Toronto Maple Leafs (20-9-1 41pts) v, Carolina Hurricanes (13-11-4 30pts)
Lineups:
Toronto:
Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen
Mitch Marner – John Tavares– Connor Brown
William Nylander– Nazem Kadri – Patrick Marleau
Tyler Ennis – Pars Lindholm – Frederik Gauthier
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)
Suspension: Zach Hyman (2 Games) Game 1 of 2
Carolina:
Jordan Martinook– Sebastein Aho – Teuvo Teravainen
Warren Foegele – Victor Rask – Phil Di Giuseppe
Andrei Svechnikov – Lucas Wallmark– Justin Williams
Brock McGinn– Clarke Bishop – Michael Ferland
Jaccob Slavin – Dougie Hamilton
Calvin De Haan– Justin Faulk
Brett Pesce– Trevor Van Riemsdyk
Petr Mrazek
Scott Darling
Scratched: None
Injuries: Jordan Staal, Curtis McElhinny
Suspension: None
Gameday:
First Period:
Leafs Goal – 08:35 – Tyler Ennis (5) assisted by Frederik Gauthier (4) and Travis Dermott (6)
Leafs Penalty – 13:31 – William Nylander, 4 minutes for High Stick
End of 1st – TOR –1 CAR – 0
Shots 15 8
Faceoffs 6/14 8/14
Hits 7 11
PP 0/0 0/2
Analysis
Leafs came out strong in this one. Bringing their speed game and jumping for pucks which lead to Tyler Ennis scoring his 5th in the 3rd period.
Need to Do:
Keep Digging for pucks, and using your speed
Second Period:
Carolina Penalty – 09:07 –Dougie Hamilton, 2 mins for Tripping
Leafs Penalty –11:30 – Ron Hainsey, 2 mins for Tripping
Carolina PP Goal–12:44 – Justin Williams (6), assisted by Sebastian Aho (20) and Victor Rask (1)
Toronto Goal–13:51 – Morgan Rielly (10), assisted by Auston Matthews (11) and William Nylander (1)
Leafs Penalty – 19:22 –William Nylander, 2 mins for Holding
End of 2nd – TOR– 2 CAR – 1
Shots 22 18
Faceoffs 16/32 16/32
Hits 10 19
PP 0/1 1/4
Analysis:
Leafs and Hurricanes exchange goals in the 2nd and the Leafs still did all the right things with Frederik Andersen at the top of his game.
Need to Do:
Don’t sit back, press.
Third Period:
Leafs Penalty – 03:20 –Nazem Kadri, 2 mins for Slashing
Leafs Goal– 05:49 – Patrick Marleau (8) assisted by William Nylander (2) and Nazem Kadri (9)
Leafs Goal– 08:29 – John Tavares (19) assisted by Mitch Marner (35) and Jake Gardiner (16)
Carolina Penalty – 15:41 –Jaccob Slavin, 2 mins for Interference
Carolina Penalty – 17:49 –Warren Foegele, 2 mins for High Sticking
Carolina Penalty – 19:57 –Brett Pesce, 2 mins for High Sticking
End of 3rd – TOR – 4 CAR – 1
Shots 29 30
Faceoffs 23/54 31/54
Hits 16 24
PP 0/4 1/5
Analysis:
Leafs come out flying ready to take advantage of every opportunity in the 3rd. They didn’t have very many shots but made sure the ones they had counted.
Next Up:
Toronto (21-8-1 43pts) vs Tampa Bay (24-7-1 49pts)
Carolina (13-11-4 30pts) at Montreal (15-10-5 35pts)
