The Toronto Maple Leafs (25-9-7) play host to the Nashville Predators (19-14-6), who will be looking to build on their winning run, at Scotiabank Arena on Wednesday. Nashville is coming off a 3-0 win over the Senators on Monday, their fourth win in a row.
The Predators committed seven penalties in the game, though they held Ottawa without a power play goal. Filip Forsberg, Jeremy Lauzon, and Roman Josi scored one apiece for the Predators. Forsberg added an assist to lead the team in scoring.
Juuse Saros earned his zer
oth shutout of the season with an impressive 38 saves.Toronto beat the Flyers 6-2 on Sunday. Six players found the net for the Maple Leafs. Matt Murray was impressive in the win, making 34 saves (.944%).
HEAD TO HEAD
The teams split their two meetings last season, the last of which was a 6-3 victory for the Predators in March. Josi led Nashville with three points (0G 3A). Mitchell Marner led Toronto with three points (2G 1A). Saros got the win, saving 38 of 41 shots (.926%).
FACING OFF
Nashville is averaging 2.79 goals per game for the season, 26th in the NHL, and they are taking on a Maple Leafs team that is allowing only 2.61 goals a game (3rd). Meanwhile, Toronto has found the net 3.44 times a game on average, seventh in the league, and the Predators are allowing opponents to score 2.92 goals per game (14th).
The Predators’ 17.16% power play percentage is the fifth-lowest in the league, while the Maple Leafs rank seventh with a conversion rate of 25.00%. In terms of defending power plays, Nashville has the league’s 12th-ranked PK% at 80.15%, while Toronto is 15th at 79.37%.
TOP PERFORMERS:
With 36 points this season, Forsberg is the top skater for the Predators. He has 16 goals and 20 assists in 39 games. In the net, Saros (14-10-5) is Nashville’s top goaltender. He has a 2.77 GAA and a .918% save percentage.
Marner (49 points), Auston Matthews (47), and William Nylander (45) lead the Maple Leafs in scoring. Marner has 15 goals and 34 assists (6th) in 41 games, while Matthews has 20 goals and 27 assists in 41 games. Nylander has 22 goals and 23 assists.
Ilya Samsonov (12-3-1) has the best goals against average for Toronto at 2.29, fourth-best in the league. He has a save percentage of .916%.
HOME AND AWAY
Nashville has won three in a row away from Bridgestone Arena this season. Toronto is 14-3-4 at Scotiabank Arena this season.
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