Category: Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs vs Tampa Bay Lightning – 17/1/2019 – Game Recap

Toronto Maple Leafs (28-15-2 58pts) v, Tampa Bay Lightning (36-9-2 74 pts)

Lineups:

Toronto:

Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander

Connor Brown – Pars Lindholm – Frederik Gauthier

 

Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov

 

Frederik Andersen

Garrett Sparks

 

Scratched: Justin Holl & Martin Marincin

Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back),Tyler Ennis (Leg)

Suspension: None

 

Tampa Bay:

Ondrej Palat – Steven Stamkos – Yanni Gourde

Tyler Johnson – Brayden Point– Nikita Kucherov

Mathieu Joesph – Anthony Cirelli – Alex Killorn

JT Miller – Cedric Paquette – Ryan Callahan

 

Victor Hedman – Dan Girardi

Ryan McDonagh – Anton Stralman

Braydon Coburn – Mikhail Sergachev

 

Andrei Vasilevskiy

Louis Domingue

 

Scratched: None

Injuries: None

Suspension: None

 

Gameday:

First Period:

Tampa Penalty – 05:32 – Nikita Kucherov, 2 minutes for Slashing

Toronto Penalty – 08:34 – Igor Ozhiganov, 2 minutes for Hooking

Tampa PP Goal – 09:48 – Brayden Point (30) from Victor Hedman (25) and Steven Stamkos (30)

Toronto Goal – 11:48 – Nazem Kadri (10) from Kasperi Kapanen (14) and Patrick Marleau (11)

Lightning Penalty – 12:09 – Victor Hedman, 2 minutes for Delay of Game

 

End of 1st – TOR –1        TBL – 1

Shots              9                   10

Faceoffs     10/25              15/25

Hits               4                     13

PP                 0/2                  1/1

 

Analysis

Leafs came look strong this game and came to play a bad defensive play led to a powerplay which led to a Brayden Point powerplay goal. But the Leafs fought back thanks to Kasperi Kapanen who used his unbelievable speed to break the defence and setup Kadri for a goal

 

Need to Do:

Keep Digging for pucks, and using your speed. Play hard against a bigger stronger defence in Tampa.

Second Period:

Toronto Penalty – 02:47 –Travis Dermott, 2 mins for Interference

Toronto Goal–13:06 – Patrick Marleau (11), assisted by Nazem Kadri (18)  and Nikita Zaitsev (4)

Lightning Goal–13:43 – Victor Hedman (6), assisted by Nikita Kucherov (54)  and Brayden Point (33)

Toronto Goal–14:49 – Mitch Marner (19), assisted by John Tavares (22)  and Andreas Johnsson (12)

Toronto Penalty – 16:26 –William Nylander, 2 mins for Holding

 

End of 2nd – TOR– 3          TBL – 2

Shots              17                    22

Faceoffs       21/48              27/48

Hits              8                      20

PP                 0/2                  1/3

 

Analysis:

Leafs come to play in the 2nd period get goals from Patrick Marleau and Mitch Marner, While Freddie Andersen stands on his head.

 

Need to Do:

Be prepared Tampa is going to come flying.

Third Period:

Toronto Penalty – 01:59 –Zach Hyman, 2 mins for Slashing

 

End of 3rd – TOR – 3        TBL – 2

Shots             31                   38

Faceoffs     31/70                39/70

Hits               17                        30

PP                0/2                    1/4

 

Analysis:

Leafs played a very solid game with some contribution from all over the lineup and a lot of players breaking goal-scoring slumps. Very good sign for Leafs Nation.

