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Maple Leafs – Flames pregame notes

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (4-2-0 – 8 Points) vs.

CALGARY FLAMES (2-0-1 – 5 Points)

JANUARY 24, 2021 ▪ 4:00 PM EST

SCOTIABANK SADDLEDOME (CALGARY, AB) ▪
TV: SPORTSNET ONTARIO ▪ RADIO: FAN 590

MAPLE LEAFS HISTORY versus CALGARY

ALL-TIME RECORD:61-60-12-5 (138 Games)
ALL-TIME ON THE ROAD:25-41-5-2 (73 Games)
2019-20:0-1-1
LAST FIVE:2-2-1
LAST 10:5-4-1

MAPLE LEAFS CAREER LEADERS versus CALGARY

GAMES PLAYED:Joe Thornton (66), Jake Muzzin (31), Wayne Simmonds (25)
GOALS:Joe Thornton (11), John Tavares (8), Wayne Simmonds (5)
ASSISTS:Joe Thornton (44), Jake Muzzin (15), John Tavares (11)
POINTS:Joe Thornton (55), John Tavares (19), Jake Muzzin (17)
PENALTY MINUTES:Joe Thornton (31), Wayne Simmonds (21), Jake Muzzin (14)

MAPLE LEAFS – FLAMES TEAM STATS

 TORONTOCALGARY
GOALS FOR (Rank):19 (t-3rd)11 (t-22nd)
GOALS AGAINST (Rank):       17 (t-20th)6 (t-2nd)
POWER PLAY [%] (Rank):8/18 [44.4%] (2nd)6/16 [37.5%] (t-5th)
PENALTY KILL [%] (Rank):18/22 [81.8%] (15th)11/12 [91.7%] (4th)
SHOTS (Rank):190 (4th)93 (29th)
5-on-5 SHOT ATTEMPTS FOR (Rank):272 (3rd)113 (t-28th)
5-on-5 SHOT ATTEMPT % (Rank):56.2% (3rd)52.2% (11th)
FACEOFF % (Rank):58.2% (1st)45.7% (25th)

MAPLE LEAFS – FLAMES NOTES

First Matchup between Clubs:Nov. 5, 1972 (Toronto 2, Atlanta 2)
All-Time Record:61-60-12-5 (138 Games)
All-Time Record at Home:36-19-7-3 (65 Games)
All-Time Record on the Road:25-41-5-2 (73 Games)
Last Win vs. Opponent on the Road:March 4, 2019 (Toronto 6, Calgary 2)
  

MAPLE LEAFS LEADERS

CATEGORYLEADER
GOALS4 (Marner, Tavares)
ASSISTS5 (Nylander)
POINTS8 (Marner)
POWER PLAY POINTS5 (Tavares)
SHORTHANDED POINTSN/A
PIMs15 (Simmonds)
SHOTS27 (Matthews)
FACEOFF WIN%100% (Marner, Mikheyev)
5-on-5 SHOT ATTEMPT %66.3% (Thornton, Vesey)
BLOCKED SHOTS12 (Holl)
TAKEAWAYS5 (Nylander)
HITS14 (Hyman)
TOI PER GAME24:27 (Rielly)
PP TOI PER GAME3:32 (Matthews)
SH TOI PER GAME3:54 (Holl)

