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:
Florida Panthers (33-30-12 78pts) v. Toronto Maple Leafs (44-25-6 94pts)
Pittsburgh Penguins (41-24-11 93pts) @ New York Rangers (29-32-13 71pts)