Next Up:

Toronto (29-15-2 60pts) vs Florida (17-20-8 42pts)

San Jose (28-14-7 63pts) at Tampa Bay (36-9-2 74pts)

Toronto Maple Leafs vs Tampa Bay Lightning – 17/1/2019 – Game Day Preview

Gameday Preview:  Toronto Maple Leafs vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Time: Thursday, January 17th,  2019

Toronto: 28-15-2 for 58 points

Tampa Bay: 36-9-2 for 74 points

The Toronto Maple Leafs look to come back a two-game losing streak and avoid a three game losing streak for the first time all season as they face the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup

Mitch Marner –59 points (18 goals 41 assists)
John Tavares – 50 points (29 goals 21 assists) 54% on face-offs
Morgan Rielly – 47 points (13 goals 34 assists)
Auston Matthews – 42 points (20 goals 22 assists) 53% on Face-offs)

Nikita Kucherov – 75 points (22 goals 53 assists)
Brayden Point – 61 points (29 goal 32 assist)
Steven Stamkos – 53 points (24 goal 29 assists)
Tyler Johnson – 34 points (18 goal 16 assists)

Frederik Andersen
20-10-1 2.54GAA .922SV%

Andrei Vasilevskiy
19-5-2 2.46GAA .925SV%

Lineups:

Toronto:

Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander

Connor Brown – Pars Lindholm – Frederik Gauthier

 

Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov

 

Frederik Andersen

Garrett Sparks

 

Scratched: Justin Holl & Martin Marincin

Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back),Tyler Ennis (Leg)

Suspension: None

 

Tampa Bay:

Ondrej Palat – Steven Stamkos – Yanni Gourde

Tyler Johnson – Brayden Point– Nikita Kucherov

Mathieu Joesph – Anthony Cirelli – Alex Killorn

JT Miller – Cedric Paquette – Ryan Callahan

 

Victor Hedman – Dan Girardi

Ryan McDonagh – Anton Stralman

Braydon Coburn – Mikhail Sergachev

 

Andrei Vasilevskiy

Louis Domingue

 

Scratched: None

Injuries: None

Suspension: None

 

Keys to Winning against Tampa Bay:

  1. Tighten up the defence
    1. Struggles on the backend, have become a huge issue. Leafs need to tighten up or else they will be trampled.
  2. Puck Possession
    1. Keep the top line in their own zone.
  3. Nylander
    1. Needs to find some sort game. This team needs him to go.

 

 

TXHT Podcast – 1/17/2019

The TXHT podcast is back with Serious Hockey Talk for Serious Hockey Fans!

 

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This week on TXHT, Michael Lindenbaum is joined by our friend from The Hockey Writers Nate Oliver, and TXHT’s Toronto Maple Leafs writer Steve Gardiner.

 

TXHT starts off with NWHL talk with Michael and Nate as we review the partnership between the NHL’s Boston Bruins and the NWHL’s Boston Pride. Plus a recap of last weekend’s action, as well as a preview for this upcoming weekend’s games. Also we talk about some other news and notes throughout the NWHL.

 

Then Michael opens up the forum to Nate and Steve as they ask him questions about Alex Ovechkin, Madison Bowey, and the Capitals future on defense.

 

Plus Michael and Steve talk about the Maple Leafs and the situation with the fans booing defenseman Jake Gardiner, and the slippery slope that is the growing negativity of “fans” on social media. Also all three geek out over hockey cards and some of their prized items in their memorabilia collections.

 

This week’s episode was recorded on Wednesday, January 16th, 2019

Opening Music: “Human Chess” by Crimson Orchid

 

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January 15th, 2019 — News and Notes

These are your news and notes for Tuesday, January 15th, 2019.

 

There were six contests in action yesterday.

 

 

 

Colorado 6, TORONTO 3

Colorado Avalanche’s Carl Soderberg would record a hat trick and in doing so would become the fourth player to have a hat trick in Avalanche/Quebec Nordiques history against the Maple Leafs.

 

Colorado would go on to win the contest by the score of 6-3.
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The Maple Leafs were down 3-2 at the end of the 2nd period but a comeback would not be in the cards as Toronto would fall to the Avalanche 6-3.

