3) from Alexander Radulov (3) and Tyler Seguin(4)

     

    End of 2nd – TML – 5           DAL – 3

    Shots                20                      25

    Faceoffs        18/33                 15/33

    Hits                  7                         19

    PP                   2/3                       1/1

     

    Analysis:

    Leafs got sloppy at the beginning but then got some power plays and it went to work. Generating a lot of chances, 4th line looks really good. Improved on the face-offs this period and it showed in their play.

     

    Need to Do:

    Leafs need to shut down in the 3rd period. Play a strong dump and chase and not take their foot off the gas pedal. Need the 3rd and 4th lines to come up big.

     

    Third Period:
    Stars Goal – 17:21 – John Klingberg (2) from Alexander Radulov (4) and Tyler Seguin (5)
    Leafs Goal – 15:05 – John Tavares (5) from Mitch Marner (6) and Nikita Zaitsev (1)
    Leafs Empty Net Goal – 3:20 – Connor Brown (1) from Morgan Rielly (7) and Ron Hainsey (1)

     

    End of 3rd – TML – 7          DAL – 4

    Shots               30                    34

    Faceoffs       27/43                25/43

    Hits                 28                    16

    PP                   2/3                   1/1

     

    Analysis:

    The Leafs showed why they are one of the most dominant offensive teams in the league. Everytime Dallas would try and get back into the game the Leafs just kept responding. Bishop gave up 7 tonight and looked shaky, while Andersen looked solid despite giving up 4 goals. The three headed monster showed its head again with another dominating offensive performance.

     

     

    Next Up:

    Toronto (3-1-0 6pts) at Detroit (0-1-2 2pts)

    Dallas (2-1-0 0pts) at Anaheim (3-0-0 6pts)

     

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