Gameday Preview: Toronto Maple Leafs vs Colorado Avalanche
Time: Tuesday, February 12th, 2019
Toronto: 34-17-3 for 71 points
Colorado: 22-22-11 for 55 points
The Toronto Maple Leafs look to jump back into the win column and keep the Colorado Avalanche struggling tonight. Look for Auston Matthews to have a big game.
Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup
Mitch Marner –66 points (20 goals 46 assists)
John Tavares – 60 points (33 goals 27 assists) 54% on face-offs
Morgan Rielly – 55 points (14 goals 41 assists)
Auston Matthews – 47 points (24 goals 23 assists) 53% on Face-offs
Mikko Rantanen – 75 points (24 goals 51 assists)
Nathan MacKinnon– 74 points (29 goal 45 assist)
Gabriel Landeskog- 57 points (29 goal 28 assists)
Tyson Barrie – 40 points (6 goal 34 assists)
Frederik Andersen
25-11-2 2.57GAA .923SV%
Semyon Varlamov
13-13-8 2.91GAA .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 & Tyler Ennis
Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)
Suspension: None
Colorado:
Gabriel Landeskog – Nathan MacKinnon – Mikko Rantanen
Alexander Kerfoot – JT Compher – Colin Wilson
Matthew Nieto – Carl Soderberg – Matt Calvert
AJ Greer – Sheldon Dries – Sven Andrighetto
Samuel Girard – Erik Johnson
Patrick Nemeth – Tyson Barrie
Ryan Graves – Nikita Zadorov
Semyon Varlamov
Philipp Grubauer
Scratched: None
Injuries: Vladislav Kamenov, Mark Barberio
Suspension: None
Keys to Winning against Colorado:
- Hard Forecheck
- The defence has been a weak spot for the Avalanche, attack them hard and furious
- Puck Possession
- Don’t let them dictate the pace of the game, control the tempo, the cycle and hem the big line in their own zone.
- Johnsson, Kapanen, Matthews
- Three individual players who need to be big tonight.