Steve Gardiner, TXHT’s Toronto Maple Leafs writer, has your recap of the games events at the following page…

St. Louis 4, WASHINGTON 1

Washington Capitals F Alex Ovechkin would score his 33rd goal of the season and would tie Dave Andreychuk for 14th place all time on the NHL’s goal list and score his 237th power-play goal.  With the power-play goal, he now has sole possession of sixth place.

 

Washington would end up falling flat, allowing the Blues to score four unanswered goals and the Capitals would fall to the Blues by the score of 4-1.

 

Washington’s Brooks Orpik would also go on to play in his 1,000th NHL game in this contest.

 

St. Louis Blues David Perron would score his 16th goal on the season and in doing so he would become the first player to have at least a point in at least 11 consecutive games since Alexander Steen.

TXHT has your full recap of this contest between the Blues and the Capitals at the following page.

 

NEW JERSEY 8, Chicago 5

The New Jersey Devils exploded for eight goals and would go on to defeat the Chicago Blackhawks by the score of 8-5.  The Devils are 4-1-0 in their last five home contests.

 

Chicago’s Brent Seabrook would score his 100th career goal in this contest.

 

 

 

Montreal 3, BOSTON 2 (OT)

 

The Montreal Canadiens would face off against their rival, the Boston Bruins, and would come away with the 3-2 win in overtime.

 

Montreal’s Jeff Petry would score the game winner, just 15 seconds into the overtime frame.

 

 

PHILADELPHIA 7, Minnesota 4

The Philadelphia Flyers would face off against the Minnesota Wild and they would come away with the 7-4 win.

 

The Flyers James van Riemsdyk would net a hat trick and Wayne Simmonds and Nolan Patrick would both have two goals each in the contest.

 

Stats graphic in the contest between the Flyers and Wild

 

 

 

EDMONTON 7, Buffalo 2

Edmonton’s Milan Lucic would have two goals in the contest and help the Edmonton Oilers crush the Buffalo Sabres 7-2.  This would be Lucic’s first multi-goal game in nearly two years.

Edmonton goaltender Mikko Koskinen would have 41 saves in the game, good for a .953 save percentage.  Five other skaters would score in an overall good offensive effort for the Oilers.

 

There are 10 games on the NHL schedule today…

 

 

 

For more news, notes, information, and stats…

Colorado Avalanche vs Toronto Maple Leafs – 14/1/2019 – Game Day Preview & Recap

Gameday Preview:  Colorado vs Toronto Maple Leafs

Time: Saturday, January 14th,  2019

Toronto: 28-14-2 for 58 points

Colorado: 20-17-8 for 48 points

The Toronto Maple Leafs look to come back from a close loss and a game full of giveaways and jump back into the winning column against the struggling Colorado Avalanche

Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup

Mitch Marner –58 points (17 goals 41 assists)
John Tavares – 50 points (29 goals 21 assists) 54% on face-offs
Morgan Rielly – 46 points (13 goals 33 assists)
Auston Matthews – 39points (20 goals 19 assists) 53% on Face-offs)

Mikko Rantanen – 68 points (20 goals 48 assists)
Nathan MacKinnon– 66 points (26 goal 40 assist)
Gabriel Landeskog- 51 points (27 goal 24 assists)
Tyson Barrie – 32 points (5 goal 27 assists)

Frederik Andersen
20-9-1 2.50GAA .923SV%

Philipp Grubauer
9-5-3 3.29GAA .895SV%

Lineups:

Toronto:

Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander

Connor Brown – Pars Lindholm – Frederik Gauthier

 

Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov

 

Frederik Andersen

Michael Hutchinson

 

Scratched: Justin Holl & Martin Marincin

Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back), Garrett Sparks (Concussion), Tyler Ennis (Leg)

Suspension: None

 

Colorado:

Gabriel Landeskog – Nathan MacKinnon – Mikko Rantanen

JT Compher – Alexander Kerfoot– Colin Wilson

Matthew Nieto – Carl Soderberg – Matt Calvert

Tyson Jost – Sheldon Dries – Sven Andrighetto

 

