John Tavares opened the scoring for the Maple Leafs at 8:24 of the first period and later registered the primary assist on Mitch Marner’s second period goal. Tavares has goals (3), assists (2) and points (3-2-5) in two consecutive games. Tonight’s game is Tavares’ ninth multi-point game of the season and his fifth multi-point game in his last eight games played. He has 18 points (8 goals, 10 assists) in 15 career games against the Flames.
Mitch Marner registered the primary assist on Tavares’ first period goal and later scored the second Toronto goal of the night at 14:06 of the second period. Marner has assists (5) and points (1-5-6) in three consecutive games. Tonight’s game is his third consecutive multi-point game and his seventh multi-point game in 22 games played this season. He has 11 points (4 goals, 7 assists) in nine games on the road in 2019-20.
Tyson Barrie picked up the secondary assist on Tavares’ first period goal. Barrie has registered eight (3-5-8) of his 13 points on the road in 2019-20. He has 17 points (2-15-17) in 23 career games against the Flames.
Cody Ceci collected the secondary assist on Marner’s second period goal. Ceci has assists (2) in two consecutive games. He has recorded three assists over his last four games. He has recorded five of his six assists in 13 games against Western Conference opponents this season.
Frederik Andersen stopped 20 of the 24 shots he faced in the loss.
The Maple Leafs went 1-for-1 on the penalty kill and 0-for-3 on the power play tonight.
Cody Ceci started 14.3 percent of his 5-on-5 shifts in the offensive zone, which was the lowest mark among Toronto skaters.
Auston Matthews won 67 percent (4 won, 2 lost) when matched up with Calgary centre Elias Lindholm.
John Tavares was on the ice for a team-high 23 Toronto shot attempts-for at 5-on-5 tonight. Tavares finished the game with a 5-on-5 shot attempt percentage of 50 percent (23 for, 23 against).
John Tavares was 5-for-8 (63%) in the faceoff circle when taking defensive zone draws.
UPCOMING GAMES:
Saturday, December 14, 7:00 p.m. at Edmonton Oilers (Sportsnet, FAN 590)
Tuesday, December 17, 7:00 p.m. vs. Buffalo Sabres (TSN4, TSN 1050)
Friday, December 20, 7:00 p.m. at New York Rangers (Sportsnet Ontario, FAN 590)
Saturday, December 21, 7:00 p.m. vs. Detroit Red Wings (Sportsnet, FAN 590)
Monday, December 23, 2:00 p.m. vs. Carolina Hurricanes (Sportsnet Ontario, FAN 590)
Jake Muzzin (30), Jason Spezza (26), Tyson Barrie (22)
GOALS:
John Tavares (7), Jason Spezza (6), Zach Hyman (4)
ASSISTS:
Jake Muzzin (15), Tyson Barrie (14), John Tavares (9)
POINTS:
Jake Muzzin (17), John Tavares (16), Tyson Barrie (16)
PENALTY MINUTES:
Jason Spezza (33), Jake Muzzin (14), Tyson Barrie (6), Morgan Rielly (6)
MAPLE LEAFS – FLAMES TEAM STATS
TORONTO
CALGARY
GOALS FOR (Rank):
103 (t-5th)
88 (20th)
GOALS AGAINST (Rank):
102 (26th)
98 (t-21st)
POWER PLAY [%] (Rank):
18/88 [20.4%] (12th)
19/103 [18.4%] (t-15th)
PENALTY KILL [%] (Rank):
77/100 [77.0%] (26th)
92/110 [83.6%] (t-9th)
SHOTS (Rank):
1070 (4th)
1031 (8th)
5-on-5 SHOT ATTEMPTS FOR (Rank):
1634 (2nd)
1534 (5th)
5-on-5 SHOT ATTEMPT % (Rank):
53.0% (5th)
50.9% (11th)
FACEOFF % (Rank):
52.5% (2nd)
48.5% (25th)
MAPLE LEAFS – FLAMES NOTES
FIRST MATCHUP BETWEEN CLUBS:
November 5, 1972 (Toronto 2, Atlanta 2)
ALL-TIME RECORD:
61-59-12-4 (136 Games)
ALL-TIME RECORD AT HOME:
36-19-7-2 (64 Games)
ALL-TIME RECORD ON THE ROAD:
25-40-5-2 (72 Games)
LAST WIN VS. OPPONENT AT HOME:
March 4, 2019 (Toronto 6, Calgary 2)
MAPLE LEAFS MILESTONES vs. FLAMES
Morgan Rielly
400th NHL game (Oct. 29, 2018 vs. CGY)
MAPLE LEAFS LEADERS
CATEGORY
LEADER
GOALS
19 (Matthews)
ASSISTS
18 (Marner, Rielly)
POINTS
34 (Matthews)
POWER PLAY POINTS
10 (Matthews)
SHORTHANDED POINTS
2 (Engvall, Kapanen)
PIMs
22 (Muzzin)
SHOTS
118 (Matthews)
FACEOFF WIN%
57.4% (Matthews)
5-on-5 SHOT ATTEMPT %
57.7% (Petan)
BLOCKED SHOTS
58 (Ceci)
TAKEAWAYS
29 (Marner)
HITS
67 (Muzzin)
TOI PER GAME
24:41 (Rielly)
PP TOI PER GAME
3:03 (Marner)
SH TOI PER GAME
3:15 (Ceci)
MAPLE LEAFS PLAYER NOTES
Frederik Andersen
– Is 8-3-0 on the road this season with a 2.27 goals-against average and a .928 save percentage. – Has made 12 career appearances against Calgary and is 8-1-1 with a 2.43 goals-against average and a .919 save percentage.- Tied for second in the NHL in wins (15).- Second in the NHL in saves (721) and even-strength saves (598).- Tied for third in the NHL in shootout saves (11).
