10/27/2018 –Toronto Maple Leafs vs Winnipeg Jets

 

 

Toronto Maple Leafs (7-3-0 16pts) v Winnipeg Jets (6-2-1 13pts)

 

Lineups:

Toronto:

Kasperi Kapanen – Auston Matthews – Patrick Marleau

Mitch Marner – John Tavares– Zach Hyman

Pars Lindholm – Nazem Kadri – Connor Brown

Tyler Ennis – Frederik Gauthier – Josh Leivo

Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

Martin Marincin – Igor Ozhiganov

Frederik Andersen

Garrett Sparks

Scratched: Andreas Johnsson, Justin Holl & Travis Dermott

Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

Suspension: None

 

Winnipeg:

Patrik Laine – Mark Scheifle – Blake Wheeler

Kyle Connor – Bryan Little– Nikolaj Ehlers

Andrew Copp– Adam Lowry – Brandon Tanev

Brendan Lemieux – Jack Roslovic – Matthieu Perrault

Josh Morissey – Jacob Trouba

Ben Chiarot – Dustin Byfuglien

Joe Morrow – Tyler Myers

Connor Hellebuyck

Laurent Brossaint

Scratched: None

Injuries: None

Suspension: None

 

Gameday:

 

First Period:

Jets Penalty – 02:53 – Dustin Byfuglien, 2 mins for Slashing

Leafs Penalty – 08:14 – Nazem Kadri, 2 mins for Boarding

Jets PPG Goal  – 09:38 – Kyle Connor (6) Blake Wheeler (9) and Dustin Byfuglien (5)

Jets Penalty – 20:00 – Tyler Myers, 2 mins for Roughing

Leafs Penalty – 20:00 – John Tavares, 2 mins for Roughing

 

End of 1st – TML – 0         WPG – 1

Shots              10                      10

Faceoffs     9/20                       11/20

Hits               7                           13

PP                 0/1                       1/2

 

Toronto Maple Leafs: 

Analysis:

Leafs came out aggressive and looking ready to take over the game. But a questionable penalty on Kadri cost them the lead going into the 2nd period.

Need to Do:

Leafs need to continue being aggressive and attacking the defence of the Jets.

 

Second Period:

Jets Goal– 11:00 – Mark Schiefele (6), Unassisted

Jets Penalty – 5:03 – Patrik Laine, 2 mins for Interference

 

End of 2nd – TML – 0         WPG – 2

Shots              19                    17

Faceoffs       16/37            21/37

Hits               12                    21

PP                 0/2                   1/2

 

Toronto Maple Leafs:

Analysis:

Leafs came out flat from the beginning and looked like they were just going to take the period off. Auston Matthews took a hard hit to the shoulder early in the 2nd period and didn’t return to the lineup in that period, remains to see if he will return tonight.

Need to Do:

Leafs better come to play in the 3rd even without Matthews, They have a huge hole to dig themselves out of.

 

Third Period

Leafs Goal – 06:33– Nazem Kadri (2) from Mitch Marner (10)  and Ron Hainsey (3)

Jets Penalty – 9:31 – Jacob Trouba, 2 mins for Tripping

Leafs Goal – 16:49– Jake Gardiner (1) from Mitch Marner (11)

Leafs Goal – 17:15– Kasperi Kapanen (6) from John Tavares (6) and Zach Hyman (6)

 

End of 3rd – TML – 3        WPG – 2

Shots              31                   24

Faceoffs     29/61                32/61

Hits               20                       27

PP                 0/3                    1/2

 

Toronto:

Analysis:

Leafs were good for half of the first period and terrible in the 2^nd, but Frederik Andersen bailed them out and kept them in the game until the 3^rd. Where even without Auston Matthews the Leafs came out flying scoring 3 goals in the 3^rd for the comeback win.

 

Next Up:

Calgary (5-5-1 11pts) vs Toronto (8-3-0 16pts)

 

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