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Lightning aim to bounce back vs. Maple Leafs
Wednesday, 01.27.2016 / 1:36 AM
Joseph Calabrese - NHL.com Staff Writer
MAPLE LEAFS (17-21-9) at LIGHTNING (26-18-4)
TV: SN, TVA Sports, SUN
Season series: Tampa Bay Lightning forward Vladislav Namestnikov scored the game-winning goal 2:01 into overtime in a 5-4 victory against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre on Dec. 15. Forward Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist for Tampa Bay. Forward James van Riemsdyk had a goal and an assist for Toronto.
Maple Leafs team scope: Toronto lost 5-1 at the Florida Panthers on Tuesday. Goaltender James Reimer, who started his fourth straight game, had his streak of 18 consecutive games allowing three goals or fewer ended. "I thought we had things going good and our penalty kill was going good, and then [Aleksander] Barkov walked right down the middle," coach Mike Babcock said. "We didn't do our job or what we're supposed to do, what we talked about it in the meeting and the next thing you know, I thought they got going." Backup Jonathan Bernier will start Wednesday. The Maple Leafs are 3-6-2 in January. Toronto's first game following the 2016 NHL All-Star Game in Nashville is at the Boston Bruins on Feb. 2.
Lightning team scope: Tampa Bay is home for its final game before the All-Star break. The Lightning have been off since their seven-game winning streak ended with a 5-2 loss at the Florida Panthers on Saturday "Everybody is looking forward to Thursday morning and going on vacation, but there's a very, very important game for us to play first," associate coach Rick Bowness told the team website Tuesday. "Our guys are well aware after our meeting [Tuesday] of the importance of the game and the importance of rebounding from a bad game." Forward Kucherov has 11 points (six goals, five assists) in his past eight games and is Tampa Bay's leading scorer with 41 points (20 goals, 21 assists).
Thanks ULF
Toronto Maple Leafs at Tampa Bay Lightning: Wednesday game
preview
Steven Stamkos has 31 points in 26 career games against the Leafs.
By: Kevin McGran Sports Reporter, Published on Tue Jan 26 2016
Maple Leafs at Lightning
Amalie Arena, Tampa, Fla.
Puck drop: 7 p.m.
TV: Sportsnet
Radio: Sportsnet 590 The Fan
Key matchup: Steven Stamkos vs. Dion Phaneuf. Stamkos has nine points in January, and 15 goals and 16 assists in 26 career games against the Maple Leafs, one of his favourite teams to score on. It will most likely be left to Phaneuf and Jake Gardiner to try to find a way to stop him.
Need to know: Tampa Bay won the only game between the two teams so far this season, in overtime . . . The Lightning have found their groove lately, going 8-2-0 in their last 10 games . . . Stamkos and goalie Ben Bishop will represent the Lightning at the all-star game . . . Nikita Kucherov leads the Lightning with 41 points, four more than Stamkos. The two share the team’s goal lead, with 20 . . . Kucherov has an eight-game point streak (six goals, five assists).
Up next: Tuesday, Leafs at Bruins, 7 p.m.
Game Day: Maple Leafs at Lightning
http://www.torontosun.com/2016/01/27/game-day-maple-leafs-at-lightning
Wednesday, 01.27.2016 / 1:36 AM
Joseph Calabrese - NHL.com Staff Writer
MAPLE LEAFS (17-21-9) at LIGHTNING (26-18-4)
TV: SN, TVA Sports, SUN
Season series: Tampa Bay Lightning forward Vladislav Namestnikov scored the game-winning goal 2:01 into overtime in a 5-4 victory against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre on Dec. 15. Forward Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist for Tampa Bay. Forward James van Riemsdyk had a goal and an assist for Toronto.
Maple Leafs team scope: Toronto lost 5-1 at the Florida Panthers on Tuesday. Goaltender James Reimer, who started his fourth straight game, had his streak of 18 consecutive games allowing three goals or fewer ended. "I thought we had things going good and our penalty kill was going good, and then [Aleksander] Barkov walked right down the middle," coach Mike Babcock said. "We didn't do our job or what we're supposed to do, what we talked about it in the meeting and the next thing you know, I thought they got going." Backup Jonathan Bernier will start Wednesday. The Maple Leafs are 3-6-2 in January. Toronto's first game following the 2016 NHL All-Star Game in Nashville is at the Boston Bruins on Feb. 2.
Lightning team scope: Tampa Bay is home for its final game before the All-Star break. The Lightning have been off since their seven-game winning streak ended with a 5-2 loss at the Florida Panthers on Saturday "Everybody is looking forward to Thursday morning and going on vacation, but there's a very, very important game for us to play first," associate coach Rick Bowness told the team website Tuesday. "Our guys are well aware after our meeting [Tuesday] of the importance of the game and the importance of rebounding from a bad game." Forward Kucherov has 11 points (six goals, five assists) in his past eight games and is Tampa Bay's leading scorer with 41 points (20 goals, 21 assists).
Thanks ULF
Toronto Maple Leafs at Tampa Bay Lightning: Wednesday game
preview
Steven Stamkos has 31 points in 26 career games against the Leafs.
By: Kevin McGran Sports Reporter, Published on Tue Jan 26 2016
Maple Leafs at Lightning
Amalie Arena, Tampa, Fla.
Puck drop: 7 p.m.
TV: Sportsnet
Radio: Sportsnet 590 The Fan
Key matchup: Steven Stamkos vs. Dion Phaneuf. Stamkos has nine points in January, and 15 goals and 16 assists in 26 career games against the Maple Leafs, one of his favourite teams to score on. It will most likely be left to Phaneuf and Jake Gardiner to try to find a way to stop him.
Need to know: Tampa Bay won the only game between the two teams so far this season, in overtime . . . The Lightning have found their groove lately, going 8-2-0 in their last 10 games . . . Stamkos and goalie Ben Bishop will represent the Lightning at the all-star game . . . Nikita Kucherov leads the Lightning with 41 points, four more than Stamkos. The two share the team’s goal lead, with 20 . . . Kucherov has an eight-game point streak (six goals, five assists).
Up next: Tuesday, Leafs at Bruins, 7 p.m.
Game Day: Maple Leafs at Lightning
http://www.torontosun.com/2016/01/27/game-day-maple-leafs-at-lightning
Mike Babcock vs. Jon Cooper
Cooper, when he doesn't have multiple off-ice player contract issues to distract him, is looking more like the man who brought his Bolts into the Stanley Cup final. Babcock, in a back-to-back, will have to keep pumping up his team, whose thoughts could be easily lured to the all-star break.
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