MAPLE LEAFS PLAYER NOTES

Frederik Andersen– Ranks fourth among NHL goaltenders in saves made (123).- Has an 8-2-2 record with a 2.44 goals-against average and a .918 save percentage in 14 career games against Calgary.  – Earned his 139th win as a Maple Leaf on January 22 vs. Edmonton to move past Curtis Joseph for fourth on the Maple Leafs’ all-time goaltender win register.
TJ Brodie– Averaging 17:55 in even-strength ice time, which ranks second among Toronto defencemen.- Averages 2:40 per game in shorthanded ice time, which ranks third among Maple Leafs defencemen.- Ranks third among Maple Leafs in blocked shots (8).
Jack Campbell– Is 2-2-0 in five career appearances against the Flames with a 1.92 goals-against average and a .944 save percentage.
Justin Holl– Leads NHL defencemen who average at least 15 minutes of 5-on-5 ice time (16:34) with a shot attempt percentage of 62.5%.- Averaging 21:15 per game in ice time after averaging 18:31 per game in 2019-20.- Ranks eighth among right-handed NHL defencemen in shorthanded ice time per game (3:54).
Zach Hyman–  Leads Maple Leafs forwards in shorthanded ice time per game (3:00).- Has the highest on-ice goals for percentage (57.1%) among Toronto forwards.- One of nine forwards in the NHL to start average over 12:00 minutes per game (13:57) of shorthanded ice time and start fewer than 35% of his 5-on-5 shifts in the offensive zone (33.9%), while having a 5-on-5 shot attempt percentage above 50% (51.9%).
Alex Kerfoot– Tied for fourth among Toronto forwards in points per 60 minutes of ice time (1.72).- Leads the Maple Leafs in penalties drawn (3).- Has won 63.6% (7 won, 4 lost) of his offensive zone faceoffs.
Mitch Marner– Tied for second among NHLers in points (4-4-8).- Leads NHL forwards in time on ice per game (24:07).- Tied for sixth among NHL skaters in even-strength points (4-1-5). – Has a 5-on-5 shot attempt percentage of 55.9%. 
Auston Matthews– Averaging 23:24 in time on ice per game, which ranks fourth among NHL forwards.- Ranks third among Maple Leafs in 5-on-5 shot attempt percentage (65.7%).- Ranks second in the NHL in shots on goal (27).- Has won the ninth-most faceoffs in the NHL (55).
Ilya Mikheyev– Ranks third among Maple Leafs forwards in shorthanded ice time per game (2:20).- Has an average of 21.5 shot attempts per 60 minutes of shorthanded ice time, which ranks sixth among NHL forwards who have played at least 10 minutes on the penalty kill.  
Jake Muzzin– Ranks 22nd among NHL skaters in shorthanded ice time per game (3:50).- Is 23rd among NHL defencemen in shot attempts per 60 minutes of ice time (14.02).- Has the 16th highest 5-on-5 shot attempt percentage (60.5%) among NHL defencemen.
William Nylander– Has the highest points per 60 minutes at 5-on-5 (2.25) among Toronto skaters.- Has a 5-on-5 shot attempt percentage of 63.7%, which is the fourth-highest percentage among Maple Leafs forwards.- Has recorded six points against the Flames (two goals, four assists) in eight career games against Calgary.
Morgan Rielly– Ranks 17th among NHLers who have appeared in multiple games in average time on ice (24:27).- Has been on the ice for the eighth-most shot attempts for among NHL skaters (100).- Has the seventh highest 5-on-5 shot attempt percentage (51.5%) among NHLers who average at least 19:00 (19:42) per game in 5-on-5 ice time.
John Tavares– Tied for eighth in the NHL in points (4-3-7).- Leads the NHL in power play goals (4).- Tied for third among NHL centres in shots on goal (22).- Has the third-highest faceoff win percentage (64.7%) among NHLers who have taken at least 75 faceoffs (85).
Jimmy Vesey– Has a 5-on-5 shot attempt percentage of 75% when the Maple Leafs lead in games, which is the highest percentage on the team.
  

CURRENT POINT STREAKS

TJ BrodieAssists (2) in two consecutive games.
  

UPCOMING MILESTONES

Zach BogosianFour points from 200 NHL points
Mitch MarnerOne point from 300 NHL points
Wayne SimmondsOne point from 500 NHL points
  

RECENT MILESTONES

Adam BrooksFirst NHL goal (Jan. 22 vs. EDM)
Mikko LehtonenFirst NHL game (Jan. 18 vs. WPG)
  

INJURY REPORT

Auston Matthews (Upper Body)Did not play on Jan. 22 vs. EDM.
Nick Robertson (Knee)On long term injured reserve.
Joe Thornton (Rib)On long term injured reserve.
 Man Games Lost: 4
  

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

Jan. 24Added forward Travis Boyd to roster.
Jan. 23Placed forward Joe Thornton on long term injured reserve.
Jan. 21Placed forward Nick Robertson on long term injured reserve. Added forward Joey Anderson to the taxi squad.
Jan. 19Loaned forward Travis Boyd to the Toronto Marlies (AHL).
Jan. 18Recalled defenceman Mikko Lehtonen from the club’s taxi squad. Added goaltender Michael Hutchinson to the club’s taxi squad. Goaltender Aaron Dell claimed off waivers by New Jersey.
Jan. 17Added forward Pierre Engvall to the club’s taxi squad.

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Four days earlier Calgary fans were quite enjoying the contrast between the booted-out-of-their-own-bubble Oilers and the surprisingly fabulous Flames being led by former Edmonton goaltender Cam Talbot.

Calgary was 15 seconds away from taking a three-games-to-one series lead over the Dallas Stars when they ended up in overtime and lost the game.

Thursday, the Flames became the first team in the history of the Stanley Cup playoffs to be ahead by three goals and then behind by four in the same game.

From Calgary’s trip to the final in 2004 to defeating Vancouver in the opening round in 2015, it was a steady stream of one-and-done for the Flameouts. In 2016, the Flames missed the playoffs. They were swept by Anaheim in 2017, missed again in 2018 and were out in five to Colorado last year.

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A Calgary woman posted on Facebook of her interaction with someone who worked for Giordano, indicating that he’d like to buy her groceries at Walmart; something he and his wife had been doing to help out the community.