Samuel Girard – Erik Johnson

Ian Cole – Tyson Barrier

Ryan Graves – Mark Barberio

 

Philipp Grubauer

Semyon Varlamov

 

Scratched: None

Injuries: Vladislav Kamenov, Nikita Zadorov

Suspension: None

 

Keys to Winning against Colorado:

  1. Hard Forecheck
    1. The defence ha been a weak spot for the Avalanche, attack them hard and furious
  2. Puck Possession
    1. Hem the big line of the Avs in their own zone so they can’t hurt you
  3. Johnsson, Kapanen, Matthews
    1. They built a great game in Boston they need to continue

Gameday:

First Period:

Colorado Penalty – 06:47 – Nikita Zadorov, 2 minutes for Hooking

Leafs Penalty – 19:20 – Travis Dermott, 2 minutes for Holding

 

End of 1st – COL –0        TOR – 0

Shots             12                  6

Faceoffs     7/18              11/18

Hits               8                     4

PP                 0/1                 0/1

 

Analysis

Leafs played slow and sloppy in the first period. They couldn’t get a solid forecheck going.

 

Need to Do:

Get on the forecheck hassle the weak defence of Colorado

Second Period:

Leafs Goal–02:14 – Igor Ozhiganov (3), assisted by Morgan Rielly (34) and Auston Matthews (21)

Leafs Goal–03:28 – Kasperi Kapanen (15), assisted by Andreas Johnsson (11)

Colorado Goal–06:33 – Gabriel Landeskog (28), assisted by Tyson Barrie (28)

Colorado Goal–09:56 – Mikko Rantanen (21), unassisted

Colorado Penalty – 12:40 – Nikita Zadorov, 2 minutes for Boarding

Colorado SH Goal–14:29 – Carl Soderberg (13), unassisted

Toronto Penalty – 19:59 – John Tavares, 2 minutes for Hooking

 

End of 2nd – Colorado– 3          TOR – 2

Shots              25                    12

Faceoffs       14/36              22/36

Hits              16                      8

PP                 0/2                  0/2

 

Analysis:

Leafs come alive in the 2nd but once again thanks to the Jake Gardiner and giveaways the Leafs end up down at the end of the period.

 

Need to Do:

Buckle up defensively

 

Third Period:

Toronto Goal–06:00 – Mitch Marner (18), assisted by Travis Dermott (11) and Auston Matthews (22)

Colorado Penalty – 06:20 – Nathan MacKinnon, 2 minutes for Roughing

Toronto Penalty – 06:20 – Zach Hyman, 2 minutes for Roughing

Colorado Goal–11:45– Carl Soderberg (14), unassisted

Colorado Goal–17:09 – Matt Calvert (7), assisted by JT Compher (9), Colin Wilson(6)

Colorado EN Goal–18:12 – Carl Soderberg (15), assisted by Ian Cole (9),

 

End of 3rd – COL– 6       TOR – 3

Shots             38                   20

Faceoffs     21/54                33/54

Hits               25                       13

PP                0/2                    0/2

 

Analysis:

Leafs blow a 2-0 lead and look like a team that is struggling hard.

 

Next Up:

Colorado (21-17-8 50pts) vs Ottawa (17-24-5 39pts)

Toronto (28-15-2 58pts) at Tampa (35-9-2 72pts)

Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – 12/1/2019 – Game Recap

Toronto Maple Leafs (28-13-2 58pts) v, Boston Bruins (26-15-4 56 pts)

Lineups:

Toronto:

Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander

Connor Brown – Pars Lindholm – Frederik Gauthier

 

Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov

 

Michael Hutchinson

Kasimir Kaskisuo

Scratched: Justin Holl & Martin Marincin

Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back), Frederik Andersen (Flu), Garrett Sparks (Concussion), Tyler Ennis (Leg)

Suspension: None

 

Boston:

