Toronto Maple Leafs (26-11-2 54pts) vs Vancouver Canucks (20-20-4 44pts)
Lineups:
Toronto:
Kasperi Kapanen – Auston Matthews – William Nylander
Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Andreas Johnsson
Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – Connor Brown
Trevor Moore – Pars Lindholm – Frederik Gauthier
Morgan Rielly – Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev
Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov
Michael Hutchinson
Kasimir Kaskisuo
Scratched: Justin Holl & Martin Marincin
Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back), Zach Hyman (Ankle), Frederik Andersen (Groin), Garrett Sparks (Concussion), Tyler Ennis (Leg)
Suspension: None
Vancouver:
Antoine Roussel – Bo Horvat – Loui Erikson
Sven Baertschi – Markus Granlund – Jake Virtanen
Nikolay Goldobin– Brandon Sutter– Brock Boeser
Tim Schaller – Jay Beagle –Tyler Motte
Alex Edler –Chris Tanev
Derrick Pouliot – Troy Stecher
Ben Hutton – Erik Gudbranson
Jakub Markstrom
Thatcher Demko
Scratched: None
Injuries: Josh Leivo, Elias Petterson
Suspension: None
Gameday:
First Period:
Leafs Penalty – 19:35 – Andreas Johnsson, 2 mins for Interference
Leafs Goal – 08:54 – John Tavares (27) assisted Morgan Rielly (32) and Connor Brown (12)
Leafs Goal – 14:30– Trevor Moore(1) assisted Igor Ozhiganov (4)
End of 1st – VAN – 0 TOR – 2
Shots 8 11
Faceoffs 7/18 11/18
Hits 8 7
PP 0/1 0/0
Analysis:
Leafs came out flying with pure speed. Trevor Moore’s first NHL goal with some end to end speed made it 2-0 and capped off what was a brilliant opening period. Michael Hutchinson looks like he came ready tonight giving the Leafs confidence.
Need to Do:
Keep being hard on the forecheck attack the young defence
Second Period:
Leafs Penalty– 16:02– Jake Gardiner, 2 minutes for Tripping
End of 2nd – VAN – 0 TOR – 2
Shots 16 22
Faceoffs 14/36 22/36
Hits 16 14
PP 0/2 0/0
Analysis:
No scoring in the 2nd period but not for lack of chances on the Leafs part. The Canucks defence looks like they are struggling with the Leafs speed.
Need to Do:
Tighten up the defensive end and continue the hard forecheck.
Third Period:
Leafs Goal– 04:45 – Auston Matthews (20) assisted by Andreas Johnsson(10)
Leafs Goal – 11:55 – Andreas Johnsson (9) assisted by Auston Matthews (18)
Leafs Goal – 14:49– Igor Ozhiganov (2) assisted Auston Matthews (19) and Travis Dermott (10)
Leafs Penalty –15:50 – Jake Gardiner, 2 mins for Tripping
End of 3rd – VAN– 0 TOR– 5
Shots 28 34
Faceoffs 22/56 34/56
Hits 26 21
PP 0/3 0/0
Analysis:
Leafs came to play tonight in all ends of the ice. This is one of the better complete game efforts from the Leafs this season.
Next Up:
Nashville (25-15-3 53pts) at Toronto (27-12-2 56pts)
Arizona(17-21-3 37pts) at Vancouver (20-21-4 44pts)
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