Month: January 2022

2021-22 Matchups vs. Detroit: Second of Three
2021-22 Record vs. Detroit: 1-0-0
Next Game Against Detroit: Saturday, February 26 at Detroit
Toronto Season Record: 26-10-3
Toronto Road Record: 11-6-2
TV: Sportsnet RADIO: TSN 1050

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
January 28, 2022
Defenceman Carl Dahlstrom has been assigned to the Maple Leafs taxi
squad from the Toronto Marlies (AHL).
January 28, 2022
Defenceman Alex Biega has been reassigned to the Marlies from the
Maple Leafs taxi squad.
January 24, 2022
Forward Joey Anderson, defenceman Carl Dahlstrom and goaltender
Erik Kallgren have be reassigned to the Toronto Marlies (AHL) from the
Maple Leafs taxi squad.
January 22, 2022
Goaltender Erik Kallgren has been reassigned to the Maple Leafs taxi
squad from the Toronto Marlies (AHL).

LAST GAME
Score: Toronto 4 vs. Anaheim 3 – SOW
Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2022
TOR Goals: Marner, Nylander, Tavares, (Matthews – SOW)
ANA Goals: Steel, Silfverberg, Lettieri
TOR Goaltender: Campbell, 17/20, .850 SV%
ANA Goaltender: Gibson, 41/44, .932 SV%
TOR Power Play: 3-for-4
TOR Penalty Kill: 2-for-2

NEXT GAME
Date: Monday, January 31, 2022
Opponent: vs. New Jersey Devils
Time: 7:30 pm ET
Broadcast Information: Sportsnet (TV), Sportsnet 590 (Radio)

INJURY REPORT
Jake Muzzin Concussion
ALL-TIME VS. DETROIT RED WINGS:

First Matchup between Clubs: January 4, 1927 (Toronto 2 at Detroit 1)
All-Time Record: 294-281-93-5 (673 Games)
All-Time Record at Home: 176-108-47-3 (334 Games)
All-Time Record on the Road: 118-173-46-2 (339 Games)
Last Road Win vs. Opponent: November 27, 2019 (Toronto 6 at Detroit 0)
Record in Last Five Games: 4-0-1

ACTIVE LEADERS VS. DETROIT RED WINGS:
Games Played: Wayne Simmonds (35), Morgan Rielly (28), John Tavares (26)
Goals: Auston Matthews (12), John Tavares (11), Jason Spezza (8)
Assists: John Tavares (27), Wayne Simmonds (14), Morgan Rielly (14)
Points: John Tavares (38), Wayne Simmonds (21), Auston Matthews (19)
Penalty Minutes: Wayne Simmonds (49), Jake Muzzin (15), Nick Ritchie (15)

2021-22 AVERAGES AND RANKINGS
Points % GF/Game GA/Game PP% PK% SF/G SA/G FO%
Toronto .705 3.36 2.62 30.6% 84.3% 34.2 30.7 55.6%
Detroit .500 2.71 3.36 15.8% 77.4% 29.2 33.0 50.5%

THE MAN ADVANTAGE IN 2021-22
Power Play: 34/111 (30.6%)
Power Play Goal Leader: 9 – Matthews
Power Play Point Leader: 18 – Matthews (9G, 9A)
2020-21 Power Play: 31/155 (20.0%)

ON THE PK IN 2021-22
Penalty Kill: 91/108 (84.3%)
Shorthanded Goal Leader: 2 – Marner
Shorthanded Point Leader: 2 – Marner (2G), Brodie (2A)
2020-21 Penalty Kill: 113/144 (78.5%)

FAST FACTS
Saturday games 13th of 23 (9 home, 14 road)
Back-to-Backs played 6 of 13
Record in first game of back-to-back 3-2-1
Record in second game of back-to-back 2-4-0
January games 10th of 11 (4 home, 7 road)
UPCOMING MILESTONES

TJ Brodie Nine points away from 300 career NHL points
Auston Matthews Six points away from 400 career NHL points
Jake Muzzin 10 points away from 300 career NHL points
William Nylander Three games away from 400 career NHL games played

