New York Rangers vs Toronto Maple Leafs – 23/03/2019 – Game Recap

New York Rangers (39-20-4 82pts) v. Toronto Maple Leafs (44-25-6 94pts)

 

Game Recap:

Leafs struggle to solve Georgiev all night long. Matthews and Nylander make a lazy change in overtime and it cost the Leafs the game. Hyman with the only goal for the Leafs while Andersen found his stellar form again.

 

Lineups:

Toronto:

Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – William Nylander

Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – Kasperi Kapanen

Connor Brown – Frederik Gauthier – Trevor Moore

 

Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

Jake Muzzin – Nikita Zaitsev

Justin Holl – Igor Ozhiganov

 

Frederik Andersen

Garrett Sparks

 

Scratched: none

Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back), Jake Gardiner (Back) and Travis Dermott (Shoulder)

Suspension: None

 

Rangers:

Chri Kreider– Mika Zibanejad– Ryan Strome

Vladislav Namestnikov– Brett Howden–Pavel Buchenevich

Jimmy Vesey – Lias Andersson – Brendan Lemieux

Connor Brickley – Boo Nieves– Vinnie Letteri

 

Marc Staal – Anthony DeAngelo

Brady Skjei – Neil Pionk

John Gilmour – Kevin Shattenkirk

 

Henrik Lundqvist

Alexander Georgiev

 

Scratched: None

Injuries: Libor Hajek, Filip Chytil

Suspension: None

GameDay:

First Period:

Toronto Penalty – 1:49 – Kasperi Kapanen, 2 minutes for Tripping

New York Penalty – 18:42 – Brett Howden, 2 minutes for Cross Checking

End of 1st – NYR – 0       TOR – 0

Shots              8                15

Faceoffs         8/21            13/21

Hits               8                  5

PP                 0/1                 0/1

Second Period:

Toronto Penalty – 7:28 – Igor Ozhiganov, 2 minutes for Tripping

Toronto Penalty – 13:11 – Connor Brown, 2 minutes for Hooking

End of 2nd – NYR- 0        TOR- 0

Shots               16                 30

Faceoffs          16/42           26/42

Hits                 16                 10

PP                   0/3                  0/1

Third Period:

New York Goal – 0:19 – Pavel Buchnevich (18) assisted by Brady Skjei (16) and Kevin Shattenkirk (25)

Toronto Goal – 8:33 – Zach Hyman (19) assisted by John Tavares (41) and Mitch Marner (62)

New York Penalty – 11:15 – Marc Staal, 2 minutes for Cross Checking

End of 3rd – NYR – 1        TOR – 1

Shots              28                   45

Faceoffs        25/63               38/63

Hits               28                     16

PP                 0/3                    0/3

OT Period:

New York Goal – 1:48 – Ryan Strome (15) assisted by Boo Nieves (6)

Next Up:

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