Toronto Maple Leafs (23-15-2) vs Tampa Bay Lightning (28-8-2)
Game Time: 7:00PM EST Station: SNO
The Toronto Maple Leafs start off 2018 with a 6 game home stand vs the League leading Tampa Bay Lightning. After playing a road heavy end to 2017 (14 of 18) that saw them go 9-7-2 the Leafs need to make hay from Game 1 of 2018 as the battle the Boston Bruins for home ice honors in the Atlantic Division Standings.
*Freddy the Goat gets a call up to Center the 4th line
*Nazem Kadri returns t the lineup
Henny and Big Daddy McGill Set The Stage
TONIGHTS TALE OF THE TAPE
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
Points: 48
Leafs Home Record: 11-5-0
Last 10: 4-5-1
Streak: 1 L
PP Rank: 5th @ 22.1%
PK Rank: 10th @ 82.7%
Goals For/G: 3.33
Goals Against/G: 2.92
Shots For: 30.73
Shots Against: 33.77
Goal Differential: +17
Face Off Win%: Ranked 13th @ 50.9%
Standings: 3RD in Atlantic
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
Points: 58
Lightning Road Record: 12-5-1
Last 10: 8-2-0
Streak: 1 W
PP Rank: 1st @ 25.7%
PK Rank: 23rd @ 79.1%
Goals For/G: 3.74
Goals Against/G: 2.42
Shots For: 32.63
Shots Against: 31.34
Goal Differential: +51
Face Off Win%: 30th @ 46.9%
Standings: 1st in Atlantic, East, League
A few words from Naz
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (Projected)
Zach Hyman — Auston Matthews — William Nylander
Patrick Marleau – Nazem Kadri – Leo Komarov
James van Riemsdyk – Tyler Bozak – Mitchell Marner
Matt Martin – Frederik Gauthier – Connor Brown
Morgan Rielly – Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner – Connor Carrick
Andreas Borgman – Roman Polak
Frederik Andersen
Curtis McElhinney
Scratched: Josh Leivo, Dominic Moore, Martin Marincin
Injured: Nikita Soshnikov (lower body), Nikita Zaitsev (lower body)
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (Projected)
Vlad Namestnikov – Steven Stamkos – Nikita Kucherov
Ondrej Palat – Brayden Point – Tyler Johnson
Alex Killorn – Yanni Gourde – Cory Conacher
Chris Kunitz – Cedric Paquette – J.T. Brown
Victor Hedman – Jake Dotchin
Mikhail Sergachev – Dan Girardi
Braydon Coburn – Anton Stralman
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Louis Domingue
Scratched: Andrej Sustr, Slater Koekkoek
Injured: Ryan Callahan (upper body), Peter Budaj
Morning Skate with the Coach
GAME ON!!!! #GOLEAFSGO
