Toronto Maple Leafs (21-9-1 41pts) v, Tampa Bay Lightning (24-7-1 49 pts)
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 2 of 2
Tampa Bay:
Ondrej Palat – Steven Stamkos – Yanni Gourde
Tyler Johnson – Brayden Point– Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn– Anthony Cirelli – JT Miller
Mathieu Joesph – Cedric Paquette – Ryan Callahan
Victor Hedman –Dan Girardi
Ryan McDonagh – Erik Cernak
Brayden Coburn – Mikhail Sergachev
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Louis Domingue
Scratched: None
Injuries: Anton Stralman
Suspension: None
Gameday:
First Period:
Leafs Goal – 05:26 – Kasperi Kapanen (12) Unassisted
Lightning Penalty – 06:54 – Cedric Paquette, 2 minutes for High Stick
Lightning SH Goal – 08:20 – Anthony Cirelli (9) assisted by Ryan Callahan (5)
Leafs Penalty – 14:21 – Travis Dermott, 2 minutes for Slashing
Lightning Penalty – 18:35 – Yanni Gourde, 2 minutes for Delay of Game
End of 1st – TOR –1 TBL – 1
Shots 10 7
Faceoffs 17/34 17/34
Hits 6 8
PP 0/2 0/1
Analysis
Leafs came out strong in this one. Kasperi Kapanen made is 1-0 Toronto early who looked to be taking grasp of this game. But then a costly error on the powerplay by William Nylander cost them the lead.
Need to Do:
Keep Digging for pucks, and using your speed. Play hard against a bigger stronger defence in Tampa.
Second Period:
Leafs Penalty – 03:57 –Nazem Kadri, 2 mins for Closing Hand on Puck
Lighnting PP Goal–05:31 – Nikita Kucherov (13), assisted by Victor Hedman (14) and JT Miller (18)
Lightning Penalty –06:32 – Alex Killorn, 2 mins for Interference
Leafs Penalty – 08:44 –Nazem Kadri, 2 mins for Roughing
Lighnting Penalty – 08:44 –Erik Cernak, 2 mins for Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Lightning Penalty – 08:44 –Ryan Callahan, 2 mins for Roughing
Leafs Penalty – 10:07 –Kasperi Kapanen, 2 mins for Tripping
Lightning Penalty – 13:12 –Dan Girardi, 2 mins for Delay of Game
Lightning Goal–19:24 – Alex Killorn (7), assisted by Anthony Cirelli (4) and JT Miller (19)
Lighnting Goal–19:58 – Tyler Johnson (13), assisted by Nikita Kucherov (34) and Dan Girardi (8)
End of 2nd – TOR– 1 TBL – 4
Shots 33 19
Faceoffs 28/52 24/52
Hits 12 192
PP 0/5 1/3
Analysis:
Leafs fall apart in the 2nd as some bad defensive plays let to late goals as the Leafs take a strong 2nd and let it fall apart.
Need to Do:
Need a big 3rd.
Third Period:
Lighning Penalty – 09:26 –Steven Stamkos, 2 mins for Cross Checking
End of 3rd – TOR – 1 TBL – 4
Shots 49 21
Faceoffs 43/79 36/79
Hits 19 27
PP 0/6 1/3
Analysis:
Leafs dominated the majority of the game but ran into a hot Andrei Vasilevskiy fresh off of the injury reserve. Vasilevskiy stood on his head as the Leafs poured on 49 shots and hit 3 posts.
Next Up:
Toronto (21-10-1 43pts) vs Florida (11-12-6 28pts)
Tampa Bay (25-7-1 51pts) at Winnipeg (19-9-2 40pts)
