Time: Wednesday January 23th, 2019
Toronto: 29-17-2 for 60 points
Washington: 27-16-6 for 60 points
The Toronto Maple Leafs look to pick up the piecies just before the all-star and keep their streak of not losing 3 games in row to 0 through 49 games. Alexander Ovechkin has yet to decide whether he will not play tonight against the Leafs or the first game back after the all star break against the Calgary Flames.
Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup
Mitch Marner –61 points (19 goals 42 assists)
John Tavares – 53 points (30 goals 23 assists) 54% on face-offs
Morgan Rielly – 48 points (13 goals 35 assists)
Auston Matthews – 42 points (20 goals 22 assists) 53% on Face-offs)
Alex Ovechkin – 52 points (33 goals 19 assists)
Nicklas Backstrom – 49 points (12 goal 37 assist)
John Carlson – 46 points (8 goal 38 assists)
Evgeny Kuznetsov – 40 points (9 goal 31 assists)
Frederik Andersen
21-11-1 2.54GAA .922SV%
Brayden Holtby
17-11-3 3.04GAA .906SV%
Lineups:
Toronto:
Connor Brown– Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen
Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman
Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander
Trevor Moore – Pars Lindholm – Frederik Gauthier
Morgan Rielly – Ron Hainsey
Martin Marincin – Nikita Zaitsev
Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov
Frederik Andersen
Garrett Sparks
Scratched: Justin Holl
Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back),Tyler Ennis (Leg), Andreas Johnsson & Jake Gardiner
Suspension: None
Arizona:
Alex Ovechkin – Nicklas Backstrom – TJ Oshie
Jakub Vrana – Evgeny Kuznetsov– Tom Wilson
Dmitri Jaskin – Lars Eller – Brett Connolly
Lance Stephenson – Travis Boyd – Andre Burakovsky
Dmitri Orlov – John Carlson
Michal Kempny – Matt Niskanen
Brooks Orpik – Jonas Siegenthaler
Brayden Holtby
Phoenix Copley
Scratched: None
Injuries: Christian Djoos
Suspension: None
Keys to Winning against Washinton
- Stay out of the Penalty Box
- This Capitals Powerplay will take it to you quick.
- Auston Matthews
- Need a big game from him or else this could end up like the last 2 games.
- Powerplay
- Been struggling for a while. Gotta get it going again to make the Leafs dangerous
For the Washington Capitals Preview, please read Michael Lindenbaum’s preview for a look at the Capitals.
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