Tyson Barrie
– Tied for ninth among NHL defencemen in shots on goal (82). – Has been on the ice for the third-most shot attempts for (626) among NHL skaters. – Has an on-ice shot attempt differential of plus-110, which ranks 10th among NHL defencemen.- Leads all Maple Leafs skaters and is tied for 24th among NHLers in slap shots taken (23).
Cody Ceci
– Eighth among NHL skaters in shorthanded time on ice (104:05).- Has started 199 shifts in the defensive zone, which is tied for the 10th-most defensive zone starts among all NHL skaters.
Justin Holl
– Had his first career multi-point game (0-2-2) on December 10 at Vancouver.- Has an unblocked shot attempt percentage of 53.8 percent at 5-on-5, which leads Maple Leafs defencemen who have appeared in at least 10 games.
Michael Hutchinson
– Sixth among NHL goaltenders who have appeared in fewer than 10 games in saves (197).
Zach Hyman
– Tied his career-long goal streak (3 games) with his goal on December 10 at Vancouver.- Has a 5-on-5 shot attempt percentage of 54.0 percent, which ranks ninth among Toronto skaters who have played 10 games. – Averaging 17:44 per game in ice time through 13 games since returning from injury, which ranks fifth among Toronto forwards.
Kasperi Kapanen
– Ranks second among Maple Leafs in points on the road with 14 (6 goals, 8 assists) in 17 road games this season.- Tied for sixth among Toronto skaters in even-strength points (6-7-13).- One of 18 NHL skaters to have recorded at least five shorthanded shots on goal (5) and five shorthanded takeaways (5).
Alex Kerfoot
– Averages 12:40 per game in even-strength ice time, which ranks ninth among Toronto forwards.- Has won 59.3 percent (16 won, 11 lost) of his faceoffs over his last three games played.
Mitch Marner
– Ranks second among NHLers who have appeared in 25 or fewer games in assists (18).- Tied for 11th in the NHL in takeaways (29).- Ranks eighth among NHL forwards in shifts per game (25.8).- Averages 2.58 assists per 60 minutes of ice time and 3.15 points per 60 minutes of ice time.
Auston Matthews
– Tied for fourth among NHL skaters in goals (19).- Tied for fifth among NHL skaters in even-strength goals (14).- Tied for 12th among NHL skaters in points (19-15-34).- Tied for seventh in the NHL with 118 shots on goal.- Has been on the ice for a team-high 46 of the Maple Leafs’ 103 goals.
Ilya Mikheyev
– Tied for fifth among NHL skaters in shorthanded shots on goal (10).- Second among NHL rookies in shots on goal (76).- Tied for the lead among NHL rookies and tied for third on the Maple Leafs in even-strength points (4-13-17).- Leads NHL rookies and the Maple Leafs in even-strength assists (13).
Jake Muzzin
– Leads Maple Leafs defencemen in takeaways (16).- Tied for 22nd among NHL defencemen in even-strength assists (9).- One of eight NHL defencemen and 23 NHL skaters to have registered at least 60 hits (67) and at least 60 shots on goal (61).- Averages 0:47 in ice time per shift, which is tied for the fourth-lowest average shift length among defencemen who average at least 21:00 per game in ice time.
William Nylander
– Has notched eight primary assists, which is tied for third among Toronto skaters. – Has registered at least one point in 19 of Toronto’s 32 games. – Has nine points (4 goals, 5 assists) in 12 games against Western Conference opponents.- Has recorded five points (1-4-5) in six career games against the Flames.
Morgan Rielly
– Tied for 12th among NHL defencemen in points (3-18-21).- Tied for 10th among NHL defencemen in even-strength points (3-12-15).- Tied for fourth among NHL defencemen in even-strength assists (12).- Ranks 10th among NHL skaters in TOI per game (24:41).- Tied for eighth among NHL skaters in shifts per game (28.6).- Has 10 assists in 17 road games this season.
Jason Spezza
– Averaging 3.1 points per 60 minutes of ice time this season, which ranks third among Toronto skaters.- Has recorded 10 (4-6-10) of his 12 points this season in 13 road games.
John Tavares
– Has 16 points (7 goals, 9 assists) in 14 career games against Calgary.- Averaging 2.80 shots on goal per game, which ranks second among Toronto skaters.- Leads the Maple Leafs in faceoff wins (231). Ranks second among NHLers who have played 25 or fewer games in faceoff wins.- Has a 5-on-5 shot attempt percentage of 56.2 percent when the Maple Leafs are leading in games.
CURRENT POINT STREAKS
Zach Hyman
Has goals (4) in three consecutive games.
Mitch Marner
Has assists (4) in two consecutive games.
Auston Matthews
Has goals (3) in two consecutive games.
UPCOMING MILESTONES
Frederik Andersen
One win from 200 career NHL wins.
RECENT MILESTONES
Pontus Aberg
Maple Leaf debut (December 7 at St. Louis)First point as a Maple Leaf (December 7 at St. Louis)
INJURY REPORT
Andreas Johnsson (Leg)
On injured reserve.
Trevor Moore (Shoulder)
On injured reserve.
Man Games Lost: 66
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
December 6
– Placed forward Andreas Johnsson on the LTIR. – Recalled forwards Pontus Aberg and Nic Petan, as well as defenceman Martin Marincin from the Toronto Marlies (AHL).
