TSNDreger Report: Inside the Kopitar contract negotiation. It wasn't easy, but Anze Kopitar and the Los Angeles Kings finally reached agreement on a contract extension on Saturday that, incredibly, took seven months to complete, writes TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger. Game Preview: Vancouver Canucks at Toronto Maple Leafs. The Leafs have finally strung together a pair of wins. The Canucks hope to snap that streak tonight to get back in the win column. Vancouver Canucks (7- 5- 5) at Toronto Maple Leafs (4- 8- 4)Time. PM PTTVCBCH2. H (2. Split 1 game each. Last Meeting. 4- 1 Canucks - March 1. The Enemy. Pension Plan Puppets. Scoring Leaders. VAN: Daniel Sedin (5- 1. CBJ: Morgan Rielly (3- 8- 1. Canucks. Category.
Game Preview: Vancouver Canucks at Toronto. in Ottawa's previous game. Vancouver jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the. the start in net tonight for the. NHL.com is the official web site of the National Hockey League. NHL, the NHL Shield, the word mark and image of the Stanley Cup, Center Ice name and logo, NHL. Maple Leafs. 7- 5- 5. Season Record. 4- 8- 4. Points. 12. T- 2nd. Division Position. Lost 1. Streak. Won 2. Goals For Per Game. Goals Against Per Game. Power Play %1. 5. Penalty Kill %7. 8. Shots Per Game. 29. Shots Against Per Game. CANUCKS NOTESLast Game at a Glance. The Canucks are coming off a 3- 2 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night. It was Ottawa's first regulation win at home this season. Andrew Hammond made 3. Hammond was in net in place of Craig Anderson, who allowed seven goals against Nashville in Ottawa's previous game. Vancouver jumped out to a 1- 0 lead in the first period thanks to a goal from Sven Baertschi at an impossible angle, but the Senators struck back for three straight goals. The Canucks added a late goal from Alex Edler with 2. Injury Bug Bites the Canucks. Brandon Sutter, who missed Thursday's game in Ottawa, remains day- to- day with an undisclosed injury. In addition to missing Thursday's game, Sutter was absent at Friday's practice, which means it is unlikely we will see him on the ice tonight in Toronto. This season, Sutter has four goals and four assists in 1. Luca Sbisa also remains out with a lower body injury, but both Sbisa as well as Brandon Prust, who is out with an ankle injury, are expected to rejoin the team before the conclusion of the road trip. Canucks Lineup Notes. There's a little bit of shuffling around in the lineup for tonight's game. Based on the lines during Friday's practice, Jake Virtanen has moved up to the second line with Sven Baertschi and Bo Horvat. Alex Burrows had moved down to the fourth line with Adam Cracknell and Derek Dorsett while Radim Vrbata is on the third line with Chris Higgins and Jared Mc. Cann. Alex Biega was sent back to Utica, likely because of Luca Sbisa's upcoming return to the lineup. Biega played in one of Vancouver's three games during his time at the NHL level. MAPLE LEAFS NOTESLast Game at a Glance. It took a shootout to decide things, but the Maple Leafs came out of Nashville with a 2- 1 shootout win over the Predators on Friday. There was no scoring in the game until 2: 2. Shea Weber delivered a power play goal to put the Predators up 1- 0. Tyler Bozak tied the game for the Maple Leafs with 5: 5. Toronto's first four shooters were denied before Peter Holland delivered the game- winning shootout goal. James Reimer was solid in net all night, stopping 2. Despite remaining at the bottom of their division, the Maple Leafs have now strung together two straight wins for the first time this season. Prior to Tuesday's win over Dallas, the Leafs had just eight points in 1. The James Reimer Show. If James Reimer gets the start in net tonight for the Maple Leafs, it'll be the seventh straight game he has started. Jonathan Bernier is recovering from a lower back injury and hasn't appeared in a game since October 3. Bernier has struggled this season, posting an 0- 6- 1 record with a 3. GAA and . 8. 99 save percentage in his seven games this year. Reimer has appeared in 1. Maple Leafs to all four of their wins so far this year, going 4- 2- 3 with a 2. GA and . 9. 20 save percentage. Turning a Corner. The Maple Leafs got off to a shaky start, going 1- 7- 2 in October. This month, the Maple Leafs are 3- 1- 2 and have earned at least one point in five consecutive games. Head coach Mike Babcock said that it's obviously still a work in progress, but the team is starting to feel better. A large part of that success is due to James Reimer's performance in net. Over their last four games, Reimer has posted an impressive GAA of just 1. However, if Toronto wants to get competitive again, they'll have to find a way to get their offense going. In that same four- game stretch, the Maple Leafs are averaging just a pair of goals per game. Their 2. 0. 6 goals per game average this year ranks 2.
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