Gameday Preview: Colorado vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Time: Saturday, January 14th, 2019
Toronto: 28-14-2 for 58 points
Colorado: 20-17-8 for 48 points
The Toronto Maple Leafs look to come back from a close loss and a game full of giveaways and jump back into the winning column against the struggling Colorado Avalanche
Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup
Mitch Marner –58 points (17 goals 41 assists)
John Tavares – 50 points (29 goals 21 assists) 54% on face-offs
Morgan Rielly – 46 points (13 goals 33 assists)
Auston Matthews – 39points (20 goals 19 assists) 53% on Face-offs)
Mikko Rantanen – 68 points (20 goals 48 assists)
Nathan MacKinnon– 66 points (26 goal 40 assist)
Gabriel Landeskog- 51 points (27 goal 24 assists)
Tyson Barrie – 32 points (5 goal 27 assists)
Frederik Andersen
20-9-1 2.50GAA .923SV%
Philipp Grubauer
9-5-3 3.29GAA .895SV%
Lineups:
Toronto:
Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen
Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman
Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander
Connor Brown – Pars Lindholm – Frederik Gauthier
Morgan Rielly – Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev
Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov
Frederik Andersen
Michael Hutchinson
Scratched: Justin Holl & Martin Marincin
Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back), Garrett Sparks (Concussion), Tyler Ennis (Leg)
Suspension: None
Colorado:
Gabriel Landeskog – Nathan MacKinnon – Mikko Rantanen
JT Compher – Alexander Kerfoot– Colin Wilson
Matthew Nieto – Carl Soderberg – Matt Calvert
Tyson Jost – Sheldon Dries – Sven Andrighetto
Samuel Girard – Erik Johnson
Ian Cole – Tyson Barrier
Ryan Graves – Mark Barberio
Philipp Grubauer
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched: None
Injuries: Vladislav Kamenov, Nikita Zadorov
Suspension: None
Keys to Winning against Colorado:
- Hard Forecheck
- The defence ha been a weak spot for the Avalanche, attack them hard and furious
- Puck Possession
- Hem the big line of the Avs in their own zone so they can’t hurt you
- Johnsson, Kapanen, Matthews
- They built a great game in Boston they need to continue
Gameday:
First Period:
Colorado Penalty – 06:47 – Nikita Zadorov, 2 minutes for Hooking
Leafs Penalty – 19:20 – Travis Dermott, 2 minutes for Holding
End of 1st – COL –0 TOR – 0
Shots 12 6
Faceoffs 7/18 11/18
Hits 8 4
PP 0/1 0/1
Analysis
Leafs played slow and sloppy in the first period. They couldn’t get a solid forecheck going.
Need to Do:
Get on the forecheck hassle the weak defence of Colorado
Second Period:
Leafs Goal–02:14 – Igor Ozhiganov (3), assisted by Morgan Rielly (34) and Auston Matthews (21)
Leafs Goal–03:28 – Kasperi Kapanen (15), assisted by Andreas Johnsson (11)
Colorado Goal–06:33 – Gabriel Landeskog (28), assisted by Tyson Barrie (28)
Colorado Goal–09:56 – Mikko Rantanen (21), unassisted
Colorado Penalty – 12:40 – Nikita Zadorov, 2 minutes for Boarding
Colorado SH Goal–14:29 – Carl Soderberg (13), unassisted
Toronto Penalty – 19:59 – John Tavares, 2 minutes for Hooking
End of 2nd – Colorado– 3 TOR – 2
Shots 25 12
Faceoffs 14/36 22/36
Hits 16 8
PP 0/2 0/2
Analysis:
Leafs come alive in the 2nd but once again thanks to the Jake Gardiner and giveaways the Leafs end up down at the end of the period.
Need to Do:
Buckle up defensively
Third Period:
Toronto Goal–06:00 – Mitch Marner (18), assisted by Travis Dermott (11) and Auston Matthews (22)
Colorado Penalty – 06:20 – Nathan MacKinnon, 2 minutes for Roughing
Toronto Penalty – 06:20 – Zach Hyman, 2 minutes for Roughing
Colorado Goal–11:45– Carl Soderberg (14), unassisted
Colorado Goal–17:09 – Matt Calvert (7), assisted by JT Compher (9), Colin Wilson(6)
Colorado EN Goal–18:12 – Carl Soderberg (15), assisted by Ian Cole (9),
End of 3rd – COL– 6 TOR – 3
Shots 38 20
Faceoffs 21/54 33/54
Hits 25 13
PP 0/2 0/2
Analysis:
Leafs blow a 2-0 lead and look like a team that is struggling hard.
Next Up:
Colorado (21-17-8 50pts) vs Ottawa (17-24-5 39pts)
Toronto (28-15-2 58pts) at Tampa (35-9-2 72pts)
