Florida Panthers (13-14-6 32 pts) v, Toronto Maple Leafs (23-10-2 48pts)
Lineups:
Toronto:
Mitch Marner– John Tavares – Connor Brown
Kasperi Kapanen –Auston Matthews– Andreas Johnsson
Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander
Tyler Ennis – Frederik Gauthier – Pars Lindholm
Morgan Rielly – Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev
Travis Dermott – Martin Marincin
Frederik Andersen
Garrett Sparks
Scratched: Justin Holl, Martin Marincin & Frederik Gauthier
Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)
Suspension: None
Florida:
Jonathon Huberdeau – Aleksander Barkov – Mike Hoffman
Frank Vatrano – Henrik Borgstrom– Evgenii Dadonov
Troy Brouwer – Jared McCann – Denis Malgin
Michael Haley – Juho Lammikko – Jayce Hawryluk
Keith Yandle –Aaron Ekblad
Michael Matheson – Alex Petrovic
Mark Pysyk – Mackenzie Weegar
Roberto Luongo
James Reimer
Scratched: None
Injuries: Jamie McGinn, Nick Bjugstad, Vincent Trocheck & Derek Mackenzie
Suspension: None
Gameday:
First Period:
Panthers Penalty – 17:20 – Aaron Ekblad, 2 minutes for Interference
Leafs PP Goal – 18:17 – Auston Matthews (18) from Mitch Marner (36) and Morgan Rielly (26)
End of 1st – FLA –0 TOR – 1
Shots 11 8
Faceoffs 5/15 10/15
Hits 9 3
PP 0/0 1/1
Analysis
Leafs came focused and happy to be at the Scotia Bank Arena again. The kicked the powerplay slump and look to be running on all cylinders.
Need to Do:
Keep motoring forward.
Second Period:
Leafs Goal–03:50 – Auston Matthews (19), assisted by Morgan Rielly (27) and Kasperi Kapanen (11)
Leafs Goal–11:14 – Nazem Kadri (9), assisted by Connor Brown (10) and Morgan Rielly (28)
Leafs Penalty – 12:33 –Nikita Zaitsev, 2 mins for Holding
Leafs Penalty – 17:19 –Martin Marincin, 2 mins for Tripping
End of 2nd – FLA– 0 TOR – 3
Shots 13 17
Faceoffs 14/30 16/30
Hits 18 6
PP 0/2 1/1
Analysis:
Leafs stay kick it up a notch in the 2nd period with 2 more goals. Morgan Rielly with 3 assists and Auston Matthews with 2 goals.
Need to Do:
Lock down the 3rd
Third Period:
Florida Penalty – 02:24 –Alex Petrovic, 2 mins for Tripping
Leafs PP Goal–02:38 – John Tavares (22), assisted by Auston Matthews (13) and Nazem Kadri (14)
Leafs Goal–05:41 – John Tavares (23), assisted by Mitch Marner (37) and Martin Marincin (1)
Leafs Penalty – 8:56 –Andreas Johnsson, 2 mins for Slashing
Florida Goal–10:28 – Henrik Borgstrom (1), assisted by Jared McCann (8) and Frank Vatrano (4)
Florida Penalty – 14:44 –Troy Brouwer, 2 mins for Holding
Leafs PP Goal–15:14 – Mitch Marner (10), assisted by Auston Matthews (14) and Morgan Rielly (29)
End of 3rd – FLA – 1 FLA – 6
Shots 26 26
Faceoffs 28/57 29/57
Hits 30 9
PP 1/3 3/3
Analysis:
John Tavares comes out and scores 2 in third and Marner added another to bring another dominate performance to a close.
Next Up:
Florida (13-14-6 32pts) vs Detroit (15-16-5 35pts)
NY Rangers (15-13-5 35pts) at Toronto (23-10-2 48pts)
