Time: Wednesday, November 28th 2018
Toronto: 17-8-0 for 34 points
San Jose 12-8-4 for 28 points
The Toronto Maple Leafs and the San Jose Sharks meet for the second time this season, Only this time it will be on Toronto’s home ice. San Jose will be coming of a game the night before, look for the Leafs to try and take advantage of that.
Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup
Mitch Marner – 33 points (6 goals 27 assists)
John Tavares– 28 points (15 goals 13 assists)
Morgan Rielly – 27 points (9 goals 18 assists)
Kasperi Kapanen – 17 points (10 goals 7 assists)
Brent Burns –24 points (3 goals 21 assists)
Timo Meier– 22 points (13 goals 9 assists)
Logan Couture – 22 points (8 goals 14 assists)
Joe Pavelski– 17 points (13 goals 4 assists)
Frederik Andersen
13-7-0 2.22GAA .932SV%
Aaron Dell
3-3-2 2.60GAA .914SV%
Probable Lineups:
Toronto:
Kasperi Kapanen – John Tavares – Zach Hyman
Mitch Marner – Nazem Kadri– Patrick Marleau
Tyler Ennis – Pars Lindholm – Connor Brown
Andreas Johnsson – Frederik Gauthier – Josh Leivo
Morgan Rielly – Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev
Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov
Frederik Andersen
Garrett Sparks
Scratched: Justin Holl & Martin Marincin
Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back), Auston Matthews (Shoulder)
Suspension: None
San Jose:
Evander Kane– Joe Pavelski – Joonas Donskoi
Tomas Hertl – Logan Couture – Timo Meier
Marcus Sorenson– Joe Thornton – Kevin LaBanc
Barclay Goodrow – Lukas Radil – Melker Karlsson
Brendan Dillion – Erik Karlsson
Tim Heed –Brent Burns
Marc-Eduoard Vlasic – Justin Braun
Aaron Dell
Martin Jones
Scratched: None
Injuries: None
Suspension: None
Keys to Winning against SJ:
- Puck Possession
- Puck Possession, need to get the majority of it. Make sure they don’t have much time to make plays in your zone.
- Play with Speed
- Let your skill dictate the play. Don’t let the Sharks.
- Burns, contain him
- Burns once again has been one of the highest scoring defencemen in the league. Must find ways to limit his chances.