RECENT MILESTONES
TJ Brodie Appeared in his 700th career NHL game, Nov. 2, 2021 vs. VGK
TJ Brodie Scored his 50th career NHL goal, Dec. 14, 2021 at EDM
Jack Campbell Appeared in his 100th career NHL game, Nov. 16, 2021 vs. NSH
Pierre Engvall Appeared in his 100th career NHL game, Nov. 2, 2021 vs. VGK
Ondrej Kaše Recorded his 100th career NHL point, Nov. 10, 2021 at PHI
Ondrej Kaše Scored his 50th career NHL goal, Dec. 9, 2021 vs. TBL
Alexander Kerfoot Appeared in his 300th career NHL game, Nov. 26, 2021 at SJS
Alexander Kerfoot Recorded his 100th career NHL assist, Jan. 1, 2022 vs. OTT
Timothy Liljegren Scored his first career NHL goal, Jan. 15, 2022 at STL
Auston Matthews Recorded his 200th career NHL goal, Oct. 25, 2021 at CAR
Ilya Mikheyev Skated in his 100th career NHL game, Jan. 15, 2022 at STL
William Nylander Recorded his 300th career NHL point, Jan. 19, 2022 at NYR
Morgan Rielly Recorded his 250th career NHL assist, Oct. 27, 2021 at CHI
Morgan Rielly Skated in his 600th career NHL game, Dec. 9, 2021 vs. TBL
Wayne Simmonds Skated in his 950th career NHL game, Oct. 16, 2021 vs. OTT
Jason Spezza Skated in his 1,200th career NHL game, Nov. 28, 2021 at ANA
John Tavares Recorded his 200th point with the Maple Leafs, Oct. 18, 2021 vs. NYR
John Tavares Scored his 100th goal with the Maple Leafs, Nov. 13, 2021 at BUF
John Tavares Skated in his 900th career NHL game, Jan. 1, 2022 vs. OTT

2021-22 TEAM LEADERS
CATEGORY LEADER CATEGORY LEADER
GOALS 25 – Matthews HITS 79 – Ritchie
ASSISTS 29 – Rielly BLOCKED SHOTS 52 – Holl
POINTS 43 – Matthews (25G, 18A) TAKEAWAYS 41 – Matthews
POWER PLAY POINTS 18 – Matthews (9G, 9A) TOI PER GAME 24:20 – Rielly
SHORTHANDED POINTS 2 – Marner (2G), Brodie (2A) PP TOI PER GAME 3:11 – Marner
PIMs 40 – Simmonds SH TOI PER GAME 2:35 – Muzzin
SHOTS 162 – Matthews WINS 20 – Campbell
FACEOFF% 61.4% – Tavares GOALS-AGAINST AVERAGE 2.26 – Campbell
SHOT ATTEMPTS% 60.82% – Mikheyev SAVE PERCENTAGE .926 – Campbell

