Q. What’s the level of concern for the safety of some of your outfielders playing here and have you or the organization addressed this or mentioned this to Major League Baseball perhaps?
AJ HINCH: I went out on the field the other day I wanted the umpires to know that it was becoming a dangerous situation. Our guys have reported both in the bullpen and in the outfield, you could see the stuff thrown on the field. There’s no place for that. Both teams will agree. And it’s really hard to stop fans from doing that. But it’s also very dangerous. MLB is aware. We’re aware.

I will pull the team off the field if we get in that situation again where bottles are being thrown and balls are being thrown and it becomes unruly. There’s other ways to support your home team, and this place does as good a job as anybody to trying to police that while also trying to create an environment that’s all pro Yankees. It would be a very ugly scene for baseball, a very ugly seen for the Yankees, if one of our guys was hit by something from the upper deck. Something tragic could happen and nobody wants that.

Brett Gardner walks with bases loaded in 1st. 1-0 Yankees

George Springer hits three-run homer in 3rd. 3-1 Astros.

https://www.mlb.com/athletics/press-release/press-release-ed-sprague-promoted-to-director-of-player-development

Ed Sprague Promoted to Director of Player Development

Keith Lieppman to serve 50th season with A’s as Special Advisor to Player Development

• OAKLAND, Calif. – The Oakland A’s announced today that Ed Sprague has been promoted to Director of Player Development, and Keith Lieppman, who is entering his 50th season with the organization, will transition to Special Advisor to Player Development.

“The A’s are forever indebted to Keith for his leadership and his efforts on behalf of our Player Development department,” said A’s General Manager David Forst. “Keith has had an immeasurable role in every success our organization has had in the last five decades. He will remain very much involved in Player Development through this advisory role.”

“Ed Sprague brings to his new role as Director of Player Development a wealth of knowledge developed over his career as a player, coach, instructor, and administrator,” said Forst. “Ed takes the helm of a farm system that has produced Rookies of the Year, Cy Young Award winners, and MVPs in Oakland. We have confidence that, under his leadership, Player Development will continue that run of success.”

Entering his fifth season with the A’s, Sprague will transition from Assistant Director of Player Development & Coordinator of On-Field Analytics to Director of Player Development. He previously served the A’s as Instruction Coordinator from 2016-18. He will now oversee the development and evaluation of players throughout the A’s farm system, which consistently ranks among the best in the game. He will also coordinate field instruction for the entire minor league system.

Sprague previously served as head coach at the University of Pacific from 2004-15, during which time his teams posted an overall record of 250-406. During his tenure, 21 of his players were selected in the Major League Baseball Draft, with multiple players currently active in the professional ranks. He guided Pacific to one of the best seasons in program history in 2010, finishing with a 31-23 overall record that included a new program record of 31 victories over Division I opponents. In addition to his on-field success, he spearheaded the campaign to build an on-campus home field for the Tigers, with Klein Family Field opening on April 18, 2006.

After being drafted by Toronto in the first round of the 1988 draft out of Stanford, Sprague played 11 years in the Major Leagues with the Blue Jays, A’s, Pirates, Padres, Red Sox, and Mariners. He was an integral part of the Blue Jays teams that won back-to-back World Series in 1992-93 and was named a National League All-Star in 1999 with the Pirates.

Sprague and his wife Kristen reside in Lodi, Calif. They have four children: daughters Payton and Paris, and sons Jed and John.

Keith Lieppman will enter his 50th year with the A’s, including the last 28 years as Director of Player Development. Lieppman’s gilded reputation as one of baseball’s finest personnel executives was further amplified in 2010 when he received the Sheldon “Chief” Bender Award from Minor League Baseball for “distinguished service and being instrumental in player development” during his career.

Lieppman has managed at all levels of the A’s minor league system, beginning in Modesto in 1980 and most recently with the Triple-A Tacoma Tigers from 1985-87. He also managed the Licey Tigres of the Dominican Winter League in 1986. He began his baseball career in 1971 as a minor league player for the A’s.