In her post, the woman said her grocery bill came to $430.

“I am in still (sic) shock what just happened,” she wrote on Facebook.

Flames general manager Brad Treliving confirmed the Giordanos gesture, which exemplifies the captain’s leadership and his better half’s selfless nature.

“They are unbelievable,” Treliving said. “The last thing he’s going to do is publicize that. Paying for groceries is just one of the things he’s done in the last six weeks to help this community. He’s not going to blow his own horn — I’ll blow it for him. They’ve been active in finding out — and Lauren’s been unbelievable — the needs people have. Someone was looking for a computer so they went out and got them one and delivered it. They’ve done unbelievable work. And he’s never going to tell you about it.

“But he just gets it.”

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FLAMES 2, MAPLE LEAFS 1 (SO)– What the Leafs said: “You’ve just to tip your hat to (David Rittich). He made some unbelievable saves early in the game and then I think we were kind of flat there in the second a bit. In the third, we had, obviously, lots of really good chances. … Obviously, we would have loved to get the two points. We clawed our way back and got it to overtime and grabbed one. Definitely a game that could have gone the other way.” –AUSTON MATTHEWS.

HEAD COACH SHELDON KEEFE

On tonight’s game:

I thought that it was a pretty even game all the way through. The scoreboard reflected that. I liked the way we found a way to tie the game, that’s a big point for us down in the third period, a big power play goal, we really needed it. We could have used one in the second there or earlier in the game but obviously we’ll take that. We generated a number of chances that, on another night, are going to go in for us. Their goaltender was very good, some of the luck didn’t go our way. Sometimes these things are going to happen. I liked, though, that within all that, we didn’t lose our defensive structure very often and then there’s some things we’d like to do a little bit better job of in our own zone. But for the most part I thought it was pretty solid effort for us defensively and we just couldn’t get one to go in for us there.

On tonight’s goaltenders both being selected for the All-Star Game:

Yeah, I think that was on display here today, for sure. I guess that’s the way that it works out because if the two goalies go head-to-head you end up with a low scoring affair. So, it works out that way. As I said, I thought we had a number of really good chances that their guy made real good on and also there’s a few of ours were just pucks rolling on us or just bouncing over our stick. As I say, these things are going to happen every now and again.

On the challenge of starting overtime with a long defensive zone shift:

Well, it makes it so some of your best guys early on there are pretty tired and don’t get to touch the puck. That’s really it. It was we didn’t get the puck; we lost the draw and they didn’t give it up. They did a good job of retaining it. When they did get a look or two, they got it back quickly. So they just made it hard on us. After that we got through it and things were pretty even, I thought, after.

On the decision to put Johnsson on Matthews’ wing:

I just didn’t feel like we had much going. I thought today was, for the Matthews line, the one day it didn’t seem like much was really happening. I just tried to change the chemistry a little bit and tried to get some different looks. That’s really it.

On if he saw some jump from Johnsson as he’s making his way back from injury:

I did at times, yeah. I also saw it was very apparent that he’s behind her in terms of his conditioning and such. His shifts are real short, he gathers his energy and goes out and has bursts, but then he’s pretty gassed after that. I saw him a number of times coming back to the bench tired so that’s something he’s going to have to work his way though and we’ll help him do that, but I did think he made some plays at good times there. He put [Matthews] in a really good spot to get one for us there off the stick of Mango but it didn’t fall. That was nice to see him start to come.

FREDERIK ANDERSEN (31 SAVES)

On tonight’s game:

Yeah, it was a really fun game to be a part of. I thought both teams played well and he made some good saves to keep it at one. Unfortunately, we couldn’t get another one.

On the team sticking with it despite not scoring:

I thought we started really well. We didn’t get much in the beginning and we just kept playing the right way and playing through our process. We get rewarded to tie things up in the third and it’s too bad we didn’t get the extra point.

AUSTON MATTHEWS (12 SHOT ATTEMPTS)

On David Rittich as the difference tonight:

Absolutely. You’ve just to tip your hat to him. He made some unbelievable saves early in the game and then I think we were kind of flat there in the second a bit. In the third we had, obviously, lots of really good chances. He made some really unbelievable saves. So you’ve got to tip your hat to him. Obviously, we would have loved to get the two points. We clawed our way back and got it to overtime and grabbed one. Definitely a game that could have gone the other way.

On being stopped on a 2-on-1 opportunity in the third period:

That’s all I saw. Just tried to shoot it and get it up over his pad or his blocker. He made a really good save.

On evidence that tonight’s goaltenders are worthy of their all-star nods:

Yeah, I don’t want to keep repeating myself, but he had a great game, he made some really good saves that kept them in the game that allowed the game to go to overtime, especially at the end of the third period.