FLAMES LAST GAME HIGHLIGHTS DECEMBER 10, 2019
– CALGARY FLAMES [5] vs. ARIZONA COYOTES [2]
The Calgary Flames entered the Gila River Arena on the second game of a back-to-back for the Flames. This one was all Flames as they jumped out to an early two-goal lead in the first period thanks to Michael Frolik and Johnny Gaudreau. The Flames would add another two goals in the second period and one in the third to take this one 5-2 over the Coyotes to extend their winning-streak to six straight games. CGY GOAL SCORERS: Frolik (3), Gaudreau (7), Rinaldo (2), Monahan (10), Lucic (3) GOALIE: Cam Talbot (46-48, .958 Sv%) THREE STARS: Cam Talbot, Michael Frolik, Jakob Chychrun FLAMES LAST FIVE RESULTS, RECORD: 5-0-0-0
FLAMES RECENT TRANSACTIONS: Dec. 10 – recalled Matthew Phillips (RW) from Stockton (AHL) Dec. 4 – assigned Austin Czarnik (C) to Stockton (AHL) on conditioning stint. Dec. 1 – assigned Alexander Yelesin (D) to Stockton (AHL) Nov. 25 – activated TJ Brodie (D) off IR; assigned Brandon Davidson (D) to Stockton (AHL) Nov. 20 – recalled Tobias Rieder (RW) and Alexander Yelesin (D) from Stockton (AHL); placed Sam Bennett (LW/C) on LTIR Nov. 19 – recalled Zac Rinaldo (LW) from Stockton (AHL); assigned Tobias Rieder (RW) to Stockton (AHL) Nov. 17 – recalled Dillon Dube (C) from Stockton (AHL); assigned Alan Quine (C) to Stockton (AHL) Nov. 15 – recalled Oliver Kylington (D) from Stockton; placed Juuso Valimaki (D) on LTIR
FLAMES RECENT INJURIES (Total man games lost – 45) Matthew Tkachuk: 1 Game – Upper Body (Dec. 10) Travis Hamonic: 6 Games – Lower Body (Nov. 19 – Nov. 30) TJ Brodie: 5 Games – Undisclosed (Nov. 16 – Nov. 23) Austin Czarnik: 18 Games – Upper Body (Oct. 5) / Lower Body (Oct. 26 – Nov. 30) Sam Bennett: 13 Games – Lower Body (Oct. 20 – Oct. 22)/ Upper Body (Nov. 17 – Dec. 10) Andrew Mangiapane: 2 Games – Upper Body (Oct. 19 – Oct. 20) Calgary Flames:
TONIGHT’S STORYLINES This is the first of two matchups this season between the Flames and Toronto Maple Leafs. The Flames and Leafs split the seasonseries in 2018-19 with both teams winning on the road. This is a Western Conference against Eastern Conference matchup; this season the Flames have a record of 9-3-1 against Eastern Conference opponents and a record of 5-0-0 against the Atlantic Division.
6IX: The Flames come into tonight against the Toronto Maple Leafs on a six-game win streak that started back on November 27th in Buffalo. The Flames have also picked up points in eight-straight games with a record of 7-0-1. The Flames are yet to lose under new interim Head Coach, Geoff ward and have outscored their opponents 24-15 over this win-streak. This is currently the longest active win streak in the NHL.
SHOW ME THE MONEY: Flames centre, Sean Monahan is currently riding a seven-game-point-streak coming into tonight. During this point streak Monahan has five goals and three assists for eight points. He is also riding a four-game-goal-streak dating back to December 5th against the Sabres. The 25-year-old is now up to 10 goals and 16 assists for 26 points in 33 games this season.
DEADLY DEPTH: Since Geoff Ward took over the Flames depth lines have produced on this six-game win streak. Derek Ryan, Milan Lucic, Zac Rinaldo, Michael Frolik and Dillon Dube had a combined 19 points in 26 games prior to Geoff Ward taking over as head coach; since Geoff Ward, those same players have combined for 23 points in six games. Another major contributor during this streak is Tobias Rieder who now three points in the last four games.
THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN: The Flames return home after a successful two-game road trip that saw them take down the Colorado Avalanche and Arizona Coyotes in back-to-back nights. The Flames have a home record of 9-3-2 this season and have a +10 goal differential at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Sean Monahan leads the way for the Flames on home ice with 14 points (5G, 9A) in 14 games.
DID YOU KNOW?: With his goal on Tuesday and his 389th point of his career, Sean Monahan passed Joe Mullen’s 388 points for the 15th most points in Calgary Flames franchise history. Geoff Ward coached in his 900th NHL career game on Tuesday against the Avalanche. Ward’s coaching career includes being an assistant for the Boston Bruins, New Jersey Devils, and an Associate Coach and now Interim Head Coach in Calgary.
HOW THE FLAMES WERE BUILT: (* = injured) Draft (12): Andersson, Backlund, *Bennett, Brodie, Dube, Gaudreau, Jankowski, Kylington, Mangiapane, Monahan, Phillips, Tkachuk Free Agents (7): Frolik, Giordano, Rittich, Rieder, Rinaldo, Ryan, Talbot Trade (5): Lindholm, Lucic, Hamonic, Hanifin, Stone CALGARY FLAMES vs. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS GAME INFO: Calgary Flames vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (Game #34, Home Game #15) 7:00pm MT Scotiabank Saddledome TV: SNW Radio: Sportsnet 960
2019-20 Season Series: 0-0-0-0 (Home: 0-0-0-0, Road: 0-0-0-0)
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS vs. TORONTO: Derek Ryan earned his first career NHL assist on November 22, 2016 against the Maple Leafs. Elias Lindholm notched the 200th point of his career which turned out to be a game-winning-goal on October 29, 2108 in Toronto. Mark Giordano scored his first career NHL goal against his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs on October 14, 2006. Tobias Rieder noted his 100th career NHL point, a goal, on November 20, 2017 against the Maple Leafs.