Keith is a graduate of the University of Kansas with a degree in journalism. He resides in Prescott, Ariz., with his wife Corinne.

POSTSEASON W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO

2019: 0-2 8.38 2 2 9.2 12 9 9 1 11

CAREER: 3-6 4.58 13 13 76.2 72 42 39 16 70

LAST START – 2019 ALCS Game 1 vs. NYY: started Game 1 of the ALCS in Houston and took the loss despite tossing a quality start…gave up 3 runs on 7 hits (2 homers) over 6.0 innings pitched…struck out 6 with no walks…marked his most innings pitched in a postseason game since Game 5 of the 2015 NLDS vs. NYM (6.2IP)…suffered his 4th-consecutive losing decision in the postseason.

• took the ball in Game 1 of a postseason series for the 3rd time in his career…also Game 1 of the 2013 NLCS at STL and Game 1 of the 2011 NLCS vs. STL.

GREINKE IN THE POSTSEASON: the 6-time All-Star and former Cy Young Award winner is set to make his 14th-career start in the postseason, and his 3rd of the 2019 postseason.

• started Game 3 of the ALDS at TB and Game 1 of the ALCS vs. NYY.

• prior to 2019, all 11 of his postseason appearances had come as a member of the National League.

IN THE LCS: is starting his 6th career game in the League Championship Series…started Games 1 and 5 of the 2011 NLCS vs. STL while with the Brewers, and Games 1 and 5 of the 2013 NLCS vs. STL while with the Dodgers.

• has allowed 3 earned runs-or-fewer in each of his last 4 LCS starts (since 2011), going 1-2 with a 3.04 ERA (9ER/26.2IP) in those games.

RHP Masahiro Tanaka

2019 POSTSEASON: Is 2-0 with a 0.82 ERA (11.0IP, 1ER) in two postseason starts in 2019…earned the win in the Yankees’ 8-2 victory in ALDS Game 2 vs. Minnesota on 10/5 at Yankee Stadium (5.0IP, 3H, 1ER, 1BB, 7K, 1HP)…allowed his only run on an RBI single to Mitch Garver in the fourth.

CAREER POSTSEASON: In seven career postseason starts (two in 2019, one in 2018, three in 2017, one in 2015), is 5-2 with a 1.32 ERA (41.0IP, 21H, 6ER, 9BB, 36K, 3HR)… has the Majors’ second-lowest postseason ERA among starting pitchers (min. 7GS) since earned runs became an official stat in 1912, trailing only Sandy Koufax (0.95)… is fifth-lowest among all pitchers with at least 40.0IP, trailing Mariano Rivera (0.70), Koufax, Stephen Strasburg (1.10) and Christy Mathewson (1.13)…according to Elias, is the fi rst pitcher in Major League history to allow 2R-or-fewer in each of his first seven postseason starts, surpassing Sandy Koufax (first six starts from 1959-65)…has also allowed 4H-or-fewer in all seven.  Is the first pitcher to make a start in four consecutive Yankees postseasons since CC Sabathia started in four straight from 2009-12.  Has won each of his last four postseason starts (since 2017 ALCS Game 5), posting a 0.78 ERA (23.0IP, 2ER) in those games…is the fi rst Yankees pitcher to win four consecutive postseason starts since Andy Pettitte won four straight from 2009 ALCS Game 6 to 2010 ALDS Game 2…the last Yankees pitcher to win at least five consecutive postseason starts was Orlando Hernandez (1999 ALCS Game 5 to 2000 ALCS Game 6).  In three career ALCS starts (both against Houston), is 2-1 with a 0.95 ERA (19.0IP, 2ER) and 15K.  Earned the Yankees’ only win in the 2018 ALDS vs. Boston, allowing 1ER in 5.0IP (3H, 1BB, 4K, 1HR) in Game 2 at Fenway Park.  Was 2-1 with a 0.90 ERA (20.0IP, 10H, 2ER, 3BB, 18K, 0HR, 2WP) in three postseason starts in 2017…was the second-lowest ERA by a Yankees starter in a single postseason (min. 3GS), trailing only Waite Hoyt’s 0.00 ERA (27.0IP, 2R/0ER) in 1921…tossed 7.0 scoreless innings in both ALDS Game 3 vs. Cleveland and ALCS Game 5 vs. Houston…became the second Yankee to record two scoreless starts of at least 7.0IP within his fi rst four career postseason appearances (also Orlando Hernandez in 1998-99).  Took the loss in the 2015 AL Wild Card Game vs. Houston (5.0IP, 2ER).

