Leafs/Canes Preview Nov 20th 2011

What a win last night for the Leafs!  7-1 over the High Scoring Capitals!  I think all the Gustavsson haters can sit down and shut up for a few weeks now.  It's another game to add to his well played list, and when you compare his well played games to Scrivens well played games, Gustavsson comes out on top.  The Monster has beaten New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and now the Washington Capitals.  Scrivens has only beat the Columbus Blue Jackets, and the St Louis Blues.  At the time, both teams were not in the playoffs.  Gustavsson deserves to start tonight, but we will see who Wilson goes with.  Since Gus hasnt played much lately, he should be plenty rested for tonight's game in Raleigh, NC.



Leafs:11-7-2 good for 24 points and 2nd in the North-East Division
Canes:6-11-3 good for 15 points and 5th in the South-East Division

Leafs are 2-2-1 in their last 5 and the Canes are 1-4-0 in their last 5.

Kessel and Lupul lead the way for the leafs with 27 points and 24 points respectively.



Its been a while since the Leafs had 2 players high up in the scoring race.  Infact, Henny tells us that its been since the 32-33 season that they had two players in the top 2 in scoring.  Kessel sits 1st Lupul sits tied for 3rd.








Tonight the Leafs can take over the Division lead again if they beat the Canes.  Connolly got his 400th and 401st career points last night, congratulations goes out to him.

The Canes have 5 ex-Leafs on their roster.  Tim Brent, Alexei Ponikarovski, Thomas Kaberle, Jiri Tlusty and Jay Harrison.  They have a combine points total of 25.
The Leafs need to beat this team good tonight.  They need to beat them by 2 or 3 goals and put it away early.  The Leafs can not afford to lose this game.  Every game now for the rest of the season is a must win game.  Tonight, Leafs win 4-1 - Kessel 2 - Lupul - Frattin.