TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS NOTES:
LAST GAME
Score: Toronto 2 at New Jersey 1
Date: Wednesday, November 23, 2022
TOR Goals: Tavares, Holmberg
NJD Goals: Hamilton
TOR Goaltender: Murray, 34/35, .971 SV%
NJD Goaltender: Vanecek, 18/20, .900 SV%
TOR Power Play: 0-for-4
TOR Penalty Kill: 3-for-3
Player Notes: – John Tavares scored for Toronto at 11:41 of the first period. Tavares has scored in three-consecutive games and has posted eight points (4G, 4A) through his last six games.
- Mitch Marner recorded the primary assist on Tavares’ goal. Marner extended his point streak to 14 games where he has posted 19 points (3G, 16A). Marner established a new career-high with a 14-game point streak and is currently tied for the sixth on the franchise leader board for the longest point streak in a single season.
- Pontus Holmberg recorded his first career NHL goal.
- Mac Hollowell skated in his NHL debut.
- Matt Murray stopped 34 of 35 shots he faced in Wednesday’s win.
TONIGHT’S GAME
2022-23 Matchups vs. Minnesota: First of Two
2021-22 Record vs. Minnesota: 1-0-1
Toronto Season Record: 11-5-5
Toronto Road Record: 4-3-2
TONIGHT’S STORYLINES
The Maple Leafs will face-off against the Minnesota Wild this afternoon in the first of two matchups between the clubs this season. Their second game of the 2022-23 campaign will be played at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on February 24, 2023. The Maple Leafs have earned at least one point in their last three road games against Minnesota. Today marks the first game of a back-to-back for the Maple Leafs with the club taking on the Pittsburgh Penguins tomorrow night. The Maple Leafs are 3-0-0 on the road during the month of November while holding a 7-1-3 overall record throughout the month.
BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: TSN4 RADIO: Sportsnet 590
NEXT GAME
Date: Saturday, November 26, 2022
Opponent: at Pittsburgh Penguins
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Broadcast Information: Sportsnet (TV), Sportsnet 590 (Radio)
Toronto Maple Leafs: Media Notes
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
November 22, 2022 The Maple Leafs have recalled defencemen Mac Hollowell and Victor
Mete from the Toronto Marlies (AHL).
INJURY REPORT
Jordie Benn Upper Body (IR)
TJ Brodie Oblique (IR)
Carl Dahlström Shoulder (IR)
Jake Muzzin Neck (LTIR)
Morgan Rielly Knee (LTIR)
Ilya Samsonov Knee (IR)
ALL-TIME VS. MINNESOTA WILD:
First Matchup between Clubs: October 25, 2000 (Toronto 6 vs. Minnesota 1)
All-Time Record: 13-11-0-2 (26 Games)
All-Time Record at Home: 9-5-0-0 (14 Games)
All-Time Record on the Road: 4-6-0-2 (12 Games)
Last Road Win vs. Opponent: December 31, 2019 (Toronto 4 at Minnesota 1)
ACTIVE LEADERS VS. MINNESOTA WILD:
Games Played: Mark Giordano (50), Wayne Simmonds (31), Calle Järnkrok (28) Goals: Mark Giordano (9), John Tavares (8), Auston Matthews (7), Wayne Simmonds (7)
Assists: Mark Giordano (15), Wayne Simmonds (13), John Tavares (10)
Points: Mark Giordano (24), Wayne Simmonds (20), John Tavares (18)
Penalty Minutes Mark Giordano (47), Wayne Simmonds (28), Alexander Kerfoot (10)
2022-23 AVERAGES AND RANKINGS
Points % GF/Game GA/Game PP% PK% SF/G SA/G FO%
Toronto .643 2.91 2.62 26.5 78.6 30.3 28.5 51.5
Minnesota .526 2.84 2.84 21.9 81.0 31.1 30.3 47.9
THE MAN ADVANTAGE IN 2022-23
Power Play: 26.5%
Power Play Goal Leader: 7 – Tavares
Power Play Point Leader: 13 – Tavares (7G, 6A)
2021-22 Power Play: 63/231 (27.3%)
ON THE PK IN 2022-23
Penalty Kill: 78.6%
Shorthanded Goal Leader: 1 – Järnkrok, Giordano
Shorthanded Point Leader: 1 – Järnkrok (1G), Brodie (1A), Kerfoot (1A), Giordano (1G), Kämpf (1A), Marner (1A)
2021-22 Penalty Kill: 192/234 (82.1%)
FAST FACTS
Friday games 2nd of 6 (4 home, 2 road)
Back-to-Backs played 4 of 14
Record in first game of back-toback 1-3-0
Record in second game of back-toback 3-0-1
November games 12th of 15 (9 home, 6 road)
MINNESOTA WILD NOTES:
SERIES NOTES
All-Time Wild Record: 13-13-0 (8-4-0 at Xcel Energy
Center, 5-9-0 at Toronto)
2021-22: Minnesota went 1-1-0 against Toronto…The
Wild earned a 4-3 shootout win at Xcel Energy Center (12/4) and lost 3-1 at Scotiabank Arena (2/24)…C Joel Eriksson Ek led the Wild with two assists…LW Marcus Foligno, C Frederic Gaudreau, RW Jordan Greenway and RW Mats Zuccarello each netted a goal…G Cam Talbot made 39 in the first meeting…G Kaapo Kahkonen made 22 saves in the second contest…C Auston Matthews led the Maple Leafs with four points (3-1=4)…D Morgan Rielly (0-3=3) and C Jason Spezza (2-1=3) notched three points each… G Jack Campbell made 37 saves in the first meeting…G Petr Mrazek made 29 saves in the second contest.