Tanaka will make his eighth career postseason start in tonight’s ALCS Game 4 vs. Houston…the 30-year-old will pitch on regular four days’ rest…last started in ALCS Game 1 at Houston and earned the win, allowing only 1H over 6.0 shutout innings (1BB, 4K) )…went 11-9 in 32 games (31 starts) during the 2019 regular season, becoming the second pitcher in Yankees history to reach double-digit wins in each of his first six Major League seasons (also Andy Pettitte, who did it in each of his fi rst nine campaigns from 1995-2003)…is one of six pitchers with at least 10 wins in each of the last six seasons…is one of three pitchers in Yankees history to make at least 20 starts in each of his fi rst six Major League seasons, joining Fritz Peterson (first eight, 1966-73) and Andy Pettitte (first nine, 1995-2003)…the two-time AL All-Star (2014, ’19) earned the win in this year’s Midsummer Classic…is 75-43 (.636) in 164 career regular season games (163 starts), tied for the eighth-best winning percentage among active pitchers (min. 75 decisions)…his 4.74 career K/BB ratio (947K, 200BB) is the fourth-highest (min. 700.0IP) in the Modern Era (since 1900)…recorded his 900th career strikeout on 7/25 at Boston (J.D. Martinez swinging in the fourth)…has 174 career regular season wins between MLB (75) and NPB (99)…his 75 MLB wins are third-most among all Japan-born pitchers (Hideo Nomo-123, Hiroki Kuroda-79)…was acquired by the club via the posting system from the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Japan and signed to a seven-year contract on 1/22/14…his contract runs through the 2020 season.

October 17, 2019

Aaron Boone

New York, New York – pregame 4

Q. Hicks has only taken three at-bats in the postseason. Can you talk about a little bit what went into the decision of having him hit today.
AARON BOONE: Well, he started the other day and had an at-bat in Game 2. So I think he’s had maybe five or six now.

I just like what I’ve seen. I feel like it’s very Aaron Hicks type of bats, as far as controlling the strike zone and his normal discipline. And just like him up in that spot as a guy that can potentially get on base a bunch and create traffic there at the top of the order. And with having, again, three lefties in there tonight, just trying to keep the proper spacing as far as spacing our lefties and righties.

Q. Stanton was testing out his leg earlier today. What did he tell you? With him not being in the lineup, what does that mean going forward?
AARON BOONE: Today I feel like he was better. And probably for the first time, like, saw some improvement today. Whether he’s running at 60 percent or whatever, don’t feel like he’s ready to be an option in the field for us. I think there’s a possibility of that kind of DH role now. So it’s a little bit of a decision for me.

He certainly wants to be in there but I thought today overall was encouraging as far as taking a little bit of a step forward, and do feel like he’s more of an option now. And again, he’s an option off the bench for us certainly as a hitter.

Q. You’ve been very aggressive with your bullpen so far this postseason. Does the way you manage it change at all knowing that you could potentially be playing four straight games?
AARON BOONE: As I think I’ve said, we’ve got to get certainly some innings out of our starters, and feel like we have that capability with Masa and certainly Paxton tomorrow. So hopefully they’ll be able to give us some quality innings and set a good tone for us.

That said, we’re going to do all we can to win and our bullpen is still going to play a big role in that and feel like all those guys are ready and loaded to go.