WILLIAM NYLANDER (1 GOAL)

On the play of David Rittich:

I think he was patient. He had a great game and I think he was feeling good about his game today. He did a great job.

On what he liked most about the team’s game tonight:

I think we were creating a lot of chances. Their goalie stood on his head and when that happens you’ve got to be happy with the way we played and take that away from this game.

On his power play goal:

Well I think we got moving around. I think as we got more power plays, we kind of got a feel for what they were doing, and we got an open area there and were able to put it in.

JOHN TAVARES (1 ASSIST)

On a competitive match from start to finish:

Yeah it was a tight hockey game. They defend well and their D do a really good job around their net, breaking out of their end, being a crucial part, I think, of their overall game. There are going to be some nights where you’re going to have to make some adjustments and continue to work and stay with it to find solutions. Obviously, we had a few power plays tonight and would have been nice to get one more, but we got one to get ourselves to overtime. It was just one of those nights where it seemed like the puck was bouncing a lot too. Just tried to stay with it, get good opportunities and get to the interior and it obviously came down to the shootout and we just weren’t able to find the next one.

On the play of David Rittich:

I thought he was reading the play extremely well. He made a couple of really good cross-crease, cross-ice passes. Just was tracking the puck and squaring up on a lot of good looks that he made look easy and he wasn’t making it easy for us to beat him tonight. He played well. Obviously, we would have liked to get more on the interior but it was a tight game and just weren’t able to find it.

FLAMES 2, MAPLE LEAFS 1 (SO): John Tavares registered the primary assist on William Nylander’s third-period goal. Tavares has points (2-3-5) in three consecutive games. He has registered a goal and two assists in two games against the Flames this season.

CALGARY FLAMES (26-18-5 – 57 Points) vs.

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (25-16-7 – 57 Points)

THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2020

 123OTSOFINAL
CALGARY010011
TORONTO001001

GAME SUMMARY         |           EVENT SUMMARY        |           FACEOFF SUMMARY


ON THE SCORESHEET

  • William Nylander put the Maple Leafs on the board with a power play goal at 8:35 of the third period. Nylander has points (2-2-4) in two consecutive games. He has 15 points (8 goals, 7 assists) in 19 games against Western Conference opponents. He has registered seven points (4-3-7) in seven games during the month of January.
  • John Tavares registered the primary assist on Nylander’s third period goal. Tavares has points (2-3-5) in three consecutive games. He has registered a goal and two assists in two games against the Flames in 2019-20. In nine games against Pacific Division opposition, he has recorded eight points (4-4-8).
  • Tyson Barrie collected the secondary assist on Nylander’s third period goal. Barrie is tied for the lead among Maple Leafs defencemen in power play assists and leads Toronto defencemen in power play points (1-7-8). His 18 points (2 goals, 16 assists) in 24 career games against the Flames mark his fourth-highest point total against a single opponent.
  • Frederik Andersen stopped 31 shots between regulation and overtime in the shootout loss.

IN THE SHOOTOUT

  • Jason Spezza: Stopped (2019-20: 2/3)
  • Auston Matthews: Stopped (2019-20: 1/5)
  • Mitch Marner: Stopped (2019-20: 0/4)
  • Frederik Andersen: 1/2 (2019-20: 13/19)

SHOTS ON GOAL (5-on-5 in brackets).

 1st2nd3rdOTTOTAL
CALGARY9 (8)12 (11)7 (4)4 (0)32 (23)
TORONTO10 (9)14 (10)9 (7)3 (0)36 (26)
      

SHOT ATTEMPTS (5-on-5 in brackets)

 1st2nd3rdOTTOTAL
CALGARY20 (16)17 (16)14 (9)5 (0)56 (41)
TORONTO21 (19)31 (22)14 (11)4 (0)70 (52)

NO PLACE LIKE HOME

Record at Home12-5-7 (24 Games)
All-Time Record vs. Calgary61-60-12-5 (138 Games)
All-Time Record vs. Calgary at Home36-19-7-3 (65 Games)
Record vs. Western Conference11-6-2 (19 Games)
Record vs. Pacific Division6-3-1 (10 Games)
Attendance19,462

MAPLE LEAFS LEADERS

Shots9 (Matthews)
Shot Attempts12 (Matthews)
Faceoff Wins12 (Tavares)
Faceoff Win Percentage100% (Spezza – 3 won, 0 lost)
Hits4 (Sandin)
Blocked Shots4 (Barrie)
Takeaways4 (Tavares)
TOI26:23 (Tavares)
Power Play TOI6:03 (Barrie)
Shorthanded TOI2:17 (Ceci)
Shifts27 (Marner)
5-on-5 Shot Attempt Percentage65.2% (Nylander, Tavares – 19 for, 8 against)
  