WILD LEADERS: Zuccarello leads the Wild with 23 points (11-12=23) in 21 contests against Toronto…Foligno owns 12 points (4-8=12) in 30 contests…D Alex Goligoski has 11 assists in 25 matches…D Jon Merrill owns eight points (2-6=8) in 18 games.
WILD GOALIES: G Marc-Andre Fleury is 19-12-4 with a 2.98 GAA, a .898 SV% and one shutout in 37 career games (34 starts) vs. the Maple Leafs…G Filip Gustavsson is 1-0-0 with a 3.00 GAA and a .909 SV% in one career start (5/12/21).
MAPLE LEAFS LEADERS: D Mark Giordano leads Toronto with 24 points (9-15=24) in 50 games against the Wild…RW Wayne Simmonds owns 20 points (7-13=20) in 31 contests…C John Tavares has 18 points (8-10=18) in 19 matches…Matthews owns 10 points (7- 3=10) in eight games…RW Mitchell Marner has 10 points (3-7=10) in nine contests.
MAPLE LEAFS GOALIES: G Matt Murray is 2-1-0 with a 2.34 GAA and a .920 SV% in three career starts against the Wild…G Ilya Samsonov has not faced Minnesota.
FAST FACTS: Minnesota is 10-5-0 in its last 15 games against Toronto, including a seven-game win streak (11/13/13-12/7/16)… The Wild has scored one goal or less in nine of its 13 all-time losses to the Maple Leafs…In its 13 wins, Minnesota has outscored Toronto, 42-20.
INJURIES
Marc-Andre Fluery: upper body
Ryan Hartman: upper body
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
November 14 – Nov. 24, 2022
11/23/22 Acquired F Ryan Reaves from the New York Rangers in
exchange for a 2025 fifth-round draft pick
11/19/22 F Tyson Jost claimed off waivers by Buffalo
11/18/22 Recalled F Nic Petan from Iowa and reassigned F
Adam Beckman to Iowa
11/16/22 Recalled G Zane McIntyre from Iowa
11/14/22 Reassigned F Joseph Cramarossa to Iowa
SHORT (HANDED) KINGS
• Minnesota is tied for first in the NHL with four shorthanded goals this season.
• The total is the team’s highest through a season’s first 19 games since the 2018-19 season (four SHG)
WE’RE HEADED TO OVERTIME
• This season, Minnesota has three victories in games decided past regulation, tied for fourth-most in the NHL. The Wild has two overtime wins and one shootout victory.
• Since the start of the 2021-22 season, Minnesota leads the NHL with 19 victories in extra-session games.
• During the 2021-22 season, the Wild ranked second in the NHL with a franchise record 11 overtime wins and ranked tied for second with five shootout wins, good for 16 total extra-session victories.
• Minnesota went 16-7 in 23 extra session games during the 2021-22 season – its most extra session contests since 23 in 2013-14. The 16 extra session wins are the second-most in team history (17 in 2006-07).
KIRILL THE THRILL
• Entering games on November 25, Kirill Kaprizov’s six power-play goals are tied for sixth-most in the NHL.
• Kaprizov has recorded a point in seven consecutive games (3-6=9), the sixth-longest active streak in the NHL.
• The 25-year old played the 150th game of his NHL career at Seattle (Nov. 11), recording an assist to move his career totals to 84-91=175. In NHL history, Kaprizov’s point total was the fifth-best mark in the first 150 career games among players who primarily play at left wing, per StatCentre.
• Kaprizov reached the 10-goal mark in 13 games this season, trailing only Brian Rolston (12 GP in 2006-07) for the fewest games needed to hit the mark in franchise history.
• Kaprizov scored eight goals through the first 10 games of the season, the second-highest 10-game total in Wild history trailing only Rolston (nine goals, 2006-07).
• Since the start of the 2021 season, Kaprizov ranks fifth in the NHL with 128 points and sixth with 57 goals.
• Per NHLStats, the Russian became the fastest player in Wild history to record 50 career power-play points, doing so in 142 career games. The record previously belonged to Marian Gaborik, who did so in 186 games.
STONE-COLD KIRILL-ER
• Kirill Kaprizov’s game-winning goal in overtime vs. Vancouver (Oct. 20) marked his third overtime goal since the start of the 2021-22 season, tied for fifth-most in the NHL during that span (Connor McDavid, five; Alex DeBrincat, four; Steven Stamkos, four; Shea Theodore, four).