Q. You have a number about of guys in your lineup that didn’t get to play a lot in September because of injuries. Are you seeing, do you think, in the postseason the challenge for some of those guys of trying to hit against some of the best pitching in baseball when you were not playing?
AARON BOONE: You know what, I feel like — so you’re asking about rust a little bit?

Q. Yeah, timing.
AARON BOONE: I don’t feel like that’s so much an issue. We’ve played six games now in the postseason. We’ve had four really good offensive games and two where with Verlander and Cole starts where we struggled to score runs, although had a fair amount of opportunities. So you know this time of year it’s going to be more difficult, especially when you’re up against an opponent that can pitch like the Astros.

But I feel like our guys are in a pretty good place and don’t feel like rust is playing a huge role in us being held down a little bit the last two games.

Q. A couple of the Astros players mentioned to us, everything they do takes on a different feel when Altuve is producing. Do you notice that in the opposing dugout? And what makes him so tough to deal with in the postseason?
AARON BOONE: I mean, he’s kind of an MVP candidate-caliber players, and they have a few of those guys. So their top of the order is a load and you know that you have to make quality pitches if you’re going to have a chance to hold them down.

And Jose is one of those guys that can certainly change the game with his bat-to-ball skills but also his power. That’s a factor if you make a mistake, as we saw in Game 3. So he’s somebody that you’ve obviously got to pitch carefully to and pitch smartly to and certainly be aware of.

Q. Paxton was in here and he said that looking at video, whatever you guys did, he felt that wasn’t tipping pitches in his first outing. What’s the process of that and what do you guys look for to see if he was or he wasn’t?
AARON BOONE: It’s just part of something we do all season long. We’re confident that we’re buttoned up in a lot of ways and I’m not really — I really don’t think it’s much of an issue.

Q. When you say that Giancarlo is an option on the bench. Are there situations that you already have in mind where that would come into play? Obviously to use him in the field, it’s a two-person change at that point.
AARON BOONE: Yeah, there’s a couple of scenarios where I could envision him playing a role, absolutely, yeah.

Q. This is the first time that you’re trailing in a series in the postseason. How do you expect your ball club to respond?
AARON BOONE: Well, we’ve got a tough group, a focused group, and a group that I feel like all season long whatever we’ve been going through in the course of the year has been really good at rolling with whatever happened previously and coming in as a new day with that right kind of edge and focus and hunger. That’s what I’ve loved about this team all year, and we get a chance to hopefully answer that again tonight.

Q. I know you’ve been getting asked the last couple of days a lot about tipping and signals and whatnot, and your response has been it’s part of the game, you guys stay on top of it. Are there boundaries to how that kind of information is shared when teams pick up on that kind of thing?
AARON BOONE: Sure, there’s boundaries. Yeah. We could have a conversation for days on that. So, yeah, there’s boundaries. There’s things you’re not allowed to do and things that are perfectly within the context of the game. So, yeah.

Q. When you say Stanton may be available going forward in the DH and not the outfield, is it because there’s some quick stops and different types of turns in the outfield because you have to run both? Why could he hit and not play outfield?
AARON BOONE: I think outfield is still potentially in play moving forward, not yet. I would not feel great about throwing him out there yet in the outfield, and especially here in a big left field. When we get to Houston, temperature control, obviously a smaller left field, that may change a little bit.

But I think you’re talking about a defensive position where you’ve got to be able to move and make plays whereas offensively you’re banking more on the bat and the quality of the at-bat and the ability to kind of hopefully run in a controlled manner and you know what that’s going to look like. Whereas in the outfield, you’ve got to go catch a ball or make a play and you’re going to be limited and I think that’s a little bit different.

Q. With all the anticipation going into the series, through three games, has it played out as you expected or has anything surprised you from what you’ve seen so far from either team?
AARON BOONE: I was hoping we’d be up at this point. But, yeah, I think it’s been — we had a really good first game where we took control. Obviously a little bit of a back-and-forth kind of pitcher’s battle, extra innings in Game 2 and then they got an early lead and were able to hold on to it in Game 3.