Brad Marchand – Patrice Bergeron – David Pastrnak

Jake DeBrusk – David Krecji– David Backes

Danton Heinen – Jakob Forback-Karlsson – Ryan Donato

Sean Kuraly – Noel Acciari – Chris Wagner

 

Zdeno Chara – Charlie MacVoy

Torey Krug – Brandon Carlo

Matt Grzelcyk – Kevan Miller

 

Tuukka Rask

Jaroslav Halak

 

Scratched: None

Injuries: Urho Vaakanainen, Joakim Nordstrom

Suspension: None

 

Gameday:

First Period:

Bruins Goal – 18:21 – David Krejci (9) from Sean Kuraly (7) and Zdeno Chara (2)

Leafs Penalty – 19:38 – John Tavares, 2 minutes for Hooking

 

End of 1st – BOS –1        TOR – 0

Shots              9                  15

Faceoffs     9/19              10/19

Hits               9                     9

PP                 0/1                 0/0

 

Analysis

Leafs came out with a relentless forecheck but a bad goal at the end of the period off a turnover by Nikita Zaitsev led to the Bruins to a 1-0 lead.

 

Need to Do:

Continue the forecheck, need to get keep the Bruins in the defensive zone.

 

Second Period:

Leafs Penalty – 02:40 – Andreas Johnsson, 2 minutes for Hooking

Leafs Goal–07:37 – Andreas Johnsson (10), assisted by Kasperi Kapanen (12) and Auston Matthews (20)

Bruins Penalty – 08:59 – Kevan Miller, 2 minutes for Holding

Leafs PP Goal–09:30 – Mitch Marner (17), assisted by Nazem Kadri (17) and Kasperi Kapanen 2 (13)

Bruins Goal–14:47 – Sean Kuraly (5), assisted by Chris Wagner (4) and Noel Acciari (3)

Bruins Penalty – 16:10 – Patrice Bergeron, 2 minutes for Delay of Game

Bruins Goal–19:45 – David Pastrnak (26), assisted by Sean Kuraly 2 (8)

 

End of 2nd – BOS– 3          TOR – 2

Shots              19                    26

Faceoffs       18/38              20/38

Hits              10                      9

PP                 0/2                  1/2

 

Analysis:

Leafs come alive in the 2nd but the Zaitsev/Gardiner defensive pairing puts them back behind again.

 

Need to Do:

Need a big third.

Third Period:

 

No Scoring

 

End of 3rd – BOS– 3       TOR – 2

Shots             29                   31

Faceoffs     28/58                30/58

Hits               29                       28

PP                0/2                    1/2

 

Analysis:

Matthews had one open net to tie the game and missed the net. Leafs played a good game but a very bad night by the Zaitsev / Gardiner pairing led to all the goals.

 

Next Up:

Colorado (20-17-8 48pts) vs Toronto (28-14-2 58pts)

Montreal (24-17-5 53pts) at Boston (26-15-4 56pts)

Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs – 12/1/2019 – Game Day Preview

Gameday Preview:  Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs

Time: Saturday, January 12th,  2019

Toronto: 28-12-2 for 58 points

Boston: 25-15-4 for 54 points

The Toronto Maple Leafs come back home to take on the Boston Bruins in what looks to be like a top of notch matchup. Leafs will be without Freddy Andersen as he has been cleared to return but now has the flu.

Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup

Mitch Marner –57 points (16 goals 41 assists)
John Tavares – 50 points (29 goals 21 assists) 54% on face-offs
Morgan Rielly – 46 points (13 goals 33 assists)
Auston Matthews – 39points (20 goals 19 assists) 53% on Face-offs)

David Pastrnak – 52 points (25 goals 27 assists)
Brad Marchand– 47 points (16 goal 31 assist)
Patrice Bergeron- 38 points (14 goal 24 assists)
David Krecji – 34 points (8 goal 26 assists)

Michael Hutchinson
2-2-0 2.53GAA .919SV%

Tuukka Rask
12-8-2 2.43GAA .920SV%

Lineups:

Toronto:

Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander

Connor Brown – Pars Lindholm – Frederik Gauthier

 

Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov

 

Michael Hutchinson

Kasimir Kaskisuo

Scratched: Justin Holl & Martin Marincin

Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back), Frederik Andersen (Groin), Garrett Sparks (Concussion), Tyler Ennis (Leg)

Suspension: None

Boston:

Brad Marchand – Patrice Bergeron – David Pastrnak

Jake DeBrusk – David Krecji– David Backes

Danton Heinen – Jakob Forback-Karlsson – Ryan Donato

Sean Kuraly – Noel Acciari – Chris Wagner

 

Zdeno Chara – Charlie MacVoy

Torey Krug – Brandon Carlo

Matt Grzelcyk – Kevan Miller

 

Tuukka Rask

Jaroslav Halak

 

Scratched: None

Injuries: Urho Vaakanainen, Joakim Nordstrom

Suspension: None

 

Keys to Winning against Boston:

  1. Attack the defence
    1. Forecheck hard and fast. Make the defence work fast
  2. Puck Possession
    1. Keep the puck in the offensive zone where the Bruins can’t hurt you
  3. Johnsson, Kapanen, Matthews
    1. Need this line to go to make the Leafs a real threat

TXHT – 01/12/2019

The TXHT podcast is back with Serious Hockey Talk for Serious Hockey Fans!

 

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This week on TXHT, Michael Lindenbaum is joined by our friend from The Hockey Writers Nate Oliver, and TXHT’s Toronto Maple Leafs writer Steve Gardiner.

 

To start both Michael and Nate talk about the Buffalo Beauts of the NWHL, and the season they have had so far.

 

Michael and Nate also go in depth in regards to the rest of the NWHL as we get closer to the NWHL All Star Break.

 

Plus Michael and Steve talk about the Maple Leafs and what’s going wrong with them since the return of William Nylander from his holdout. Also all three geek out over jerseys, and make fun of the 2019 NHL All Star Game jerseys, plus so much more.

 

This week’s episode was recorded on Wednesday, January 9th, 2019

Opening Music: “Human Chess” by Crimson Orchid

 

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Toronto Maple Leafs vs New Jersey Devils -10/1/2019 – Game Day Preview & Recap

Time: Thursday, January 10th , 2019

Toronto: 27-13-2 for 56 points

New Jersey: 16-19-7 for 39 points

After a terrible loss to the Nashville Predators on Monday, the Leafs look to get back in the winning column against the New Jersey Devils whom they’ve had great success against this season.

Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup

Mitch Marner – 55 points (15 goals 40 assists)

John Tavares – 47 points (27 goals 20 assists) 54% on face-offs

Morgan Rielly – 45 points (13 goals 32 assists)

Auston Matthews – 39 points (20 goals 19 assists) 51% on Face-off

 

Taylor Hall–37 points (11 goals 26 assists)

Kyle Palmieri – 36 points (20 goals 16 assists)

Nico Hischier – 29 points (12 goals 17 assist)

Travis Zajac – 24 points (10 goal 14 assists)

 

Michael Hutchinson

2-3-2 3.49GAA .878SV%

Keith Kincaid

13-12-6 3.07GAA .898SV%

 

Probable Lineups:

Lineups:

Toronto:

Andreas Johnsson – Auston Matthews – Kasperi Kapanen

Mitch Marner – John Tavares – Zach Hyman

Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – William Nylander

Connor Brown – Pars Lindholm – Frederik Gauthier

 

Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov

 

Michael Hutchinson

Kasimir Kaskisuo

Scratched: Justin Holl & Martin Marincin

Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back), Frederik Andersen (Groin), Garrett Sparks (Concussion), Tyler Ennis (Leg)

Suspension: None

 

New Jersey:

