Gameday Preview: Toronto Maple Leafs vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Time: Thursday, January 17th, 2019
Toronto: 28-15-2 for 58 points
Tampa Bay: 36-9-2 for 74 points
The Toronto Maple Leafs look to come back a two-game losing streak and avoid a three game losing streak for the first time all season as they face the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup
Mitch Marner –59 points (18 goals 41 assists)
John Tavares – 50 points (29 goals 21 assists) 54% on face-offs
Morgan Rielly – 47 points (13 goals 34 assists)
Auston Matthews – 42 points (20 goals 22 assists) 53% on Face-offs)
Nikita Kucherov – 75 points (22 goals 53 assists)
Brayden Point – 61 points (29 goal 32 assist)
Steven Stamkos – 53 points (24 goal 29 assists)
Tyler Johnson – 34 points (18 goal 16 assists)
Frederik Andersen
20-10-1 2.54GAA .922SV%
Andrei Vasilevskiy
19-5-2 2.46GAA .925SV%
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
Garrett Sparks
Scratched: Justin Holl & Martin Marincin
Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back),Tyler Ennis (Leg)
Suspension: None
Tampa Bay:
Ondrej Palat – Steven Stamkos – Yanni Gourde
Tyler Johnson – Brayden Point– Nikita Kucherov
Mathieu Joesph – Anthony Cirelli – Alex Killorn
JT Miller – Cedric Paquette – Ryan Callahan
Victor Hedman – Dan Girardi
Ryan McDonagh – Anton Stralman
Braydon Coburn – Mikhail Sergachev
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Louis Domingue
Scratched: None
Injuries: None
Suspension: None
Keys to Winning against Tampa Bay:
- Tighten up the defence
- Struggles on the backend, have become a huge issue. Leafs need to tighten up or else they will be trampled.
- Puck Possession
- Keep the top line in their own zone.
- Nylander
- Needs to find some sort game. This team needs him to go.