I think we all anticipate this being a tough series that could kind of go either way. So far they’ve got the upper hand that hopefully we can even things up tonight.

Yeah, I guess so.

FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports

Stanton still out for Yankees.

“I’d like to have a defined role on the team. I’ve really liked coming out of the bullpen this season. I always liked being a starter, but I’ve been a little more comfortable coming in out of the bullpen.” — Thomas Pannone. 

https://www.mlb.com/news/blue-jays-thomas-pannone-aims-to-improve

HEAD COACH MIKE BABCOCK

On penalty trouble making it hard to create an ice time rhythm tonight:

Well, obviously some guys are freezing and some guys are going to get killed. I thought tonight, like you said, we started good, I thought we were set up good, I thought we were playing well. We had a couple of sort out problems at the start of the second period, we took penalties, we knocked the one over the glass and then we spent the rest of the night chasing the game. I thought we tried to crawl our way back into the game. I overplayed guys in the third; you’re chasing the game and, in the end, you didn’t have enough to get it done. It’s disappointing because we felt we were set up pretty good, but the bottom line is we’ve got to find a way to play better in these back-to-backs.

On evaluating a goaltending performance with those breakdowns in mind:

I haven’t had a chance to go through the whole thing. We’ll look at it closely on the flight. The bottom line is we’ve got to do a better job of keeping it out of our net. A couple of the sort outs in our own D-zone – I mean, it’s one thing if they’ve made a play that’s unbelievable but if you’re not standing next to the guy, that’s on you. I thought we had done a real good job tonight on the penalty kill, to tell you the truth. I thought our penalty kill was really good – we gave up the one 5-on-3. It’s not good enough. You’ve got to find a way each and every night and you need different people to do it each and every night and you can’t give up as many goals on the back-to-back. That’s 10 goals in two games back-to-back. Can’t do it.

On how Mikheyev fared in an opportunity to play alongside Tavares:

I mean, obviously, we were trying to get that line to go, right? I’m moving guys around all the time; I don’t know how great that is either. I thought he had great legs and was flying. That line – the Kerfoot line – was never getting on the ice together because those two guys were penalty killing and then I’d come back and I’d get Matthews and Tavares going after the penalty kill. I just figured this was a better opportunity to get him more ice time.

On Kapanen’s performance tonight:

I thought Kappy was good, I thought that line was great. They just never got to play because of special teams. I thought Kappy skated real good. Obviously, the penalty kill goal was important for us – got momentum, got us rolling after that. He’s been good, positive for us.

On the opportunity to face Boston this weekend:

It’ll be fun for us. What’s interesting is in the League it doesn’t matter who you play every night, as you can see, there’s nothing to pick between the teams. Night after night you’re in a real grind. Obviously, we have a history with Boston, they’ve eliminated us from the playoffs two years in a row. That’ll be fun. Getting the day off tomorrow is important for our group too, but we’ve got to get back at ‘er. We think there’s a whole other level for our group and we’ve got to keep getting better.

On how challenging it is to have four back-to-backs in October:

If you just do the math in the League, you’ve got someone who can do that, you can figure out the winning percentage. It’s about 29 percent. So, it’s real, but it’s not as big as it is – it’s a bigger deal at the start than it is later if that makes any sense. When you get used to it, you get more in rhythm. We can’t worry about the schedule; we’ve got to worry about the game we’re playing and we’ve got to play right.

MICHAEL HUTCHINSON (28 SAVES)

On how close he came to stopping the Capitals’ first goal:

Yeah, I got a piece of it but not enough. He made a good play and I was a little bit late making the read. Carlson was kind of looking up the ice. I thought he was going to hit the trailer coming in so that was kind of my first read, and when he threw the puck across, I was a little bit late getting there. Got a piece of it but not enough. An unfortunate bounce in the game.