RECORD WHEN…

Opponent scores first8-13-6
Tied after 19-5-3
Trail after 22-10-4
Score one power play goal9-4-4
Do not allow a power play goal12-5-3
Outshooting opponent12-6-3
Shootout1-4
Thursday3-2-1

OF NOTE…

  • The Maple Leafs went 2-for-2 on the penalty kill and 1-for-4 on the power play tonight.
  • Frederik Gauthier and Dmytro Timashov started 33.3 percent of his 5-on-5 shifts, which was the lowest mark among Toronto skaters.
  • Justin Holl was on the ice for a team-high 25 Toronto shot attempts-for at 5-on-5 tonight. Dermott finished the game with a 5-on-5 shot attempt percentage of 64.1 percent (25 for, 14 against).
  • Alex Kerfoot skated in his 200th NHL game.
  • John Tavares won 100 percent (5 won, 0 lost) of his defensive zone faceoffs.

UPCOMING GAMES:

  • Saturday, January 18, 7:00 p.m. vs. Chicago Blackhawks (Sportsnet, FAN 590)
  • Monday, January 27, 8:00 p.m. at Nashville Predators (TSN4, TSN 1050)
  • Wednesday, January 29, 7:30 p.m. at Dallas Stars (Sportsnet, FAN 590)
  • Saturday, February 1, 7:00 p.m. vs. Ottawa Senators (Sportsnet, TSN 1050)
  • Monday, February 3, 7:00 p.m. vs. Florida Panthers (TSN4, FAN 590)

FLAMES AT MAPLE LEAFS PREGAME NOTES: Mitch Marner has nine multi-assist games, tied for the seventh in the NHL. – Averaging 1.28 points per game, 10th among NHLers who have played in at least 30 games.- Averaging 1.38 primary assists per 60 minutes of ice time at 5-on-5, fourth among NHLers who have appeared in at least 30 games.- Tied for 10th in primary assists (21). His 21 primary assists are tied for the most among NHLers who have appeared in fewer than 40 games.- 15th among NHL forwards in shifts per game (24.9).

CALGARY FLAMES (25-18-5 – 55 Points) vs.

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (25-16-6 – 56 Points)

JANUARY 16, 2020 ▪ 7:00 PM EST

SCOTIABANK ARENA (TORONTO, ON) ▪
TV: TSN4 ▪ RADIO: SPORTSNET 590 THE FAN

MAPLE LEAFS HISTORY versus CALGARY

ALL-TIME RECORD:61-60-12-4 (137 Games)
ALL-TIME AT HOME:36-19-7-2 (64 Games)
2019-20:0-1-0
LAST FIVE:3-2-0
LAST 10:5-5-0

MAPLE LEAFS CAREER LEADERS versus CALGARY

GAMES PLAYED:Jake Muzzin (31), Jason Spezza (27), Tyson Barrie (23)
GOALS:John Tavares (8), Jason Spezza (6), Zach Hyman (4)
ASSISTS:Jake Muzzin (15), Tyson Barrie (15), John Tavares (10)
POINTS:John Tavares (18), Jake Muzzin (17), Tyson Barrie (17)
PENALTY MINUTES:Jason Spezza (33), Jake Muzzin (14), Tyson Barrie (6), Morgan Rielly (6)

MAPLE LEAFS – FLAMES TEAM STATS

 TORONTOCALGARY
GOALS FOR (Rank):172 (1st)127 (t-23rd)
GOALS AGAINST (Rank):       154 (t-26th)141 (14th)
POWER PLAY [%] (Rank):31/129 [24.0%] (5th)27/141 [19.1%] (21st)
PENALTY KILL [%] (Rank):103/136 [75.7%] (t-25th)124/149 [83.2%] (4th)
SHOTS (Rank):1581 (4th)1495 (t-14th)
5-on-5 SHOT ATTEMPTS FOR (Rank):2379 (3rd)2255 (29th)
5-on-5 SHOT ATTEMPT % (Rank):52.7% (6th)50.4% (12th)
FACEOFF % (Rank):52.8% (3rd)48.6% (t-23rd)

MAPLE LEAFS – FLAMES NOTES

FIRST MATCHUP BETWEEN CLUBS:November 5, 1972 (Toronto 2, Atlanta 2)
ALL-TIME RECORD:61-60-12-4 (137 Games)
ALL-TIME RECORD AT HOME:36-19-7-2 (64 Games)
ALL-TIME RECORD ON THE ROAD:25-41-5-2 (73 Games)
LAST WIN VS. OPPONENT AT HOME:December 6, 2017 (Toronto 2, Calgary 1 SO)

MAPLE LEAFS MILESTONES vs. FLAMES

Morgan Rielly400th NHL game (October 29, 2018 vs. CGY)
  

