The Colorado Avalanche (37-22-6) are on the road to face the Toronto Maple Leafs (40-18-8) at Scotiabank Arena on Wednesday. Colorado is coming off a high-scoring 8-4 win over the Canadiens on Monday. The Avalanche committed five penalties in the game, conceding one power play goal.
Artturi Lehkonen led the Avalanche with two goals. Alexandar Georgiev saved only 15 of 19 shots (.789%) in the win. Toronto fell 4-3 to the Sabres on Monday.
Auston Matthews, Calle Jarnkrok, and William Nylander scored one apiece for the Maple Leafs. Matthews added two assists to lead the team in scoring. Matt Murray only had 25 saves on 29 shots against (.862%) in the loss.
HEAD TO HEAD
The Maple Leafs won the first meeting between the teams this season, a 6-2 victory in December. Four players had two points for Toronto. J.T. Compher led Colorado with two points (1G 1A). Murray got the win, saving 26 of 28 shots (.928%).
FACING OFF
Colorado is averaging 3.23 goals per game for the season, 14th in the NHL, and they are taking on a Maple Leafs team that is allowing 2.70 goals a game (7th). Meanwhile, Toronto has found the net 3.42 times a game on average, seventh in the league, and the Avalanche are allowing opponents to score 2.80 goals per game (10th).
The Maple Leafs’ 25.63% power play percentage is the third-best in the league, while Colorado’s 24.27% conversion rate ranks fifth. When it comes to penalty killing, Toronto has the league’s 13th-ranked PK% at 81.22%, while Colorado is 17th at 78.79%.
TOP PERFORMERS:
Nathan MacKinnon (81 points), Mikko Rantanen (78), and Cale Makar (55) have been the top skaters this season for the Avalanche. Rantanen is among the league leaders with his 43 goals (3rd), while MacKinnon is among the league leaders with his 52 assists (9th).
Makar has also been an offensive leader for Colorado, scoring 15 and assisting 40. In the net, Pavel Francouz (7-7-1) is Colorado’s top goaltender by goals against average. He has a 2.53 GAA and a .919% save percentage. Georgiev (29-14-5) leads the Avalanche in games played in goal.
He has a GAA of 2.65 and a save percentage of .916%. Mitchell Marner and Nylander lead the Maple Leafs in scoring with 85 and 79 points, respectively. Marner ranks eighth in the league in points scored on the season.
He has 24 goals and 61 assists (4th) in 66 games, while Nylander has 35 goals and 44 assists. Ilya Samsonov (23-8-2) has the best goals against average for Toronto at 2.41. He has a save percentage of .915%.
HOME AND AWAY
Colorado is 19-11-1 on the road this season. Toronto is 24-7-4 at home this season.
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