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GAMEDAY: Maple Leafs at Los Angeles Kings
LANCE HORNBY
Updated: November 12, 2018
10:30 P.M. Staples Center
TV: ROGERS SPORTSNET ONTARIO, RADIO: SPORTSNET 590 THE FAN
THE BIG MATCHUP
Kasperi Kapanen vs. Anze Kopitar
Kapanen opened and closed the scoring for the Leafs a month ago when the sluggish-looking Kings were beaten 4-1 at SBA. That’s when Kapanen was still playing with a healthy Auston Matthews, but his speed should still cause the Kings fits. Kopitar, the Selke Trophy winner, will likely see time against Kapanen’s centre Nazem Kadri and John Tavares.
KEYS TO THE GAME
1. Discord in the Kingdom
Toronto can take advantage of a last-place team still finding its way after firing coach John Stevens and replacing him with Willie Desjardins. L.A. is ending a seven-game home stand in which it hoped to kick-start things under the new bench boss, but has scored just five goals in its past three games. The Leafs haven’t won here in their past four tries.
2. No soup for you
First Jonathan Quick was hurt, now Jack Campbell — with a .923 save percentage — will be out four-to-six weeks with a knee injury. Little-used veteran Peter Budaj is in the spotlight, while Cal Petersen, a free agent from Notre Dame, has been called up from the farm. Meanwhile, former Anaheim Duck Frederik Andersen improved his record against the Kings to 7-1-0-2 with last month’s win.
3. First things first
A heavy first-period shot barrage in Boston to open this road trip did not result in a goal, and the resulting frustration seeped into the Leafs locker room the rest of the night. An early goal — Kapanen leads the team with three in the first frame this year — would help.
4. Don’t doubt Doughty
Defenceman Drew Doughty came into the October meeting in Toronto with all kinds of publicity as the would-be Leaf who elected to stay in L.A. — then had what he called a miserable evening. He’s dedicating himself to a better showing on Tuesday, no matter what the rest of the Kings do.
5. Circle the wagons
Desjardins talked about sacrificing the Kings’ reliable defence for offence after the 1-0 loss to Calgary, but had to backtrack on Monday as he expects Toronto to come hard after Budaj.
LEAFS GAME DAY LINES
LW C RW
Zach Hyman John Tavares Mitch Marner
Patrick Marleau Nazem Kadri Kasperi Kapanen
Andreas Johnsson Par Lindholm Connor Brown
Tyler Ennis Frederick Gauthier Josh Leivo
DEFENCE PAIRINGS
Morgan Rielly Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner Nikita Zaitsev
Travis Dermott I. Ozhiganov/M. Marincin
GOALIES
Frederik Andersen
Garret Sparks
SICK BAY
C Auston Matthews (shoulder)
KINGS GAMEDAY LINES
LW C RW
Alex Iafallo Anze Kopitar Dustin Brown
Ilya Kovalchuk Jeff Carter Tyler Toffoli
Tanner Pearson Adrian Kempe Michael Amadio
Kyle Clifford Nate Thompson Trevor Lewis
DEFENCE PAIRINGS
Dion Phaneuf Drew Doughty
Jake Muzzin Alec Martinez
Derek Forbort Oscar Fantenberg
GOALIES
Peter Budaj
Cal Petersen
SICK BAY
G Jonathan Quick (lower body)
G Jack Campbell (knee)
C Gabriel Vilardi (back)
RW Jonny Brodzinski (shoulder)
SPECIAL TEAMS
POWER PLAY
Toronto 25.5% (6th)
Los Angeles 14.8% (26th)
PENALTY KILLING
Toronto 82.0% (11th)
Los Angeles 82.2% (10th)
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GAMEDAY: Maple Leafs at Los Angeles Kings
LANCE HORNBY
Updated: November 12, 2018
10:30 P.M. Staples Center
TV: ROGERS SPORTSNET ONTARIO, RADIO: SPORTSNET 590 THE FAN
THE BIG MATCHUP
Kasperi Kapanen vs. Anze Kopitar
Kapanen opened and closed the scoring for the Leafs a month ago when the sluggish-looking Kings were beaten 4-1 at SBA. That’s when Kapanen was still playing with a healthy Auston Matthews, but his speed should still cause the Kings fits. Kopitar, the Selke Trophy winner, will likely see time against Kapanen’s centre Nazem Kadri and John Tavares.
KEYS TO THE GAME
1. Discord in the Kingdom
Toronto can take advantage of a last-place team still finding its way after firing coach John Stevens and replacing him with Willie Desjardins. L.A. is ending a seven-game home stand in which it hoped to kick-start things under the new bench boss, but has scored just five goals in its past three games. The Leafs haven’t won here in their past four tries.
2. No soup for you
First Jonathan Quick was hurt, now Jack Campbell — with a .923 save percentage — will be out four-to-six weeks with a knee injury. Little-used veteran Peter Budaj is in the spotlight, while Cal Petersen, a free agent from Notre Dame, has been called up from the farm. Meanwhile, former Anaheim Duck Frederik Andersen improved his record against the Kings to 7-1-0-2 with last month’s win.
3. First things first
A heavy first-period shot barrage in Boston to open this road trip did not result in a goal, and the resulting frustration seeped into the Leafs locker room the rest of the night. An early goal — Kapanen leads the team with three in the first frame this year — would help.
4. Don’t doubt Doughty
Defenceman Drew Doughty came into the October meeting in Toronto with all kinds of publicity as the would-be Leaf who elected to stay in L.A. — then had what he called a miserable evening. He’s dedicating himself to a better showing on Tuesday, no matter what the rest of the Kings do.
5. Circle the wagons
Desjardins talked about sacrificing the Kings’ reliable defence for offence after the 1-0 loss to Calgary, but had to backtrack on Monday as he expects Toronto to come hard after Budaj.
LEAFS GAME DAY LINES
LW C RW
Zach Hyman John Tavares Mitch Marner
Patrick Marleau Nazem Kadri Kasperi Kapanen
Andreas Johnsson Par Lindholm Connor Brown
Tyler Ennis Frederick Gauthier Josh Leivo
DEFENCE PAIRINGS
Morgan Rielly Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner Nikita Zaitsev
Travis Dermott I. Ozhiganov/M. Marincin
GOALIES
Frederik Andersen
Garret Sparks
SICK BAY
C Auston Matthews (shoulder)
KINGS GAMEDAY LINES
LW C RW
Alex Iafallo Anze Kopitar Dustin Brown
Ilya Kovalchuk Jeff Carter Tyler Toffoli
Tanner Pearson Adrian Kempe Michael Amadio
Kyle Clifford Nate Thompson Trevor Lewis
DEFENCE PAIRINGS
Dion Phaneuf Drew Doughty
Jake Muzzin Alec Martinez
Derek Forbort Oscar Fantenberg
GOALIES
Peter Budaj
Cal Petersen
SICK BAY
G Jonathan Quick (lower body)
G Jack Campbell (knee)
C Gabriel Vilardi (back)
RW Jonny Brodzinski (shoulder)
SPECIAL TEAMS
POWER PLAY
Toronto 25.5% (6th)
Los Angeles 14.8% (26th)
PENALTY KILLING
Toronto 82.0% (11th)
Los Angeles 82.2% (10th)
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