CALGARY TIES ON THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS: William Nylander was born in Calgary while is father, Michael was playing for the Flames from 1997-98 to 1998 – 99. His father played in a total of 64 games scoring 15 goals and notching 26 assists 41 points with the Flames.
TORONTO TIES ON THE CALGARY FLAMES: The Flames have a number of players from Toronto or the greater Toronto area. From Toronto are Flames Captain, Mark Giordano and forward Andrew Mangiapane. From the greater Toronto area is Sam Bennett (Holland Landing), Sean Monahan (Brampton), and Zac Rinaldo (Mississauga).
FLAMES RECENT MILESTONES: Matthew Tkachuk notched his 200th career NHL point with a goal on Dec. 9 at COL Dillon Dube recorded his first career multi-point game with a goal and an assist on Dec. 7 vs. LAK Mikael Backlund notched his 200th career assist on Dec. 7 vs. LAK Milan Lucic scored his 200th career goal on Dec. 7 vs. LAK Milan Lucic scored his first goal as a member of the Calgary Flames Tobias Rieder skated in his 400th career NHL game on Dec. 5 vs. BUF
FLAMES CAREER MILESTONES WITHIN REACH: GAMES PLAYED: Milan Lucic 47 GP GOALS: Michael Frolik Milan Lucic 7 G ASSISTS: Milan Lucic 23 A POINTS: Milan Lucic 30 PTS PENALTY MINUTES: Milan Lucic 52 PIMs WINS: Cam Talbot 4 Wins Noah Hanifin – 98 assists (2 away from 100) TJ Brodie – 598 games (2 away from 600) Cam Talbot – 297 games played (3 away from 300); 286 starts (14 away from 300) David Rittich – 92 games played (9 away from 100); 83 starts (18 away from 100) Sean Monahan – 389 point (11 away from 400) Elias Lindholm – 289 points (11 away from 300); 487 games (13 away from 500); 184 assists (16 away from 200) .
PEBBLE BEACH, CALIF. — Mike Babcock is not Bill Peters. He’s not Marc Crawford. He’s not even Jim Montgomery. A firestorm of inappropriate conduct has engulfed the hockey world ever since the Toronto Maple Leafs relieved Babcock of his coaching duties three weeks ago. And while Babcock has been similarly criticized for what some have […]
ROGERS ARENA (VANCOUVER, BC) ▪ TV: SPORTSNET ONTARIO ▪ RADIO: SPORTSNET 590 THE FAN
MAPLE LEAFS HISTORY versus VANCOUVER
ALL-TIME RECORD:
59-62-22-3 (146 Games)
ALL-TIME ON THE ROAD:
25-37-11-2 (75 Games)
2018-19:
1-0-1
LAST FIVE:
2-1-2
LAST 10:
6-2-2
MAPLE LEAFS CAREER LEADERS versus VANCOUVER
GAMES PLAYED:
Jake Muzzin (31), Jason Spezza (26), Tyson Barrie (22)
GOALS:
John Tavares (7), Jason Spezza (6), Tyson Barrie (4)
ASSISTS:
Tyson Barrie (11), Jason Spezza (10), John Tavares (9)
POINTS:
John Tavares (16), Jason Spezza (16), Tyson Barrie (15)
PENALTY MINUTES:
Jake Muzzin (24), Morgan Rielly (9), Jason Spezza (6)
MAPLE LEAFS – CANUCKS TEAM STATS
TORONTO
VANCOUVER
GOALS FOR (Rank):
99 (8th)
100 (7th)
GOALS AGAINST (Rank):
101 (t-26th)
90 (t-13th)
POWER PLAY [%] (Rank):
18/86 [20.9%] (10th)
31/114 [27.2%] (4th)
PENALTY KILL [%] (Rank):
75/98 [76.5%] (25th)
83/102 [81.4%] (15th)
SHOTS (Rank):
1044 (4th)
961 (15th)
5-on-5 SHOT ATTEMPTS FOR (Rank):
1588 (2nd)
1333 (16th)
5-on-5 SHOT ATTEMPT % (Rank):
53.2% (5th)
50.8% (t-12th)
FACEOFF % (Rank):
52.4% (2nd)
52.2% (3rd)
MAPLE LEAFS – CANUCKS NOTES
FIRST MATCHUP BETWEEN CLUBS:
October 11, 1970 (Vancouver 5, Toronto 3)
ALL-TIME RECORD:
59-62-22-3 (146 Games)
ALL-TIME RECORD AT HOME:
34-25-11-1 (71 Games)
ALL-TIME RECORD ON THE ROAD:
25-37-11-2 (75 Games)
LAST WIN VS. OPPONENT AT HOME:
February 13, 2016 (Toronto 5, Vancouver 2)
MAPLE LEAFS MILESTONES vs. CANUCKS
Travis Dermott
First NHL game (Jan. 6, 2018 vs. VAN) First NHL point (Assist) (Jan. 6, 2018 vs. VAN)
Michael Hutchinson
First win as a Maple Leaf (Jan. 5, 2019 vs. VAN) First shutout as a Maple Leaf (Jan. 5, 2019 vs. VAN)
Mitch Marner
200th NHL game (Jan. 5, 2019 vs. VAN)
Jake Muzzin
First NHL game (Oct. 9, 2010 (LAK) at VAN) First NHL point (Assist) (Oct. 15, 2010 (LAK) at VAN)
Trevor Moore
First NHL goal (Jan. 5, 2019 vs. VAN)
MAPLE LEAFS LEADERS
CATEGORY
LEADER
GOALS
18 (Matthews)
ASSISTS
18 (Rielly)
POINTS
33 (Matthews)
POWER PLAY POINTS
10 (Matthews)
SHORTHANDED POINTS
2 (Engvall, Kapanen)
PIMs
22 (Muzzin)
SHOTS
116 (Matthews)
FACEOFF WIN%
58.0% (Matthews)
5-on-5 SHOT ATTEMPT %
58.6% (Petan)
BLOCKED SHOTS
57 (Ceci)
TAKEAWAYS
29 (Marner)
HITS
66 (Muzzin)
TOI PER GAME
24:42 (Rielly)
PP TOI PER GAME
3:04 (Marner)
SH TOI PER GAME
3:19 (Ceci)
MAPLE LEAFS PLAYER NOTES
Frederik Andersen
– Is 7-3-0 on the road this season with a 2.40 goals-against average and a .923 save percentage. – Has made 15 career appearances against Vancouver and is 8-2-5 with a 1.55 goals-against average and a .940 save percentage.- Tied for third in the NHL in wins (14).- Third in the NHL in saves (683) and even-strength saves (563).- Tied for third in the NHL in shootout saves (11).
