TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS NOTES:
LAST GAME
Score: Toronto 1 at Florida 3
Date: Thursday, October 19, 2023
TOR Goals: Marner (PP)
FLA Goals: Stenlund, Ekman-Larsson, Reinhart (EN-SH)
TOR Goaltender: Samsonov, 21/23, .913 SV%
FLA Goaltender: Bobrovsky, 29/30, .967 SV%
TOR Power Play: 1-for-5
TOR Penalty Kill: 4-for-4
Player Notes: – Mitch Marner scored on a Maple Leafs power play opportunity at 11:52 of the second period. Marner recorded his first goal of the season and has posted four points through his last four games (1G, 3A). With his goal, Marner earned his 170th career power play point, claiming sole possession of seventh on the Maple Leafs’ franchise all-time list for the most power play points, passing Bryan McCabe (169).
- John Tavares posted the primary assist on Marner’s power play goal. Tavares is currently on a four-game point streak where he has recorded seven points (1G, 6A).
- William Nylander registered the secondary assist on Marner’s power play goal. Nylander is currently on a four-game assist and point streak where he has recorded seven points (3G, 4A).
TONIGHT’S GAME
2023-24 Matchups vs. Tampa Bay: First of Four
2022-23 Record vs. Tampa Bay: 2-0-1
Toronto Season Record: 2-2-0
Toronto Road Record: 0-1-0
TONIGHT’S STORYLINES
The Maple Leafs are set to face-off against the Tampa Bay Lightning tonight at Amalie Arena in the first of four games between the clubs this season. Toronto has earned at least one point in three-consecutive games against the Lightning (2-0-1) while recording at least one point in five of their last six road games against Tampa Bay (4-1-1). The Maple Leafs are skating in their second game of a five-game road trip, the longest road trip of the season for the team. The Maple Leafs posted a 23-13-5 road record during the 2022-23 season, tying a franchise win for most road wins during a single-season with 23.
BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: Sportsnet RADIO: TSN 1050
NEXT GAME
Date: Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Opponent: at Washington Capitals
Time: 6:00 pm ET
Broadcast Information: TSN (TV), Sportsnet 590 (Radio)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
October 20, 2023 Forward Pontus Holmberg has been recalled from the Toronto Marlies (AHL). Defenceman Simon Benoit has been loaned to the Marlies.
INJURY REPORT
Conor Timmins LTIR
Jake Muzzin LTIR
Matt Murray LTIR
ALL-TIME VS. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING:
First Matchup between Clubs: October 15, 1992 (Toronto 5 vs. Tampa Bay 3)
All-Time Record: 60-37-2-8 (107 Games)
All-Time Record at Home: 31-19-1-3 (54 Games)
All-Time Record on the Road: 29-18-1-5 (53 Games)
Last Road Win vs. Opponent: April 11, 2023 (Toronto 4 at Tampa Bay 3)
ACTIVE LEADERS VS. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING:
Games Played: John Tavares (43), Morgan Rielly (32), Max Domi (24), William Nylander (24)
Goals: John Tavares (14), William Nylander (10), Auston Matthews (9)
Assists: John Tavares (29), Mitch Marner (13), Calle Järnkrok (13)
Points: John Tavares (43), Auston Matthews (21), Mitch Marner (19), William Nylander (19)
Penalty Minutes John Tavares (22), Jake McCabe (21), Mark Giordano (19)
THE MAN ADVANTAGE IN 2023-24
Power Play: 5/15 (33.3%)
Power Play Goal Leader: 2 – Matthews
Power Play Point Leader: 3 – Nylander (1G, 2A), Tavares (3A)
2022-23 Power Play: 64/246 (26.0%)
ON THE PK IN 2023-24
Penalty Kill: 11/13 (84.6%)
Shorthanded Goal Leader: N/A
Shorthanded Point Leader: N/A
2022-23 Penalty Kill: 203/248 (81.9%)
FAST FACTS
Saturday games 2nd of 25 (13 home, 12 road)
Back-to-Backs played 0 of 13
Record in first game of back-to-back 0-0-0
Record in second game of back-to-back 0-0-0