• Kaprizov currently stands at nine career overtime points in a Wild sweater, tied with Kevin Fiala for fourth-most in franchise history.
• Kaprizov ranks tied for second in franchise history with five OT goals, trailing teammate Matt Dumba (six career OT goals with the Wild). Five of his 10 career game-winning goals have come in overtime.
• Kaprizov’s five career overtime goals trail only Alex DeBrincat and Connor McDavid (seven each) for the most among all skaters since he entered the NHL in 2020-21.
MATS-TER OF HIS CRAFT
• Mats Zuccarello skated in the 700th career game of his NHL career at Los Angeles (Nov. 8). Per #NHLStats, became the third active undrafted player to reach the mark, joining Toronto’s Mark Giordano and Winnipeg’s Brenden Dillon
• Zuccarello recorded a point in all five games to start the 2022-23 season, the longest season-opening point streak of his 13-year NHL career. Only four other skaters in Wild history have posted such a streak to open a season:
• With two goals against Vancouver (10/20), the Norwegian recorded his fifth multi-goal game since joining the Wild in 2019-20. Only Kirill Kaprizov (13 times), Kevin Fiala (11 times) and Joel Eriksson Ek (seven times) have more multi-goal performances during that span.
• Zuccarello scored a goal in the season opener vs. the N.Y. Rangers, marking the second time he has found the net in the first game of the season (10/13/16 vs NYI).
• In 2021-22, Zuccarello recorded the second most assists in franchise history (55) and his point total (79) was T-4th most in team history.
FREDDY STAYS READY
• Frederick Gaudreau tallied a point in four consecutive games (2-2=4) from Nov.13 – 19, tying a career-best streak set from April 12 – 17, 2022.
• Gaudreau leads Minnesota with a 50.0 faceoff percentage (min. 100 faceoffs), winning 115 of 230 faceoffs this season
• Gaudreau is one of 14 NHL players to record eight or more points without serving a penalty minute this season.
THE GUS BUS IS ROLLING
• Filip Gustavsson is 3-1-1 with a goals-allowed average of 1.96 and a save percentage .933 in his last five games (Nov. 9 – 23).
• Since Nov. 9, Gustavsson ranks first in GAA and third in SV% among goalies that have played at least five games.
IN FULL BLOOM
• Marc-Andre Fleury stopped all 28 shots he faced at Seattle (Nov. 11) to record his first shutout in a Wild sweater. Fluery has now recorded a shutout against 28 NHL franchises, most in league history.
• Fleury notched the 62nd shootout win of his career at Chicago (Oct. 30), surpassing Hendrik Lundqvist for first all-time among NHL goalies.
• In a 3-1 win over Montreal (Oct. 25), Fleury reached 944 career appearances and surpassed Curtis Joseph for sole possession of sixth place on the NHL’s all-time goaltender appearance list.
• Fleury faced his 28th career penalty-shot attempt vs. Montreal (10/25). Per NHL Stats, Fleury’s 22 saves on 28 all-time attempts trail only Roberto Luongo (33 PS SA, 29 PS saves) for the all-time lead in both categories.
• Fleury reached 25 wins for the 13th time in his career in 2021- 22. Only two NHL goalies have recorded more 25+ win seasons in NHL history: Martin Brodeur (15) and Patrick Roy (14).
• Has notched 14 career 20+ win seasons, fourth most in NHL history: Roy (17), Brodeur (16) and Ed Belfour (15).
• Earned a win against every NHL team after 2-1 victory at VGK (1/8/22).
• 16 consecutive seasons without a losing record from 2006-07 to 2021-22. Record of 503-258 during that span.
ADD’IN UP
• Calen Addison is tied for first among rookie defensemen and is tied for third among all rookies with eight points this season (1-9=10)
• Addison’s seven power-play assists lead all rookies and are tied for fourth among all NHL defensemen.
• Addison’s nine assists ranks tied for second among rookies.
• Addison is tied for first among rookies with six power-play assists.
• With two points (1-1=2) vs. Winnipeg (Nov. 23), Addison boosted his career totals to 3-11=14. According to NHL stats, only three rookie defensemen have collected more career points with the Wild: Filip Kuba (9-21—30 in 75 GP), Kurtis Foster (10-18—28 in 58 GP) and Matt Dumba (9-9—18 in 71 GP).
• With two assists against Vancouver (Oct. 20), Addison matched Ryan Donato (four GP in 2018-19) for the fewest games to reach the five-assist mark in a season among Wild rookies.
• Addison matched Ryan Suter (four GP in 2015-16) for the fewest games to reach the five-assist mark in a season among Wild defensemen.
• Addison notched three assists vs. Colorado (10/17), tying a franchise record for single-game assists by a rookie defenseman. He’s the fifth rookie in Wild history to record three assists in a game (Dupuis, Koivu, N. Johnson and Eriksson Ek).