Tyson Barrie
– Tied for ninth among NHL defencemen in shots on goal (81). – Has been on the ice for the third-most shot attempts for (606) among NHL skaters. – Has an on-ice shot attempt differential of plus-112, which ranks 11th among NHL defencemen.- Leads all Maple Leafs skaters and is tied for 25th among NHLers in slap shots taken (23).
Cody Ceci
– Sixth among NHL skaters in shorthanded time on ice (102:32).- Has started 194 shifts in the defensive zone, which is tied for the seventh-most defensive zone starts among all NHL skaters.
Justin Holl
– Has an unblocked shot attempt percentage of 54.8 percent at 5-on-5, which leads all Maple Leafs defencemen.
Michael Hutchinson
– Tied for sixth among NHL goaltenders who have appeared in fewer than 10 games in saves (197).
Zach Hyman
– Had his sixth career multi-goal game on December 7 at St. Louis.- Has a 5-on-5 shot attempt percentage of 54.1 percent, which ranks eighth among Toronto skaters who have played 10 games. – Averaging 17:44 per game in ice time through 11 games since returning from injury, which ranks fifth among Toronto forwards.
Kasperi Kapanen
– Leads the Maple Leafs in points on the road with 14 (6 goals, 8 assists) in 16 road games this season.- Ranks sixth among Toronto skaters in even-strength points (6-7-13).
Alex Kerfoot
– Hails from Vancouver and has a goal and an assist in three career games on the road against the Canucks.
Mitch Marner
– Ranks second among NHLers who have appeared in 20 or fewer games in assists (16).- Sixth in the NHL in takeaways (29).- Ranks seventh among NHL forwards in shifts per game (25.8).- Has played the most shorthanded ice time (57:17) among NHL forwards who have appeared in 20 or fewer games.
Auston Matthews
– Tied for sixth among NHL skaters in goals (18).- Tied for fourth among NHL skaters in even-strength goals (13).- Tied for 12th among NHL skaters in points (18-15-33).- Ranks fifth in the NHL with 116 shots on goal.- Has been on the ice for a team-high 45 of the Maple Leafs’ 99 goals.
Ilya Mikheyev
– Tied for fourth among NHL skaters in shorthanded shots on goal (10).- Second among NHL rookies in shots on goal (73).- Leads NHL rookies and is third on the Maple Leafs in even-strength points (4-13-17).- Leads NHL rookies and the Maple Leafs in even-strength assists (13).
Jake Muzzin
– Leads Maple Leafs defencemen in takeaways (16).- Tied for 20th among NHL defencemen in even-strength assists (9).- One of seven NHL defencemen and 19 NHL skaters to have registered at least 60 hits (66) and at least 60 shots on goal (61).
William Nylander
– Has notched eight primary assists, which is tied for third among Toronto skaters. – Has registered at least one point in 19 of Toronto’s 31 games. – Has nine points (4 goals, 5 assists) in 11 games against Western Conference opponents.
Morgan Rielly
– Tied for 11th among NHL defencemen in points (3-18-21).- Tied for 10th among NHL defencemen in even-strength points (3-12-15).- Tied for fourth among NHL defencemen in even-strength assists (12).- Ranks 10th among NHL skaters in TOI per game (24:42).- Tied for eighth among NHL skaters in shifts per game (28.6).- Has 10 assists in 16 road games this season.
Jason Spezza
– Averaging 3.2 points per 60 minutes of ice time this season, which ranks second among Toronto skaters.
John Tavares
– Has 16 points (7 goals, 9 assists) in 14 career games against Vancouver.- Averaging 2.71 shots on goal per game, which ranks third among Toronto skaters.- Leads the Maple Leafs in faceoff wins (219). Ranks second among NHLers who have played less than 25 games in faceoff wins.- Has a 5-on-5 shot attempt percentage of 55.4 percent when the Maple Leafs are leading in games.
CURRENT POINT STREAKS
Zach Hyman
Has goals (3) in two consecutive games.
UPCOMING MILESTONES
Frederik Andersen
Two wins from 200 career NHL wins.
