Time: Wednesday, February 6th, 2019
Toronto: 32-17-3 for 67 points
Ottawa: 19-28-5 for 43 points
The Toronto Maple Leafs make it three in a row on home ice against the Ottawa Senators. Leafs need to play hard as they have a knack for losing to teams they should beat.
Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup
Mitch Marner –63 points (20 goals 43 assists)
John Tavares – 56 points (31 goals 25 assists) 54% on face-offs
Morgan Rielly – 52 points (13 goals 39 assists)
Auston Matthews – 46 points (23 goals 23 assists) 53% on Face-offs)
Mark Stone – 51 points (22 goals 29 assists)
Matt Duchene – 48 points (21 goals 27 assists)
Ryan Dzingle – 39 points (20 goals 19 assists)
Thomas Chabot – 39 points (10 goals 29 assists)
Frederik Andersen
23-11-2 2.52GAA .923SV%
Craig Anderson
14-16-3 3.51GAA .906SV%
Lineups:
Toronto:
Patrick Marleau – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen
Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman
Connor Brown – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander
Andreas Johnsson – Pars Lindholm – Frederik Gauthier
Morgan Rielly – Jake Muzzin
Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev
Travis Dermott – Ron Hainsey
Frederik Andersen
Garrett Sparks
Scratched: Justin Holl & Igor Ozhiganov
Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back),Tyler Ennis (Leg)
Suspension: None
Ottawa:
Ryan Dzingle – Matt Duchene – Bobby Ryan
Brady Tkachuk– Colin White– Mark Stone
Zack Smith – Jean-Gabriel Pageau – Magnus Paajarvi
Christian Wolanin – Chris Tierney – Rudolfs Balcers
Thomas Chabot – Dylan DeMelo
Maxime Lajoie – Cody Ceci
Mark Borowecki – Ben Harpur
Craig Anderson
Anders Nilsson
Scratched: None
Injuries: Marian Gaborik, Mikael Boedker, Christian Jaros
Suspension: None
Keys to Winning against Ottawa
- Play fast and hard. Stick to your gameplan
- Some of Ottawa’s younger players like to play the body don’t let them get you off your game.
- Defensive positioning
- Don’t take try and come in with the mindset that you should beat Ottawa. Be hard in the defensive zone and keep in position.
- Powerplay
- Got one last night hopefully that kick-starts the powerplay