MAPLE LEAFS LEADERS

CATEGORYLEADER
GOALS34 (Matthews)
ASSISTS33 (Marner)
POINTS57 (Matthews)
POWER PLAY POINTS17 (Matthews)
SHORTHANDED POINTS2 (Engvall, Kapanen)
PIMs34 (Muzzin)
SHOTS179 (Matthews)
FACEOFF WIN%58.6% (Gauthier)
5-on-5 SHOT ATTEMPT %55.7% (Matthews)
BLOCKED SHOTS72 (Ceci)
TAKEAWAYS51 (Matthews)
HITS87 (Muzzin)
TOI PER GAME24:15 (Rielly)
PP TOI PER GAME3:08 (Marner)
SH TOI PER GAME2:58 (Ceci)

MAPLE LEAFS PLAYER NOTES

Frederik Andersen– Is 10-4-5 at home this season with a 3.14 goals-against average and a .901 save percentage.
– Has made 13 career appearances against the Flames and is 8-2-1 with a 2.57 goals-against average and a .913 save percentage.- Tied for second in the NHL in wins (22).- Third in the NHL in total saves (1,035) and second in even-strength saves (876).
Tyson Barrie– Has four multi-assist games, which is tied for 13th-most among NHL defencemen.- Tied for 11th among NHL defencemen in multi-point games (7)
– One of 13 NHL defencemen to have recorded at least 115 shots on goal (123).- Has 17 points (2 goals, 15 assists) in 23 career games against Calgary, which is his fourth-highest point total against a single opponent.
Cody Ceci– 12th among NHL skaters in shorthanded time on ice (139:12).- Has played 61.2 percent of Toronto’s shorthanded ice time, which is the 15th-highest shorthanded time on ice percentage among NHLers who have appeared in at least 30 games.
Pierre Engvall– Second among NHL rookies who have appeared in at least 20 games in goals per 60 minutes of 5-on-5 ice time (1.12).- Fifth among NHL rookie forwards in shorthanded time on ice (30:18).
Justin Holl– Has started 45.2 percent of his 5-on-5 shifts in the offensive zone, which is the lowest mark among Toronto defencemen who have appeared in at least 20 games.- Has an unblocked shot attempt percentage of 52.5 percent at 5-on-5, which is the third-highest percentage among Toronto defencemen who have appeared in at least 20 games.- Has a 5-on-5 on-ice goals-for percentage of 53.7 percent, which is the highest percentage among Maple Leafs defencemen who have appeared in at least 20 games.
Michael Hutchinson– Has a 2-1-1 record with a 2.31 goals-against average and a .929 save percentage on home ice this season. 
Zach Hyman– Has a 5-on-5 shot attempt percentage of 54.9 percent, which is third among Toronto skaters who have played 20 games.- Has an on-ice goals for percentage of 59.0 percent at 5-on-5, which is second among Toronto skaters who have played 20 games.
– Averaging 15:13 per game in 5-on-5 ice time, which ranks seventh among Maple Leafs.
Kasperi Kapanen– Fifth among Maple Leafs in points (2-7-9; 9 GP) since the Christmas break.- Has scored 10 goals this season, which is tied for 11th most among NHLers with no power play goals.- Fifth among Toronto skaters in even-strength points (8-15-23).
Alex Kerfoot– Tied for eighth among Maple Leafs in even-strength goals (6). – 10th among Maple Leafs in even-strength points (6-9-15).- Only Toronto forward to have recorded at least 25 hits (35) and 25 blocked shots (27) this season.
Mitch Marner– Has nine multi-assist games, which is tied for the seventh-most among NHL skaters.- Averaging 1.28 points per game, which is the 10th-highest average among NHLers who have played in at least 30 games.- Averaging 1.38 primary assists per 60 minutes of ice time at 5-on-5, which is fourth among NHLers who have appeared in at least 30 games.- Tied for 10th in the NHL in primary assists (21). His 21 primary assists are tied for the most among NHLers who have appeared in fewer than 40 games.- 15th among NHL forwards in shifts per game (24.9).
Auston Matthews– Had his second career hat trick on January 14 vs. New Jersey.- Second among NHL skaters in goals (34).- First NHLer to score 20 even-strength goals this season. Currently leads the League with 25 even-strength goals.- Leads the NHL in goals scored at 5-on-5 (21).- Leads the NHL in multi-goal games (9).- Tied for eighth among NHL skaters in even-strength points (25-15-40).- Fifth in the NHL with 179 shots on goal. 
William Nylander– Averages 1.24 goals per 60 minutes of ice time at 5-on-5, which ranks second among Toronto skaters and is tied for 14th among NHL skaters who have appeared in 40 games.- One of eight NHLers to average at least 14:00 minutes per game at 5-on-5 (14:25) while maintaining a goal per 60-minute rate of at least 1.20 (1.24).
Jason Spezza– Averaging 2.19 points per 60 minutes of ice time at 5-on-5 this season, which is the sixth-highest average among Toronto skaters who have appeared in at least 20 games.- Averaging 1.28 assists per 60 minutes of ice time at 5-on-5 this season, which ranks third among Maple Leafs who have appeared in at least 20 games.
John Tavares– Tied for 15th among NHL skaters in multi-point games (13).- Tied for 17th among NHLers in even-strength goals (15). His 15 even-strength goals are the most among NHLers who have appeared in 40 or fewer games.- Has a 5-on-5 shot attempt percentage of 54.5 percent, which is tied for 20th among NHL centres who have appeared in 30 games.- Averaging 17.63 shot attempts per 60 minutes of ice time at 5-on-5, which is the fourth-highest average among NHL centres who have appeared in 30 games.- Averaging 9.39 shots on goal at 5-on-5 per 60 minutes of ice time, which is ninth among NHL centres who have appeared in 30 games.- Had a goal and an assist against Calgary on December 12.
  