Jesper Bratt – Nico Hischier– Kyle Palmieri

Miles Wood – Travis Zajac– Blake Coleman

Blake Pietila– Pavel Zacha– Stefan Noesen

Brian Boyle – Brett Seney–Garrett Stafford

 

Andy Greene –Damon Severson

Sami Vatanan – Steve Santini

Will Butcher – Ben Lovejoy

 

Keith Kincaid

Cam Johnson
Scratched: None
Injuries: Corey Schneider, Marcus Johansson, Taylor Hall, & MacKenzie Blackwood
Suspension: None

Keys to Winning against Nashville:

  1. Everything to the net
    1. Kincaid has struggled, put everything on net and get to the dirty places to get rebounds.
  2. Speed
    1. Speed have to use it force the defence back. Force the Devils strong offensive players to play top notch defence
  3. Kasperi Kapanen
    1. Kapanen is not seeing any powerplay time, over the likes of Johnsson, Nylander, Marleau, Kadri yet has been the better player all season. In fact he has been demoted and still has shown that even when he doesn’t score he shows up every night

Gameday:

First Period:

New Jersey Penalty – 01:54 – Brett Seney, 2 minutes for Boarding

New Jersey Penalty – 04:05 – Ben Lovejoy, 2 minutes for Roughing

Toronto Penalty – 04:05 – John Tavares, 2 minutes for Slashing

Toronto Goal – 04:30 – Ron Hainsey (4) from Zach Hyman (9) and Connor Brown (13)

Toronto Goal – 07:21 – John Tavares (28) from Jake Gardiner (22)

Toronto Penalty – 12:16 – Patrick Marleau, 2 minutes for Tripping

Toronto Goal – 19:53 – John Tavares (29) assisted by Morgan Rielly (33) and Mitch Marner (41)
End of 1st – TOR –3        NJD – 0

Shots              15                   8

Faceoffs     13/23              10/23

Hits               3                     5

PP                 0/1                  0/1

 

Analysis

Zach Hyman inserted back into the lineup after returning from injury and he makes a difference already with his hard forecheck and his ability to dig pucks out. John Tavares steps up to score 2 goals in the first as the Leafs dominate the Devils in the opening frame.

Need to Do:

Don’t take your foot off the gas pedal. Keep applying the pressure.

Second Period:

Toronto Penalty – 09:36 –Igor Ozhiganov, 2 mins for Hooking

New Jersey Goal–16:07 – Blake Coleman (14), assisted by Andy Greene (11)  and Miles Wood (10)

New Jersey Goal–16:33 – Brian Boyle (12), assisted by Blake Pietilla (1)

Toronto Penalty – 19:46 –Travis Dermott, 2 mins for Hooking

New Jersey Penalty – 19:46 –Miles Wood, 2 mins for Tripping

End of 2nd – TOR– 3          NJD – 2

Shots              28                   26

Faceoffs       25/54              29/54

Hits              8                       7

PP                 0/1                  0/2

Analysis:

Leafs dominate most of the 2nd but take their foot off the gas pedal. Michael Hutchinson let’s in a goal that he needed to control the rebound on but the Leafs still ahead 3-2.

 

Need to Do:

Pressure the defence don’t sit back play in the offensive zone

Third Period:

Leafs EN Goal–19:38 – Mitchell Marner (16), assisted by John Tavares (21)

End of 3rd – TOR – 4       NJD – 2

Shots             43                   29

Faceoffs     37/78                41/78

Hits               9                         15

PP                0/1                   0/2

 

Analysis:

Leafs played a solid 3rd period didn’t give the Devils too  much to make a comeback off of.

Next Up:

Boston (25-14-4 54pts) vs Toronto (28-12-2 58pts)

Philadelphia (16-22-6 38pts) at New Jersey (16-20-7 39pts)

January 8th, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Tuesday, January 8th, 2019 and these are your news and notes

 

There were five games in action last night.

 

Nashville 4, TORONTO 0

Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne would have an 18 save performance and Toronto’s goaltender Michael Hutchinson would have a 28 save performance on 32 attempts.