RECENT MILESTONES
Pontus Aberg
Maple Leaf debut (December 7 at St. Louis)First point as a Maple Leaf (December 7 at St. Louis)
Morgan Rielly
500th NHL game (December 4 vs. Colorado)
INJURY REPORT
Andreas Johnsson (Leg)
On injured reserve.
Trevor Moore (Shoulder)
On injured reserve.
Man Games Lost: 64
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
December 6
– Placed forward Andreas Johnsson on the LTIR. – Recalled forwards Pontus Aberg and Nic Petan, as well as defenceman Martin Marincin from the Toronto Marlies (AHL).
VANCOUVER — Justin Trudeau must be jealous of the Maple Leafs. The PM travels just one province east or west from his Ontario base and starts encountering hostility, while Toronto’s hockey team, with its own dubious record, can go multiple time zones in either direction and feel the love. As the Leafs begin their only […]
On the same Marlies practice rink where he’s toiled in anonymity for two months, Pontus Aberg found himself on left wing with Auston Matthews and William Nylander and about to get on a big jet for a week-long western trip with the Maple Leafs. But the leading scorer on the farm team certainly earned the […]
I liked that our guys competed. I thought we stayed in the game all the way through it. At times when they had their push, I thought we withstood it fine and then had pushes of our own. After that, obviously I really liked how our penalty kill dug in in the third period and found its way through a tough task. We were set up pretty well after that getting a power play thereafter. Of course, I don’t like how that one finished. All in all, I liked the fight in our team. We just have to find ways to generate more offence.
On Johnsson’s status:
The only update is just that he was too sore to return. It’s not looking like anything serious at this point, but we’d love to get some pictures and stuff like that.
On if the decision to shuffle the lines was to spark offence:
That’s part of it, but also, as you say, losing Johnsson, it does change things quite a bit. We’re trying to get a spark and trying to score and trying to move things around, but I do intend on moving things around a little bit with those top guys, in particular, but probably not as much as I had to there in the third.
On Spezza taking blame for the loss after a miscue on the power play:
It’s a tough play. I’m sure he’d like to have that one back, but things happen on the ice and it’s unfortunate how that one worked out. I don’t think there’s any ill-intent there at all for us.
On the way the penalty kill rebounded in the third period:
Obviously, the first one, the goal went in in a hurry on us the first time. The confidence is — you’re not quite there when you’re going in and have to kill a double minor, but the guys did a terrific job all the way through it. I thought it was a big moment in the game, it gave us momentum, I thought, with the power play soon thereafter. We couldn’t get anything really established, had the puck on the power play there and we shot and missed the net and didn’t get things going really from there. Worst case scenario when it went in our net at the end.
On if he’s worried about a long road trip without extra skaters available:
I’m not concerned about the extra bodies; we’ll manage that if we need to. We’ll have enough guys to get through.
On why the team doesn’t draw many penalties:
It’s a good question, it’s one I’ve been asking. It’s not the first time for this team. I think last season there were long stretches of a very similar situation, so we’ve got to figure that out. The natural thing for me is to say we’ve got to get the puck to more dangerous areas and we’ve got to attack the middle of the ice a lot more. We do have to skate a little bit harder and be a little more competitive to fight through situations and things like that to perhaps cause infractions. It is a concern and something we have to look at and go back to last season to look at what the situations might be and see what we can do a little bit differently to hopefully generate something. Now, we don’t take a lot of penalties either. I think that in itself creates a situation where you’re not going to get a lot. We certainly want to generate more than we are.
On the sense of urgency within the team:
I think it’s high and I think our play reflected that. That’s a very good team, a rested team, sitting here waiting for us. We’ve been watching them. We played them not too long ago ourselves, but just watching them in the pre-scouts, they’re feeling pretty good about themselves and scoring a lot. It was a real challenge for us defensively today. I thought the urgency was fine and I think some of the adjustments we’ve been working at and focusing on defensively have been there for us, today in particular. At times not so much yesterday, but today I thought we withstood a pretty potent offence and that top line, for the most part. While our attention has gone there, we’ve gotten away from some of the things offensively we focused on in the early going and that has caused us to revert back to some things we don’t necessarily like. We’ll have to try to fix that.
On if Hutchinson will play on the upcoming road trip to give Andersen a night off:
Yeah, that’s something we’ve talked about. When Freddie was pushing us to play here and compete with his teammates, we sort of said that would probably be one of the things that we’ll have to make an adjustment on and get Hutch a game on the road here. I’m not sure exactly which one, but we would intend on doing that.
On the defensive pairings:
We just thought that given the back-to-back and given the challenge of the game today and the way that things went yesterday for us, we just thought a change would be good. We changed not just the pairs but the matchups to just try and get guys different looks, just spread it out a little more and manage minutes a little better. We were just trying some different things.
On Muzzin and Holl matching up against Colorado’s top line:
We wanted to see what it would look like and the challenge was great for them today so we did want to see what it would look like. We think Holl has really been making great progress, not just in his defending but also he’s using his feet and his skating to move the puck up the ice, which is a big part of playing against the other teams’ best players and then Muzzin has done that a great deal over his career and in his time here. We wanted to give that a look today and for the most part we liked it. We’ll have to look a little closer to see how everything else worked out.
FREDERIK ANDERSEN (27 SAVES)
On why he wanted to play tonight’s game:
The way the guys got called out after last game, I figured I wanted to be out there battling with them. That’s why I asked to play.
On the way the team performed tonight:
I think we responded well. We played well; they just found a way to get the win on special teams. It’s a good team and I thought we played well, especially 5-on-5.