CURRENT POINT STREAKS

Zach HymanHas goals (2), assists (3) and points (2-3-5) in two consecutive games.
Mitch MarnerHas points (3-8-11) in eight consecutive games.
William NylanderHas assists (2) and points (1-2-3) in two consecutive games.
John TavaresHas goals (2) and points (2-2-4) in two consecutive games.
  

UPCOMING MILESTONES

Alex KerfootOne game from 200 NHL games
Jason SpezzaFive assists from 600 assists

RECENT MILESTONES

Jason Spezza1,100th NHL game (January 14 vs. New Jersey)

INJURY REPORT

Ilya Mikheyev (Wrist Laceration)On injured reserve.
Trevor Moore (Concussion)On injured reserve.
Jake Muzzin (Foot)On injured reserve.
Morgan Rielly (Foot)On injured reserve.
 Man Games Lost: 111

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

January 14Recalled defenceman Timothy Liljegren from the Toronto Marlies (AHL). Loaned forward Mason Marchment to the Toronto Marlies (AHL).
January 13Recalled defenceman Rasmus Sandin from the Toronto Marlies (AHL). Placed defenceman Morgan Rielly on injured reserve.
January 12Activated forward Andreas Johnsson from injured reserve. Placed defenceman Jake Muzzin on injured reserve.
January 10Signed defenceman Martin Marincin to a one-year contract extension.
  

Leafs revert to old ways vs. Flames — Toronto Sun

CALGARY – Sheldon Keefe is big on “teaching moments” for his Maple Leafs, but the third period on Thursday deserved a detention. In a stretch of two minutes, 49 seconds, the Leafs undid much of their good work on this road trip, giving up three and losing 4-2 to the Flames. Sure, Calgary is on […]

Leafs revert to old ways vs. Flames — Toronto Sun

Leafs’ early third-period collapse in Calgary spoils road swing — Toronto Sun

CALGARY — Sheldon Keefe is big on teaching moments for his Maple Leafs, but the third period on Thursday deserved a detention. In a stretch of two minutes and 49 seconds, the Leafs undid much of their good work on this road trip, losing 4-2 to the Flames. Calgary showed its seven-game winning streak is […]

Leafs’ early third-period collapse in Calgary spoils road swing — Toronto Sun

FLAMES 4, LEAFS 2: “Not every game is going to go to script and always go the way you want and you’re going to have to fight through it. I thought over the last number of games we have been doing a lot better job in our D-zone coverage. Then for those few minutes, we just obviously had some lapses and gave them too much time and space and, obviously, you’ve got to have some response that’s much better than we did after they tied it up.” — JOHN TAVARES.

HEAD COACH SHELDON KEEFE

On what he would like back from the third period:

Well the start, obviously. I mean, we didn’t really get a chance to get started in the period at all. Lose the face off and then we get first touch on it in our zone and they end up getting it back and it’s in our net. So, you know, the start isn’t great. I guess the recovery after that, it compounded itself. That’s what we’d like to have back. Obviously, not the way we wanted to go in that third period. You know, the game works in funny ways. I thought, obviously, we look at the game the other night and what we gave up in the third period, Freddie was there for us and we got out of that game clean. In the second period here today, I thought we got out of that period clean again and we probably didn’t deserve to. We score a goal and give ourselves a lead and a chance to go in the third and the chance to sort of redeem ourselves and take care of it. It doesn’t go our way right from the start. So, as I said, the game works in funny ways and teaches you lessons along the way. Just another sign that we’ve got a long way to go as a group.

On if the mistakes made were recurring issues from the Vancouver game:

No, not in the first five minutes of the third. I thought through the second period it was. As I said, I thought the third period we just didn’t have a chance to get started and, all of a sudden, they’re coming, and we haven’t found our footing in the period yet. There are things we could definitely do differently and better in those spots, but the second period I thought was more similar to some of the issues that we had in Vancouver.