TXHT’s Steve Gardiner has your full recap of the contest at the following link.

Nashville Predators vs Toronto Maple Leafs – 01/07/2019 – Game Day Preview and Recap

 

St. Louis 3, PHILADELPHIA 0

 

St. Louis Blues goaltender in this game, Jordan Binnington, would become the 35th different goalie in NHL history to record a shutout in his first career NHL start and the second to have a shutout in a debut joining Rich Parent back on January 26th, 1999.

 

Minnesota 1, MONTREAL 0

In a very ugly and penalty-filled game, the Minnesota Wild would go on to defeat the Montreal Canadiens by the score of 1-0.

Minnesota’s Nick Seeler would be assessed a two-minute instigator, a five-minute major for fighting, as well as a 10-minute misconduct penalty and Montreal’s Kenny Agostino would be duelled out a five minute major for interference, a five minute major for fighting, as well as a 10-minute game misconduct penalty.

 

This major chain of events came off of the two-minute interference penalty when Agostino was called for interference on Minnesota’s Eric Fehr.

 

With the Wild’s win, this would be Devan Dubnyk’s second shutout on the season and the 38th for his career.

Also with this win, this would be Minnesota’s ninth consecutive win against the Canadiens, matching franchise records for longest win streaks against an opponent.

https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1082473382162169858

 

 

Calgary 4, CHICAGO 3

Calgary Flames Johnny Gaudreau would have a two-goal performance, continuing his hot streak and help the Flames take down the Chicago Blackhawks by the score of 4-3.

The Flames would also become the first team to have four players with at least 50 points in their first 45 games of a season since the 1995-96 Pittsburgh Penguins with Ron Francis, Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr and Toms Sandstrom.

 

Chicago’s goalscorers would be Patrick Kane with his 24th goal on the season, Alex DeBrincat with his 20th goal of the season and Brandon Saad would score on the power play late in the third period with his 12th goal of the season, however that would not be enough as the Blackhawks would fall 4-3.

 

SAN JOSE 3, Los Angeles 1

San Jose Sharks D Erik Karlsson would register an assist in his 13th consecutive game and would be one of only six other players to do so.  Karlsson would go on to have three assists in the contest.

The San Jose Sharks would go on to defeat the Los Angeles Kings last night by the score of 3-1.

In NHL News…

 

Yesterday the NHL announced the Three Stars of the Week (week ending January 6th)

The first star went to Calgary Flames Johnny Gaudreau, who had an 11 point week in four games played.  Included was a back-to-back four-point performance which had not happened for a Flames player since Doug Gilmour back in November of 1988.

The second star of the week went to San Jose Sharks Brent Burns.  Burns had a nine-point week across three multi-point outings over the weeks and leads the NHL among all defenceman for points with 47 points in 43 games played.

 

The third star of the week would go to New York Islanders goaltender Robin Lehner.  Lehner would go 3-0-0 during the week and has a record of 7-0-0 since December 18th.  Lehner would become the fourth different Islanders goaltender to have a personal win streak of at least seven games and is the first the 2014-15 season when Jaroslav Halak had a similar mark.

 

 

NWHL

 

This week the NWHL announced co-players of the week.  Buffalo Beauts goaltender Shannon Szabados and Metropolitan Riveters Madison Packer were named the VEDA Co-Players of the Week.

Szabados had a 30 save performance in the Beauts 5-0 shutout win over the Boston Pride on Saturday.  That contest was scoreless for the first 25 minutes until Buffalo opened up the scoring.  Szabados would also go on to have miraculous saves in the contest.

Packer, in Sunday’s contest against the Connecticut Whale, had one goal and three assists to close out the regular-season series between the Riveters and Whale.  The Riveters had a six-goal outburst in the contest to give Metropolitan a 6-3 win.  Packer, a four-year veteran of the NWHL, led the league in goals last season and she will be playing in the NWHL All-Star Game next month in Nashville.