Gameday Preview: Toronto Maple Leafs vs Vegas Golden Knight
Time: Thursday, February 14th 2019
Toronto: 35-18-3 for 73 points
Vegas: 31-23-4 for 66 points
The Toronto Maple Leafs look to keep the month of February going strong as they head to Vegas to take on the Golden Knights. Expect two fast teams to go at it.
Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup
Mitch Marner –67 points (20 goals 47 assists)
John Tavares – 62 points (33 goals 29 assists) 54% on face-offs
Morgan Rielly – 55 points (14 goals 41 assists)
Auston Matthews – 50 points (25 goals 25 assists) 53% on Face-offs
Alex Tuch – 40 points (16 goals 24 assists)
Jonathan Marchessault– 39 points (19 goal 20 assist)
William Karlsson-36 points (17 goal 19 assists)
Max Pacioretty – 30 points (16 goals 13 assists)
Frederik Andersen
26-11-2 2.56GAA .923SV%
Marc-Andre Fleury
29-17-4 2.54GAA .909SV%
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
Vegas:
Jonathan Marchessault – William Karlsson – Rielly Smith
Max Pacioretty – Paul Stastny – Alex Tuch
Brandon Pirri – Cody Eakin – Valentin Zykov
William Carrier – Pierre-Edouard Bellemore – Ryan Reaves
Brayden McNabb – Nate Schmidt
Deryk Engelland – Shea Theodore
Jon Merrill – Colin Miller
Marc-Andre Fleury
Maxime Legace
Scratched: None
Injuries: Erik Haula, Malcolm Subban, Ryan Carpenter
Suspension: None
Keys to Winning against Colorado:
- Crisp Passing
- Don’t be sloppy with your passes. Make crisp on the tape passes to avoid turnovers
- 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.
- Nylander
- Must continue to rebuild his game, tonight should be another stepping stone
