TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (32-14-3 – 67 Points) at
MONTRÉAL CANADIENS (11-33-7 – 29 Points)
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2022
1 2 3 FINAL
TORONTO 0 0 2 2
MONTRÉAL 2 3 0 5
SCORING NOTES
- Ilya Mikheyev scored for Toronto at 4:43 of the third period. Mikheyev recorded his eighth goal of the
season. - Pierre Engvall scored for the Maple Leafs at 5:28 of the third period. Engvall posted his eighth goal
of the season. - Morgan Rielly registered the primary assist on Mikheyev’s goal. Rielly recorded his 37th assist of the
season. - Ondřej Kaše posted the secondary assist on Mikheyev’s goal. Kaše registered his 11th assist of the
season. Kaše has recorded an assist in back-to-back games. - Jason Spezza recorded the primary assist on Engvall’s goal. Spezza posted his ninth assist of the
season. - Justin Holl registered the secondary assist on Engvall’s goal. Holl recorded his seventh assist of the
season. Holl has recorded an assist in back-to-back games.
GOALTENDER NOTES - Petr Mrázek stopped 19 of 24 shots in tonight’s loss.
SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES - The Maple Leafs were 0-for-2 on the power play and 2-for-2 on the penalty kill tonight.
OF NOTE… - With their eighth goal of the season scored during tonight’s game, both Ilya Mikheyev and Pierre
Engvall tied an NHL career-high in goals. - David Kämpf tied an NHL career-high with four hits recorded during tonight’s game.
- Auston Matthews was on the ice for a team-high 27 Toronto shot attempts-for at 5-on-5.
- Pierre Engvall and Wayne Simmonds finished the game with a team-high 5-on-5 shot attempt
percentage of 84.21 percent (16 for, 3 against).
SHOTS ON GOAL (5-on-5 in brackets)
1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL
TORONTO 11 (9) 12 (10) 14 (14) 37 (33)
MONTRÉAL 8 (7) 12 (12) 5 (5) 25 (24)
SHOT ATTEMPTS (5-on-5 in brackets)
1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL
TORONTO 18 (14) 30 (25) 18 (18) 66 (57)
MONTRÉAL 13 (12) 19 (19) 9 (9) 41 (40)
ON THE ROAD AGAIN - The Maple Leafs are 14-9-2 on the road this season.
- Toronto’s all-time record is 308-345-88-18 in 759 games against the Montréal Canadiens and 113-
216-43-8 in 380 games played in Montréal. - Toronto is 17-7-1 against the Eastern Conference this season and 8-3-0 against the Atlantic Division
this season.
RECORD WHEN… - Toronto is 11-10-2 when the opponent scores the first goal of the game.
- The Maple Leafs are 4-7-2 when trailing after one period and 4-12-0 when trailing after two periods.
- Toronto is 20-10-2 when outshooting their opponent.
- The Maple Leafs are 3-3-1 in Monday games and 4-3-1 in the first game of a back-to-back.
MAPLE LEAFS LEADERS
Shots
Shot Attempts
Faceoff Wins
Faceoff Win Percentage
Hits
Blocked Shots
Takeaways
TOI
Power Play TOI
Shorthanded TOI
Shifts
5 (Marner)
9 (Marner)
11 (Matthews)
100% (Simmonds – 1 won, 0 lost)
5 (Simmonds)
4 (Brodie)
2 (Marner)
22:17 (Rielly)
2:28 (Marner, Matthews, Tavares)
2:38 (Liljegren)
29 (Brodie)
5-on-5 Shot Attempt Percentage 84.21% (Engvall and Simmonds – 16 for, 3
against)
UPCOMING GAMES:
Feb. 22 Leafs at Columbus Nationwide Arena 7:00 pm ET
Feb. 24 Leafs vs. Minnesota Scotiabank Arena 7:00 pm ET
Feb. 26 Leafs at Detroit Little Caesars Arena 7:30 pm ET
Feb. 28 Leafs at Washington Capital One Arena 7:30 pm ET
March 2 Leafs vs. Buffalo Scotiabank Arena 7:30 pm ET
March 5 Leafs vs. Canucks Scotiabank Arena 7:00 pm ET
Stats reflect official NHL stats at the time of distribution. Please consult official NHL game sheets (links
above) to confirm no statistical changes were made.
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POSTGAME QUOTES:
HEAD COACH SHELDON KEEFE
On Jake Muzzin’s status:
“I don’t have much of an update other than that he’s going to stay here in Montreal overnight for
observations, that’s really all I have.”
On giving up too many chances off the rush:
“We didn’t do a good enough job coming out of the zone. We lost races, we weren’t connected. When our
defence were up and involved in tight our forwards let guys get loose so we just didn’t do a good enough
job at that.”
JOHN TAVARES
On tonight’s game:
“It wasn’t very good. Probably as disappointing of a game for us this year. We have to clean up what
we’re giving up off the rush. It’s obviously something that is continuously giving the other team
opportunities and life and certainly for them tonight they generated a lot off of that. I thought in-zone play
we didn’t give up a whole lot but off the rush was just not very good and continues to be an area we have
to find a way to get better in and get our game connected. Disappointing one tonight.”
AUSTON MATTHEWS
On tonight’s effort:
“I think just all throughout our lineup just not good enough. Forwards, defence, goaltending, just not good
enough from everybody.”
On losing two games in a row:
“I think you never want to drop two in a row. We believe in our group and we believe we’re a good team
and we never want to drop two in a row so we’ve got to put the fire out now. Not a whole lot of good in
this one tonight but you’ve got to take the good and take the bad and move on to the next game and
we’re right back at it tomorrow.”
MORGAN RIELLY
On tonight’s loss:
“They obviously came out strong. If you look at the way our team played, I think we gave up too many
odd man rushes, too many chances against and they’ve got skilled people over there so when you give
them chances they’re going to score.”
On the team giving up too many chances off the rush:
“I think as a group we’re going to have to look at it obviously more. It’s been a common theme if you look
back the last couple weeks, in terms of the chances against off the rush and as d-men you’ve got to take
some responsibility on trying to make good defensive plays in those instances but as a group we’ve got to
do a better job of trying to limit those.”
PETR MRÁZEK
On tonight’s game:
“Difficult game for us. Obviously we want to come out strong in the first period but we were down 0-2 so
not the way you want to start the game on the road but I think we battled in the third period and the good
thing is in this league we’ve got a chance to play tomorrow again and play better.
The view from left field 