The Toronto Maple Leafs (38-16-8) and their opportunistic power play offense head to face the Vancouver Canucks (24-32-5), the league’s worst penalty killing team, at Rogers Arena on Saturday.
Toronto is coming off a 2-1 win over the Flames on Thursday. The Maple Leafs committed only two penalties in the game, holding Calgary without a power play goal.
Calle Jarnkrok and Mitchell Marner both scored once for the Maple Leafs. Joseph Woll saved an impressive 25 of 26 shots (.961%) in the win.Vancouver fell 2-1 to the Wild on Thursday. Brock Boeser netted the only goal for the Canucks. Thatcher Demko had a great performance with 34 saves (.944%) in the loss.
HEAD TO HEAD
The Maple Leafs won the first meeting between the teams this season, a 3-2 victory in November. Jordie Benn, Auston Matthews, and Pierre Engvall were on the scoresheet for Toronto. Bo Horvat and J.T. Miller were on the scoresheet for Vancouver. Erik Kallgren got the win, saving 27 of 29 shots (.931%).
FACING OFF
Toronto is averaging 3.40 goals per game for the season, seventh in the NHL, and they are taking on a Canucks team that is allowing 3.93 goals a game (31st).
Meanwhile, Vancouver has found the net 3.31 times a game on average, 10th in the league, and the Maple Leafs are holding opponents to 2.63 goals per game (4th).
The Maple Leafs will be seeking to add to their fourth-ranked power play percentage of 25.13% against the Canucks, who are the league’s weakest penalty killing team (68.13%).
Vancouver, meanwhile, has scored on 22.93% of their power play opportunities (10th), which the home team will be aiming to improve on against Toronto’s ninth-ranked 82.07% penalty killing rate.
TOP PERFORMERS:
Marner and William Nylander have been the top skaters for the Maple Leafs this season with 77 and 73 points. Marner is the ninth-leading point scorer in the NHL. Marner is among the league leaders with his 55 assists (4th).
In the net, Ilya Samsonov (22-8-2) is Toronto’s top goaltender by goals against average. He has a 2.39 GAA and a .915% save percentage.Elias Pettersson leads the Canucks in scoring with 76 points (8th in the league).
He has 28 goals and 48 assists in 59 games. Spencer Martin (11-15-1) is the top goalie for Vancouver with a goals against average of 3.99. He has a save percentage of .871%.
HOME AND AWAY
Toronto is 15-10-4 away from Scotiabank Arena this season. Vancouver is 11-17-1 at Rogers Arena this season.
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