RED WINGS

LAST GAME
DET 3 at PIT 2 SO (1/28/22)
1ST PERIOD: DET Smith (Gagner, Veleno) 18:19-EV
2ND PERIOD: PIT Guentzel (Malkin, Crosby) 5:54-PP; DET Zadina (Rasmussen, Leddy) 16:31-PP
3RD PERIOD: PIT Guentzel (Crosby) 0:37-EV
OT: No scoring
SO: PIT Guentzel (save), DET Raymond (goal); PIT Crosby (save), DET Larkin (save); PIT Letang (save)
SHOTS: DET 32 (11-12-5-4) / PIT 38 (5-17-15-1)
GOALIES: DET Pickard (W, 36-38) / PIT DeSmith (SOL, 30-32)
PP: DET 1-2 / PIT 1-3
MAN GAMES LOST (games missed / out since)
Jakub Vrana – shoulder (44 / Oct. 11)
Troy Stecher – wrist (33 / Nov. 4)
Mitchell Stephens – lower body (28 / Nov. 15)
Carter Rowney – lower body (11 / Jan. 4)
Riley Barber – lower body (7 / Jan. 11)
Thomas Greiss – COVID protocol (5 / Jan. 17)
Total Man Games Lost: 175
Individual Man Games Lost: Lindstrom (10), Bertuzzi (8), Staal (7), Larkin (5), DeKeyser (4), Veleno (3), Fabbri (2), Leddy (2), Rasmussen (2), Erne (1),
Nedeljkovic (1), Givani Smith (1), Zadina (1)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
1/28 – Recalled G Calvin Pickard from the taxi squad…Recalled F Gemel Smith from Grand Rapids…Reassigned D Luke Witkowski to the taxi
squad from Grand Rapids
RED WINGS vs. MAPLE LEAFS
TONIGHT: 674th all-time meeting, 340th in DET…2nd of 4 games this season, 1st of 2 at LCA
ALL-TIME vs. TOR: 286-287-93-7 / HOME: 175-114-46-4 / LAST 10: 2-7-1 / IN 2019-20: 0-3-0 / THIS SEASON: 0-1-0
DET top scorers vs. TOR: Nick Leddy (3-12-15 in 22 GP), Marc Staal (3-12-15 in 38 GP), Sam Gagner (6-8-14 in 22 GP), Dylan Larkin (6-7-13 in 19
GP), Vladislav Namestnikov (4-3-7 in 18 GP), Joe Veleno (1-1-2 in 1 GP)
TOR top scorers vs. DET: John Tavares (11-27-38 in 26 GP), Wayne Simmonds (7-14-21 in 35 GP), Auston Matthews (12-7-19 in 15 GP), Jason
Spezza (8-10-18 in 24 GP), Morgan Rielly (4-14-18 in 28 GP), Mitch Marner (5-7-12 in 15 GP), T.J. Brodie (2-10-12 in 20 GP), William Nylander (6-5-11
in 17 GP)
NOTES: DET F Gemel Smith and Givani Smith are Toronto natives while Robby Fabbri was born in Mississauga…DET F Sam Gagner had 37 points
(12-25-37) in 43 GP for the AHL’s Toronto Marlies in 2018-19…DET G Calvin Pickard made his lone appearance for TOR on 12/29/17 at COL; Pickard
also played 33 games for the AHL’s Toronto Marlies in 2017-18…TOR D Alex Biega had 6 assists in 62 GP for DET from 2019-21…TOR D T.J. Brodie
logged 107 points (20-87-107) in 170 GP for the OHL’s Saginaw Spirit from 2006-09…TOR G Jack Campbell is a Port Huron native who played for the
U.S. NTDP from 2008-10…TOR F Auston Matthews skated for the NTDP from 2013-15 prior to turning pro…TOR G Petr Mrazek was DET’s 5th
choice (141st overall) in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft and made 166 appearances for the club from 2013-18…Mrazek also won a Calder Cup title with the
AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins in 2013…TOR F William Nylander is the son of Michael Nylander, who tallied 18 points (2-16-18) in 24 GP for the AHL’s
Grand Rapids Griffins in 2009-10…TOR F Jason Spezza made his pro debut with the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins during the 2002 Calder Cup
playoffs…TOR head coach Sheldon Keefe had 12 points (7-5-12) in 13 GP for the IHL’s Detroit Vipers in 2000-01…TOR asst. coach Spencer Carbery
was head coach of the OHL’s Saginaw Spirit in 2016-17…TOR goaltending coach Steve Briere appeared in 21 games for the ECHL’s Toledo Storm in
2001-02…TOR president Brendan Shanahan won 3 Stanley Cup championships in DET and amassed 633 points (309-324-633) in 716 GP for the club
from 1996-06.
RECENT RESULTS
Jan. 28 at PIT – 3-2 W
DET edged PIT in a shootout to improve to 19-19-6 overall…DET is 2-1 this season in games decided in a shootout…DET has at least a point in 4 of its
last 5 road games (2-1-2)…The result is DET’s 1st win at PIT since 2/19/17…Calvin Pickard made his 1st start of the season and stopped 36-of-38
shots to earn his 1st win since recording back-to-back victories on 3/27-3/28/21 vs. CBJ…Givani Smith opened the scoring with his 3rd goal of the
season…Filip Zadina gave DET a 2-1 lead with his 5th goal of the season and 3rd PPG…Lucas Raymond netted the lone goal in the shootout, which
Detroit Red Wings: Media Notes
marked his 1st career shootout goal…Raymond became the 2nd rookie in DET history to score a shootout-deciding goal, joining Evgeny Svechnikov
(4/3/17 vs. OTT)…DET is 14-0-2 this season when ahead after 40 minutes.
“C” YOU IN VEGAS