October games 5th of 9 (4 home, 5 road)
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING NOTES:
LAST GAME
The Tampa Bay Lightning earned two points Thursday night with a 4-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks at AMALIE Arena…The Bolts improved to 2-2-1 on the season with a home record of 2-0-0…Nick Paul opened the scoring with a power-play goal 11:10 into the first period, jumping on a rebound in front and burying his third goal of the season with Steven Stamkos picking up the lone helper…Brock Boeser evened the score 14 seconds into the second period before Tyler Myers quickly gave VAN a 2-1 lead just 48 seconds later…Following a fight between Tanner Jeannot and Mark Friedman, Mikey Eyssimont took a pass from Conor Sheary and wired a snap shot over the glove of Demko to tie the game 2-2 with Nick Perbix collecting the secondary helper…Just 1:09 later, Nikita Kucherov collected a pass along the wall from Brandon Hagel before curling to the top of the right circle and firing a shot through traffic that beat Demko and put the Lightning up 3-2 with Darren Raddysh recording the secondary assist…Kucherov added a second goal at the 4:42 mark of the third period when Brayden Point and Paul won a board battle on the power play, allowing Paul to send a pass to Kucherov, who snapped a quick onetimer past Demko to make it 4-2…VAN added a late empty-net goal from J.T. Miller to get back within one, but were unable to find the equalizer…Jonas Johannson made 26 saves on 29 shots against for his second win of the season.
Score 1ST 2ND 3RD FINAL
Vancouver 0 2 1 3
Tampa Bay 1 2 1 4
TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
The Lightning and Maple Leafs are playing the first of four matchups this season and the first of two meetings at AMALIE Arena…The Bolts posted a 1-2-0 record vs. TOR last season, winning one of two matchups at home and dropping the lone contest at Scotiabank Arena…Mikhail Sergachev (1-2—3) and Steven Stamkos (0-3—3) were tied for the Tampa Bay team lead in points vs. TOR last season, while Alex Killorn (2-0—2) and Vladislav Namestnikov (2-0—2) were tied for the team lead in goals…Stamkos is riding a six-game point streak vs. TOR (2-8—10) and has points in 15 of his last 19 games vs. TOR (6-23—29)…Stamkos has found the scoresheet in six straight home games vs. TOR (1-8—9) and 15 of his last 16 home games vs. TOR (5-17—22)…Stamkos has pointed in 21 of his 24 career home games vs. TOR (10-22—32)…Stamkos has recorded more points vs. TOR than any other NHL franchise (22- 39—61, 48 GP)…Nikita Kucherov has recorded points in 12 of his last 13 contests vs. TOR (9-8—17) and has points in eight consecutive home games vs. TOR (6-4—10) with goals in six of those eight games…Mikhail Sergachev has found the scoresheet in three of his last four games vs. TOR (1-3—4)…Conor Sheary has five points over his last eight games vs. TOR (2-3—5)…Victor Hedman has recorded seven points over his last eight home games vs. TOR (2-5—7)… The Bolts are 5-5-0 in their last 10 home games vs. TOR and 4-5-1 in the last 10 meetings overall…Tampa Bay is 45-52-8 with two ties all-time vs. TOR, including a home record of 23-26-3 with one tie…Stamkos (22-39— 61) holds the Lightning franchise records for career assists and points vs. TOR and is tied with Vincent Lecavalier (22-30—52) for the all-time lead in goals.
TBL ALL-TIME POINT LEADERS VS. TOR
- Steven Stamkos – 61 pts. (22-39—61, 48 GP)
- Vincent Lecavalier – 52 pts. (22-30—52, 50 GP)
- Martin St. Louis – 49 pts. (18-31—49, 47 GP)
- Nikita Kucherov – 32 pts. (14-18—32, 31 GP)
- Brad Richards – 26 pts. (12-14—26, 27 GP)
INJURIES
PLAYER INJURY STATUS GAMES MISSED
Tyler Motte Upper-Body Out 4
Andrei Vasilevskiy Back Out 5
2023-24 Total Man Games Lost: 11
