Game Story: The Toronto Maple Leafs (#LeafsForever) needed a win badly. Matthews provided a scoring punch and did enough to take down the Calgary Flames (Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation) (#flames). See the coverage with Cooper Hopkins here. – https://lnkd.in/eyX9jEHC
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Toronto Maple Leafs: (21-13-8, Fourth in Atlantic) HC: Sheldon Keefe Top Performers: William Nylander (21-36-57 +4); Auston Matthews (34-16-50 +6); Mitchell Marner (18-29-47 +6); Morgan Rielly (7-28-35 +2); John Tavares (12-22-34 –2); Max Domi (4-19-23 +2); Tyler Bertuzzi (6-13-19 +5); Calle Jarnkrok (10-9-19 +13)
0-3-1 in the last four games. Had a lead in all four games against NYI, COL, DET, COL. In the mix of a four-game road stand EDM, CGY, VAN, SEA. Then faces WPG in home and home. Now is not the time for defensive lapses. I’m calling this a must-win game for TOR. We will see if Cooper agrees.
Calgary Flames: (21-18-5, Fifth in Pacific) HC; Ryan Huska Top Performers: Blake Coleman (20-18-38 +24), Nazem Kadri (15-21-36), Yegor Sharangovich (18-13-31 –10), Elias Lindholm (8-21-29 –6); MacKenzie Weegar (9-17-26 +7), Andrew Mangiapane (8-17-25 +6), Rasmus Andersson (7-18-25), Mikael Backlund (10-14-24 +11) Noah Hanifin (7-16-23 +13), Jonathan Huberdeau 6-17-23 –12), Connor Zary (9-13-22 +14)
Have won 10 of the last 14. Winners of four-straight. (OTT, VGK and ARI twice) It was a great comeback against an ARI team that played a very good road game 3-2. “Battle of Alberta” with EDM as the CBC HNIC nightcap at 10 p.m. EST on Saturday.
Goaltending Matchup: Martin Jones (8-5-1, 2.36 GAA, .922 SV, 2 SO) vs. Dan Vladar (7-5-2, 3.30 GAA, .885 SV)
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