• Dylan Larkin was named an NHL All-Star for the 2nd time in his career, earning a spot on the Atlantic Division squad for the 1st time since his rookie
  year in 2015-16.
• Has logged 6 points (4-2-6) in his last 6 games, and 16 points (10-6-16) in 15 games since 12/14 vs. NYI.
• Scored his 7th career OTG on 1/17 at BUF. Only 4 players have recorded more with DET: Sergei Fedorov (12), Brendan Shanahan (9), Steve
  Yzerman (9) and Pavel Datsyuk (8).
  TYLER, THE (GOAL) CREATOR
• Tyler Bertuzzi became the 1st DET player to reach the 20-goal mark in 35-or-fewer games since Henrik Zetterberg in 2007-08 (21-19-40 in 28 GP).
• Has recorded 10 points (3-7-10) in his last 6 games and 14 points (5-9-14) in 9 contests since 1/9 at ANA.
• Notched 6 multi-point games in his last 11 outings since 1/4 vs. SJ.
• Scored 11 goals in his last 15 games dating back to 12/16 at CAR.
  THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
• Lucas Raymond ranks among the NHL rookie leaders with 11 goals (3rd), 23 assists (T1st), 34 points (1st), 3 PPG (T1st), 9 PPP (2nd) and 90 shots
  (T3rd).
• Moritz Seider ranks among the NHL’s top rookie d-men with 4 goals (2nd), 23 assists (1st), 27 points (1st), 1 PPG (T1st), 12 PPP (1st), 2 OTG (1st), 2
  GWG (T1st), 90 shots (1st) and 22:33 TOI (1st).
• Alex Nedeljkovic paces all NHL rookie goalies with 12 wins.
• DET tops the NHL in rookie scoring with 66 points (18-48-66).
  KEEPING IT 500
• Tonight marks Jeff Blashill’s 500th game as an NHL head coach.
• Will become the 5th bench boss in DET history to coach 500-or-more regular season games, joining Jack Adams (964 games from 1928-47), Sid Abel
  (811 games from 1958-70), Mike Babcock (786 games from 2006-15) and Scotty Bowman (701 games from 1994-02).
  BROTHERLY LOVE
• Should Gemel Smith and Givani Smith play in the same game, they would be the 1st set of brothers to skate together for DET since Frank and Peter
  Mahovlich did so on 3/30/69 at CHI.
• To date, 9 sets of brothers have played at least 1 game together for DET.
  MILESTONE WATCH
• Blashill is 1 game from 500 as an NHL head coach
• Suter is 1 game from 100 and 3 points from 50
• Zadina is 1 point from 50
• Leddy is 2 points from 350
  THIS DATE IN RED WINGS HISTORY
  Jan. 29, 2004 – Steve Yzerman picked up an assist for his 1,702nd career point, moving past Mario Lemieux into 6th place on the NHL’s all-time scoring
  list in a 5-2 win vs. NJ.
  2021-22 INDIVIDUAL STATS
  Most Goals: 4, Bertuzzi, Oct. 14 vs. TB
  Most Assists: 3, Raymond, Nov. 6 at BUF; Larkin, Oct. 24 at CHI
  Most Points: 4, Larkin, Dec. 18 vs. NJ; Bertuzzi, Nov. 6 at BUF/Oct. 14 vs. TB; Raymond, Oct. 24 at CHI
  Most SOG: 8, Larkin, Jan. 13 vs. WPG; Bertuzzi, Nov. 27 vs. BUF
  Most PIM: 20, Smith, Jan. 4 vs. SJ
  Most TOI: 27:47, Hronek, Jan. 9 at ANA
  Most Hits: 8, Erne, Nov. 13 vs. MTL
  Most Blocked Shots: 6, Lindstrom, Oct. 23 at MTL
  Most Saves: 41, Nedeljkovic, Nov. 30 at BOS/Oct. 14 vs. TB
  Longest Goal Streak: 3, Larkin, Dec. 14-18/Nov. 13-16
  Longest Assist Streak: 5, Bertuzzi, Jan. 15-26; Seider, Oct. 23-30
  Longest Point Streak: 7, Larkin, Nov. 13-27
  2021-22 REGULAR SEASON HIGHS AND LOWS
  Longest Win Streak – Overall: 5, Nov. 24-Dec. 4 / Home: 5, Nov. 13-Dec. 4 / Road: 2, Oct. 24-27
  Longest Winless Streak – Overall: 4, three times (MR: Jan. 8-13) / Home: 2, three times (MR: Jan. 21-pres.) / Road: 6, Dec. 9-Jan. 11
  Longest Point Streak – Overall: 6, Nov. 20-Dec. 4 / Home: 5, Nov. 13-Dec. 4 / Road: 3, Jan. 9-17.
  PROSPECT WATCH
• The AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins (15-14-5-2) lost 4-1 to Chicago on Friday at Allstate Arena. Matt Berry (2) scored for the Griffins while Victor
  Brattstrom made a season-high 36 saves. Next Game: Jan. 29 at Milwaukee.
  DETROIT OPPONENT
  Most GF, Game 6, three times (MR: Jan. 4 vs. SJ) 8, Jan. 26 vs. CHI
  Fewest GF, Game 0, five times (MR: Jan. 13 vs. WPG) 0, Jan. 15 vs. BUF
  Most GF, Period 4, twice, (MR: Oct. 24 at CHI, 2nd) 4, three times (MR: Jan 26 vs. CHI, 3rd)
  Most SOG, Game 45, Oct. 19 vs. CBJ 48, Oct. 14 vs. TB
  Most SOG, Period 22, Jan. 15 vs. BUF, 1st 27, Jan. 8 at LA, 1st
  Fewest SOG, Game 15, Nov. 4 at BOS 22, Jan. 15 vs. BUF
  Fewest SOG, Period 2, Jan. 8 at LA, 1st 3, twice (MR: Dec. 4 vs. NYI, 1st)
  Most PPG, Game 2, twice (MR: Jan. 15 vs. BUF) 3, twice (MR: Nov. 4 at BOS)
  Most PIM, Game 38, Jan. 4 vs. SJ 25, Jan. 4 vs. SJ
  Fewest PIM, Game 2, six times (MR: Dec. 16 at CAR) 0, Nov. 24 vs. STL
  Fastest Consec. Goals
  0:37, Jan. 4 vs. SJ, shorthanded
  (Suter, Bertuzzi)
  0:10, Nov. 11 vs. WSH
  (Orlov, Eller)
  Fastest Goal, Start of Game
  0:16, Nov. 6 at BUF
  (Suter)
  2:05, Dec. 16 at CAR
  (Niederreiter)
  Fastest Goal, Start of Period
  0:13, Jan. 15 vs. BUF, 3rd
  (Raymond)
  0:17, Oct. 30 at TOR, 3rd
  (Kerfoot)
  
