The Toronto Maple Leafs (3-2-0) travel to take on the Winnipeg Jets (2-2-0) at Canada Life Centre on Saturday. Toronto is playing their first of six games on the road coming off a 3-2 overtime win over the Stars on Thursday. The Maple Leafs committed four penalties in the game, conceding one power play goal. Nicholas Robertson was the top goalscorer for the Maple Leafs with two goals.
Ilya Samsonov had a great performance with 26 saves (.928%) in the win. Winnipeg fell 5-2 to the Golden Knights on Thursday. Neal Pionk and Pierre-Luc Dubois both scored once for the Jets. Pionk added an assist to lead the team in scoring. David Rittich only had 27 saves on 31 shots against (.870%) in the loss.
HEAD TO HEAD
The teams split their two meetings last season, the last of which was a 7-3 victory for the Maple Leafs in March. William Nylander (2G 1A), Ilya Mikheyev (1G 2A), and Mitchell Marner (0G 3A) each had three points to lead Toronto. Nikolaj Ehlers (1G 1A) and Mark Scheifele (0G 2A) each had two points to lead Winnipeg. Erik Kallgren got the win despite allowing three goals on 23 shots (.869%).
FACING OFF
Toronto is averaging 2.80 goals per game so far this season, 22nd in the NHL, and they are taking on a Jets team that is allowing 3.25 goals a game (16th). Meanwhile, Winnipeg has found the net 2.75 times a game on average, 26th in the league, and the Maple Leafs are allowing opponents to score 2.80 goals per game (12th).
The Maple Leafs and Jets are tied for 16th in the league in power play percentage with a conversion rate of 18.18%. When it comes to penalty killing, the teams are tied for the league’s 15th-ranked PK% at 80.00%.
TOP PERFORMERS:
Nylander (3G 2A) and John Tavares (1G 4A) are the top skaters for the Maple Leafs this season with five points each. In the net, Samsonov (3-0-0) is Toronto’s top goaltender by goals against average. He has a 1.96 GAA, fifth-best in the league, and a .927% save percentage.
Pionk leads the Jets in scoring with four points. He has three goals and one assist in four games. Connor Hellebuyck (2-1-0) is the top goalie for Winnipeg with a goals against average of 2.65. He has a save percentage of .922%.
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