On if he addressed the team after the game:

No, I didn’t.

On if tonight’s errors were the result of mental or structural errors:

I think it’s both, but it’s both in terms of the first mistake is the structure piece and the next mistake, I think, is the mental piece because now instead of just keeping our composure and staying in our structure, we’re running around and then it compounds the problem. It’s a little bit of both there, for sure. The other part of it is we just didn’t have a lot of guys who had good games today. We had one line I thought that was outstanding. After that I don’t think — it would be hard to find guys who had a good day today.

FREDERIK ANDERSEN (20 SAVES)

On the third period

I thought we had a great chance going into the third, obviously. In a good position but they made us pay for some mistakes and it happens quick in hockey. So, hopefully that’s a teaching moment for us.

On Calgary’s early goal to start the third period:

It was the wrong play, I guess. There was nothing there, obviously. I’ve got to do something better with the puck there.

On what the team can do better to close out leads:

I think today was just a few mistakes. For myself included, I wasn’t sharp enough to get the win. I wouldn’t panic about it; we just have to move on and get back on track.

MITCH MARNER (1 GOAL, 1 ASSIST)

On what went wrong in the third period tonight:

I think in the second we got away from our game a little in the start and got it back at the end. I think Freddie bailed us out a lot of times in the second. Then just careless with the puck in the third and they didn’t miss.

On Calgary’s fourth goal:

I thought we were five inside, they found a hole and they scored.

On what the message was during the timeout in the third period:

I mean, we know what team we can be. When we control the puck, we’ve got the skill and we’re a hard team to defend when we have it in our hands. I think that was the message. Stop throwing the puck away and play with calmness.  I think as a team we’ve got to be way better at being in these thirds. We’ve got to make sure we have that calmness and not throwing pucks away.

JOHN TAVARES (1 GOAL, 1 ASSIST)

On why the game turned so quickly in the third period:

I think, obviously, giving up the one as quick as we did, we just seemed to get down on ourselves and just didn’t have a good response after that. Obviously, didn’t execute very well and gave them too much space in the middle of the ice that let them capitalize on those next couple chances.

On the need to stick with things when the team faces adversity in a game:

Absolutely. Not every game is going to go to script and always go the way you want and you’re going to have to fight through it. I thought over the last number of games we have been doing a lot better job in our D-zone coverage. Then for those few minutes, we just obviously had some lapses and gave them too much time and space and, obviously, you’ve got to have some response that’s much better than we did after they tied it up.

FLAMES 4, MAPLE LEAFS 2: Mitch Marner registered the primary assist on Tavares’ first-period goal and 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.

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (15-14-4 – 34 Points) vs.

CALGARY FLAMES (18-12-4 – 40 Points)

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2019

 123OTFINAL
TORONTO110–2
CALGARY103–4

GAME SUMMARY         |           EVENT SUMMARY        |           FACEOFF SUMMARY


ON THE SCORESHEET

  • 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.

SHOTS ON GOAL (5-on-5 in brackets)

 1st2nd3rdOTTOTAL
TORONTO10 (10)13 (13)11 (7)–34 (30)
CALGARY9 (8)8 (8)7 (7)–24 (23)
      

SHOT ATTEMPTS (5-on-5 in brackets)

 1st2nd3rdOTTOTAL
TORONTO16 (16)23 (22)23 (11)–62 (49)
CALGARY22 (21)19 (19)14 (11)–55 (51)

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

Record on the Road8-10-0 (18 Games)
All-Time Record vs. Calgary61-60-12-4 (137 Games)
All-Time Record vs. Calgary on the Road:25-41-5-2 (73 Games)
Record vs. Western Conference8-5-0 (13 Games)
Record vs. Pacific Division5-2-0 (7 Games)

MAPLE LEAFS LEADERS

Shots5 (Marner, Mikheyev, Tavares)
Shot Attempts9 (Tavares)
Faceoff Wins11 (Tavares)
Faceoff Win Percentage75% (Spezza – 3 won, 1 lost)
Hits3 (Muzzin)
Blocked Shots3 (Rielly)
Takeaways4 (Marner)
TOI24:53 (Marner)
Power Play TOI3:48 (Barrie)
Shorthanded TOI1:24 (Hyman)
Shifts27 (Rielly)
5-on-5 Shot Attempt Percentage75.0% (Spezza – 6 for, 2 against)
  

RECORD WHEN…

Scoring first8-3-1
Tied after 16-5-2
Lead after 211-1-2
Do not score a power play goal6-10-2
Do not allow a power play goal10-5-0
Outshoot opponent7-4-1
Thursday2-2-0

OF NOTE…

  • 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)