On the second period:

They had a good push at the start and I think we recovered well from it. We were able to stop them, and I thought the second half of the second period we took it to them. It’s one of those things when the other teams have offensive players, and you can bet those offensive players are going to push at some point in the game. It’s just unfortunate there that they buried their chances on their push.

On how he felt about his night:

You’re never happy when you lose a game or let in four goals, but they made some good plays and we had an unfortunate hitting-the-puck-over-the-glass penalty to give them a 5-on-3, which, when they have that firepower, you’re in for a challenge. On all four goals, as a goalie, there’s always something you’d like to do differently or something you’d like to have back. That’s just the nature of the position but I thought, for myself, after the fourth goal I really battled and tried to give the team a chance, I didn’t want to let in that fifth. With the offensive power we have on our team, if you can stop it and make some big saves and give the team a chance to keep it within two goals, we have a really good chance of coming back.

MORGAN RIELLY (27:44 TOI)

On tonight’s game:

I thought we started well. Obviously, that’s a position that we want to be in and I thought that, if you look back at the game, there’s a 10- or 12-minute span where we didn’t play our best and they capitalized, and that made a big difference.

On what changed in the second period:

I don’t know. I’ll have to go back and look at it. That’s obviously the period of time that I’m talking about. Obviously, took some penalties and they capitalized and they got some 5-on-5 too so there’s really no excuse. When you look back at what went wrong, that’ll be an area of focus.

On the team’s late comeback attempt:

I thought, all-in-all, there was periods of time where we played well. I thought the compete at the end there, to come within one, is good but obviously not the position we want to in. Like I said, a big portion of the game was decided during that 12 minutes where we didn’t play our best. They made the most of it.

JOHN TAVARES (1 GOAL)

On giving up three goals in 1:18 in the second period:

I think the first part of the second wasn’t great and the amount of times we were shorthanded doesn’t help against their shooters, especially on a 5-on-3. I thought it was tough giving up the goal, looking back on that first goal, we had an overall pretty good first period other than maybe just being a little careless at times, but we had some good zone time and got some good pucks on net, obviously built a good lead. Disappointing with the way we were able to jump out with that kind of start. I thought we stayed with it though, even after we got down. We just kept working and we had chances. I thought they blocked a lot of shots. We got a lot of decent looks, I thought, some good looks from the interior and they blocked a lot of shots. Only had the one powerplay. We had a chance at the end.

On the biggest difference in the second period:

It just seemed like it was a couple breakdowns. They executed on them, and then the powerplays. It was 5-1 tonight. That’s tough, especially on a back-to-back, having to use all that energy against a team like that, that’s really strong playing their game with the type of skill and shooters they have. LM[Draft]

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (4-3-1 – 9 Points) 3 vs. WASHINGTON CAPITALS (4-2-2 – 10 Points) 4.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2019

1 2 3 OT FINAL

TORONTO 2 0 1 – 3 WASHINGTON 1 3 0 – 4

GAME SUMMARY | EVENT SUMMARY | FACEOFF SUMMARY

ON THE SCORESHEET

• Kasperi Kapanen opened the scoring for the Maple Leafs with a shorthanded goal at 4:37 of the first period and later had the primary assist on Ilya Mikheyev’s first period goal. Kapanen’s shorthanded goal is Toronto’s first shorthanded marker of the season. He has four career shorthanded goals. Tonight’s game is Kapanen’s first multi-point game of the season and the 13th multi-point game of his career.
• – Ilya Mikheyev scored the second Toronto goal of the game at 10:58 of the first period. Mikheyev has three points (2-1-3) over his last three games. He is tied for second among NHL rookies in goals scored (3).
• – John Tavares scored the third Maple Leafs goal of the night at 17:27 of the third period. Tavares has goals (2) in two consecutive games and points (3-1-4) in four consecutive games. He has three points (1-2-3) in two games against Metropolitan Division opponents this season.
• – Trevor Moore registered the primary assist on Kapanen’s first period goal. The assist is Moore’s first career shorthanded point. He has two points (1-1-2) over his last three games.
• – Justin Holl had the secondary assist on Mikheyev’s first period goal. Holl has two assists in his six games played in 2019-20.
• – Jake Muzzin had the lone assist on Tavares’ third period goal. Muzzin has three points (1-2-3) over his last three games. He has three points (1-2-3) in three road games this season.
• – Michael Hutchinson stopped 28 shots in the loss.
  SHOTS ON GOAL (5-on-5 in brackets)
  1st 2nd 3rd OT TOTAL
• TORONTO 11 (10) 8 (7) 13 (10) – 32 (27)
• WASHINGTON 12 (12) 12 (8) 8 (7) – 32 (27)