• THE LAST TIME…
  DET recorded a shutout 1/15/22, 4-0 vs. BUF (Nedeljkovic) 4/27/21, 0-1 at CBJ (Greiss)
  DET was shutout 1/13/22, 3-0 vs. WPG (Hellebuyck) 1/8/22, 4-0 at LA (Petersen)
  DET scored in OT
  12/4/21, Seider vs. NYI
  (Sorokin)
  1/17/22, Larkin at BUF (Dell)
  Opp. scored in OT
  1/21/22, Hintz vs. DAL
  (Nedeljkovic)
  1/11/22, Couture at SJ
  (Nedeljkovic)
  DET had a hat trick 12/18/21, Larkin vs. NJ 10/24/21, Raymond at CHI
  Opp. had a hat trick 1/26/22, Strome vs. CHI 12/9/21, Walker at STL
  DET player had 4 goals 10/14/21, Bertuzzi vs. TB 12/2/95, Kozlov at MTL
  Opp. player had 4 goals 4/2/09, Backes vs. STL 11/4/21, Bergeron at BOS
  DET player had 5 goals 12/26/96, Fedorov vs. WSH 2/2/11, Franzen at OTT
  Opp. player had 5 goals Never 2/2/77, I. Turnbull at TOR
  DET player had penalty shot
  2/14/19, Athanasiou vs. OTT
  (Nilsson, goal)
  11/15/18, Rasmussen at OTT
  (Anderson, save)
  Opp. player had penalty shot
  4/8/21, Arvidsson vs. NSH
  (Greiss, goal)
  2/11/20, Sheary at BUF
  (Bernier, save)
  DET player scored SHG 1/4/22, Bertuzzi vs. SJ 1/17/22, Namestnikov at BUF
  DET player scored 2 SHGs 12/31/09, Helm vs. COL 10/10/02, Maltby at S