On the challenge of fatigue playing both games in a back-to-back:
Obviously, you’re going try to get some rest to get up for the second game. I thought I felt pretty good and just unfortunate I couldn’t get the win.
MITCH MARNER (22:53 TOI)
On how he felt in his first game back from injury:
It was good, it felt nice to be back with the guys and back on the ice with them. Not the outcome we wanted, but I thought we competed well tonight.
On his conditioning level:
There weren’t many times out there that I felt like I was out of breath or felt like I couldn’t go right away again. I really just focused on trying to keep my conditioning up and making sure I was ready when I came back and felt that I was tonight.
MORGAN RIELLY (25:41)
On his takeaways from tonight’s game:
I thought we worked hard. I’d have to go back and watch it, but I thought we battled for a back-to-back. I thought we wanted to play better after what we did last night, so I thought we did that. Obviously, not the outcome we wanted, but we’ll move forward.
On his play with Spezza that led to the game-winning goal:
I’d have to watch it again. I know he broke a stick and I think he tried to play it with his feet. Not sure.
JASON SPEZZA (8:27 TOI)
On the play that led to Colorado’s winner:
Obviously, a tough play. I’m coming downhill, I got a good look at the net, stick breaks, I’m going to the bench and then I hear somebody yell the puck is coming, so I make a split second decision to play it and [Rielly] yells that he’s there. I kind of just froze to try to not get in his way and, in turn, got in his way more. That game falls on me now. I thought we were playing good up to that point.
On moving past that play going forward:
Yeah, we made a push after that, but it’s frustrating now. You work to get — we don’t have many power plays; you work to get that power play. You want to score the goal, not give up a shorthanded goal. A game of inches and split-second decisions. I made the wrong one tonight there and it cost us.
JOHN TAVARES (9 SHOT ATTEMPTS)
On tonight’s effort:
I thought overall we competed extremely hard and gave ourselves a chance to win. We obviously just weren’t able to get a couple behind him. We had a lot of good looks in the third and unfortunately, we gave the one up that put us behind. Just have to stay with it and the effort tonight and the way we responded was a real positive. We’ve got to bounce back and get some results heading into this weekend and then a road trip out west.
On Andersen wanting to play the second game in the back-to-back:
He’s a real leader for us and he’s one of the best in the league, so no question his determination, his confidence, he sets a real tone for us and the backbone of our group. He played great, he gave us a great chance to win, it’s too bad we didn’t reward him.
Travis Dermott tied the game at 8:38 of the third period with his third goal of the season. Dermott has five points on the season (3-2-5).
Jason Spezza registered the primary assist on Dermott’s third period goal. Spezza has an assist in four consecutive games and seven points (2-5-7) in his last seven games.
The Maple Leafs went 3-for-3 on the penalty kill and 0-for-1 on the power play tonight.
Jason Spezza won 80 percent (4 won, 1 lost) of his offensive zone faceoffs.
Tyson Barrie was on the ice for a team-high 19 Toronto shot attempts-for at 5-on-5 tonight. Barrie finished the game with a 5-on-5 shot attempt percentage of 63.33 percent (19 for, 11 against).
UPCOMING GAMES:
Wednesday, December 4, 7:00 p.m. vs. Colorado Avalanche (Sportsnet, FAN 590)
Saturday, December 7, 7:00 p.m. at St. Louis Blues (Sportsnet, TSN 1050)
Tuesday, December 10, 10:00 p.m. at Vancouver Canucks (TSN4, TSN 1050)
Thursday, December 12, 9:00 p.m. at Calgary Flames (TSN4, TSN 1050)
Saturday, December 14, 7:00 p.m. at Edmonton Oilers (Sportsnet, FAN 590)
John Tavares (46) Jason Spezza (41), Morgan Rielly (18)
GOALS:
John Tavares (19), Jason Spezza (10), William Nylander (5)
ASSISTS:
Jason Spezza (23), John Tavares (17), Morgan Rielly (10)
POINTS:
John Tavares (36), Jason Spezza (33), Morgan Rielly (11)
PENALTY MINUTES:
Jason Spezza (67), John Tavares (14), Jake Muzzin (10)
MAPLE LEAFS – FLYERS TEAM STATS
TORONTO
PHILADELPHIA
GOALS FOR (Rank):
92 (t-4th)
82 (17th)
GOALS AGAINST (Rank):
90 (t-25th)
73 (6th)
POWER PLAY [%] (Rank):
16/82 [19.5%] (13th)
19/96 [19.8%] (12th)
PENALTY KILL [%] (Rank):
66/88 [75.0%] (t-26th)
66/77 [85.7%] (3rd)
SHOTS (Rank):
950 (1st)
894 (t-9th)
5-on-5 SHOT ATTEMPTS FOR (Rank):
1452 (1st)
1202 (t-13th)
5-on-5 SHOT ATTEMPT % (Rank):
53.8% (3rd)
51.4% (9th)
FACEOFF % (Rank):
52.7% (2nd)
53.9% (1st)
MAPLE LEAFS – FLYERS NOTES
FIRST MATCHUP BETWEEN CLUBS:
January 24, 1968 vs. Philadelphia (Philadelphia 2, Toronto 1)
ALL-TIME RECORD:
64-92-22-7 (185 Games)
ALL-TIME RECORD AT HOME:
37-38-14-4 (93 Games)
ALL-TIME RECORD ON THE ROAD:
27-54-8-3 (92 Games)
LAST WIN VS. OPPONENT ON THE ROAD:
November 2, 2019 (Toronto 4, Philadelphia 3 SO)
MAPLE LEAFS MILESTONES vs. FLYERS
Andreas Johnsson
100th NHL game (Nov. 9, 2019 vs. PHI)
Morgan Rielly
100th career NHL point (Nov. 11, 2016 vs. PHI)
Jason Spezza
First career NHL goal (Oct. 29, 2002 (OTT) at PHI) First goal as a Maple Leaf (Nov. 2, 2019 at PHI)
John Tavares
500th career NHL game (March 21, 2016 (NYI) vs. PHI)
MAPLE LEAFS LEADERS
CATEGORY
LEADER
GOALS
16 (Matthews)
ASSISTS
17 (Rielly)
POINTS
31 (Matthews)
POWER PLAY POINTS
9 (Matthews)
SHORTHANDED POINTS
2 (Kapanen)
PIMs
18 (Kerfoot, Rielly)
SHOTS
104 (Matthews)
FACEOFF WIN%
58.3% (Matthews)
5-on-5 SHOT ATTEMPT %
60.2% (Petan)
BLOCKED SHOTS
52 (Ceci)
TAKEAWAYS
24 (Marner)
HITS
61 (Muzzin)
TOI PER GAME
24:51 (Rielly)
PP TOI PER GAME
3:14 (Marner)
SH TOI PER GAME
3:17 (Ceci)
MAPLE LEAFS PLAYER NOTES
Frederik Andersen
– Is 6-2-0 on the road this season with a 2.12 goals-against average and a .933 save percentage. – Has an 8-2-3 record with a .910 save percentage and a 3.08 goals-against average in 13 career games against Philadelphia.- Tied for the NHL lead in wins (13).- Third in the NHL in saves (607) and tied for fourth in even-strength saves (494).
Tyson Barrie
– 10th among NHL defencemen in shots on goal (74). – Has four assists in seven career games at Philadelphia.
Cody Ceci
– Tied for sixth among NHL skaters in shorthanded time on ice (92:09).- Has started 181 shifts in the defensive zone, which is tied for the fifth-most defensive zone starts among all NHL skaters.
Frederik Gauthier
– Has won 56.8 percent (83 won, 63 lost) of his defensive zone faceoffs.
Justin Holl
– Has an unblocked shot attempt percentage of 55.5 percent at 5-on-5, which leads all Maple Leafs defencemen.
Michael Hutchinson
– Ranks ninth among NHL goaltenders who have appeared in fewer than 10 games in saves (197).
Zach Hyman
– Has a 5-on-5 shot attempt percentage of 56.7 percent, which ranks fifth among Toronto skaters. – Averaging 17:58 per game in ice time through nine games since returning from injury, which ranks fifth among Toronto forwards.
Kasperi Kapanen
– Has a goal and an assist in two games against Philadelphia this season.- Leads the Maple Leafs in points recorded on the road this season (6 goals, 7 assists).
Auston Matthews
– Eighth among NHL skaters in goals (16).- Tied for fifth among NHL skaters in even-strength goals (12).- Tied for 10th among NHL skaters in points (16-15-31).- One of nine NHL skaters with at least 100 shots on goal to this point of the season (104).- Has a pair of assists in two games against the Flyers this season.
Ilya Mikheyev
– Second among NHL skaters in shorthanded shots on goal (10).- Second among NHL rookies in shots on goal (68).- Leads NHL rookies and is tied for second on the Maple Leafs in even-strength points (4-13-17).
Jake Muzzin
– Tied for 10th among NHL defencemen in even-strength assists (9).- One of seven NHL defencemen and 18 NHL skaters to have registered at least 55 hits (61) and at least 50 shots on goal (58).
William Nylander
– Has a goal and an assist in two games against the Flyers this season.- Recorded 13 points (8 goals, 5 assists) in 14 games during the month of November.- Has notched eight primary assists, which is tied for third among Toronto skaters.
Morgan Rielly
– Tied for 11th among NHL defencemen in points (3-17-20).- Tied for sixth among NHL defencemen in even-strength points (3-12-15).- Tied for fourth among NHL defencemen in even-strength assists (12).- 11th among NHL skaters in TOI per game (24:51).- Tied for eighth among NHL skaters in shifts per game (28.8).- Has six assists in eight games against Metropolitan Division teams.
Jason Spezza
– Averaged the fourth-most points per game (0.89) among Toronto skaters during the month of November (3-5-8; 9 GP).- Averaging 3.1 points per 60 minutes of ice time this season.
John Tavares
– Has scored 19 career goals against the Flyers, which is tied for his third-highest goal total against a single opponent. – Has five points (2 goals, 3 assists) in five games against Metropolitan Division opposition this season.- Leads the Maple Leafs in faceoff wins (200). He is one of 36 NHLers to have won at least 200 faceoffs in 2019-20.- Leads the Maple Leafs in power play faceoffs won (53.8% – 42 won, 36 lost).
CURRENT POINT STREAKS
Kasperi Kapanen
Has assists (3) in three consecutive games and points (2-3-5) in four consecutive games.
John Tavares
Has goals (4) and points (4-2-6) in three consecutive games.
UPCOMING MILESTONES
Frederik Andersen
Three wins from 200 career NHL wins.
Morgan Rielly
Two games from 500 career NHL games.
RECENT MILESTONES
John Tavares
400th NHL assist (November 30 vs Buffalo)
INJURY REPORT
Mitch Marner (Ankle)
On injured reserve.
Trevor Moore (Shoulder)
On injured reserve.
Man Games Lost: 59
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
November 29
Loaned defenceman Martin Marincin to the Toronto Marlies (AHL).
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