SHOT ATTEMPTS (5-on-5 in brackets)

1st 2nd 3rd OT TOTAL

TORONTO 19 (18) 24 (23) 25 (17) – 68 (58)

WASHINGTON 29 (28) 23 (17) 12 (10) – 64 (55)

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

• The Maple Leafs are 2-1-0 on the road this season. – Toronto’s all-time record is 63-71-10-4 in 148 games against the Capitals and 25-44-4-3 in 76 games played on the road. – Toronto is 3-2-1 against the Eastern Conference this season and 1-1-0 against the Metropolitan Division.
  MAPLE LEAFS LEADERS
  Shots 5 (Mikheyev)
  Shot Attempts 9 (Mikheyev)
  Faceoff Wins 9 (Gauthier)
  Faceoff Win Percentage 82% (Gauthier – 9 won, 2 lost)
  Hits 2 (Muzzin, Timashov)
  Blocked Shots 5 (Ceci)
  Takeaways 2 (Muzzin)
  TOI 27:28 (Rielly)
  Power Play TOI 1:39 (Five players tied)
  Shorthanded TOI 4:41 (Muzzin)
  Shifts 33 (Rielly)
  5-on-5 Shot Attempt Percentage 61.9% (Muzzin – 26 for, 16 against)

RECORD WHEN…

• The Maple Leafs were 4-for-5 on the penalty kill and 0-for-1 on the power play tonight. Toronto is 1-11 when allowing one power play goal this season and 1-2-0 when not scoring a power play goal.
• . – Toronto is 1-1-0 when scoring the first goal of the game.
• – The Maple Leafs are 1-1-1 when leading after one period and 0-2-0 when trailing after two periods.
• – Toronto is 1-1-0 when even in shots with their opponent.
• – The Maple Leafs are 1-1-0 in Wednesday games.

OF NOTE…

• Tyson Barrie and Jake Muzzin were each on the ice for a team-high 26 Toronto shot attempts-for at 5-on-5. Barrie finished the game with a 5-on-5 shot attempt percentage of 59.1 percent (26 for, 18 against), while Muzzin finished the game with a team-high 5-on-5 shot attempt percentage of 61.9 percent (26 for, 16 against).
• – Frederik Gauthier was 8-for-8 (100%) in the faceoff circle when taking defensive zone draws. – Nick Shore won 70 percent (7 won, 3 lost) of his defensive zone faceoffs.
  UPCOMING GAMES:
• Saturday, October 19, 7:00 p.m. vs. Boston Bruins (Sportsnet, FAN 590)
• – Monday, October 21, 7:00 p.m. vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (Sportsnet Ontario, FAN 590)
• – Tuesday, October 22, 7:00 p.m. at Boston Bruins (TSN4, TSN 1050)
• – Friday, October 25, 7:00 p.m. vs. San Jose Sharks (Sportsnet Ontario, FAN 590)
• – Saturday, October 26, 7:00 p.m. at Montreal Canadiens (Sportsnet, TSN 1050)
  

Capitals defenceman Jonas Siegenthaler (upper body) and forward Richard Panik (upper body) will not return and will be re-evaluated tomorrow.