Friday, November 14, 2014

Gameday: Game 15 - Pens at Leafs


Air Canada Centre - 7:30PM

TV: ROOT Sports
Radio: 105.9 The X

For the majority of their season so far, the Penguins have been playing their opponent on rookie mode. Well that all changed against the Rags on Wednesday as their 7 game winning streak came to an end under the extremely dim lights at MSG. It's only November and much to the surprise of this fan base, every team has bad games. Regardless, the Pens will look to bounce back tonight when they conclude their season long 5 game road trip in the Hockey Meca Toronto. 

Lines: (via Daily Faceoff)


Kunitz - Crosby - Dupuis
Spaling - Malkin - Hornqvist
Bennett - Sutter - Downie 
Comeau/Sill - Goc - Adams

Martin - Letang 
Ehrhoff - Bortuzzo 
Scuderi - Despres 

Griess


James van Riemsdyk - Bozak - Kessel
Winnik - Kadri - Clarkson 
Komarov - Holland - Santorelli
Panik - Smith - Leivo 

Phaneuf - Franson 
Gardiner - Polak 
Rielly - Robidas 

Bernier

Notes and thoughts: 
  • The Penguins and Leafs are 2 of the top 3 highest scoring teams in the League. The Pens lead the league with an average of 3.86 G/PG. The Leafs sit in 3rd, with 3.21 G/PG.
  • Tonight is gonna be a battle of a couple of the league's top power plays. The Penguins PP is still a cheat code, clicking at 35.6%. The Leafs power play clocks in at 24.1%. It's pretty obvious that both teams will try to stay out of the box which means Steve Downie will try to limit the number of players he kills on the ice tonight to under 6.
  • Toronto hasn't won a Stanley Cup since 1967. The Leafs fans are taking it pretty well though.
  • Tonight is the 2nd of 3 match ups between the Penguins and Toronto. The Penguins won the first game 5-2. 



Go Pens




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