The game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Colorado Avalanche will take place at Scotiabank Arena on Wednesday, March 15 at 7:00 PM ET.
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The Toronto Maple Leafs will welcome the Colorado Avalanche to Scotiabank Arena for an NHL game on Wednesday. The Toronto Maple Leafs lost 3-4in their last game over the Sabres. Auston Matthews had a goal and two assists, and William Nylander and Calle Jarnkrok also scored for Toronto. Mitch Marner had two assists and Matt Murray stopped 25 shots.
The Maple Leafs are all but assure of finishing second in the Atlantic Division, while the Sabres are trying to stay in contention for a wild card in the Eastern Conference. “There’s enough to play for here, right?” Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe said. “It’s still tight enough (in the standings) that if you let your foot off the gas, not only are you now losing home ice, but you’ve got other teams (chasing).”
After falling behind 2-0 early in the second period, the Sabres scored four consecutive goals over a 27-minute stretch. “We’ve made defending a greater focal point,” Sabres coach Don Granato said. “Our guys recognized tonight ways they could impact it more and more as the game went along.”
The Colorado Avalanche on the other hand won 4-8 against the Canadiens in their last game. Artturi Lehkonen scored twice in Colorado’s four-goal first period, and the Avalanche beat the Montreal Canadiens 8-4 Monday night. Valeri Nichushkin had a goal and two assists, Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist, and Nathan MacKinnon, J.T. Compher, Matt Nieto and Bowen Byram also scored for the Avalanche, who won for the third time in four games.
Cale Makar had three assists, and Devon Toews and Logan O’Connor each had two. Alexandar Georgiev finished with 15 saves. “I thought the pace that we played with in the first period and the execution was phenomenal,” Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said. “Not that we created a ton of chances but the chances that we did create were good ones and our guys did a nice job capitalizing on some nice moves and some good shots.”
Auston Matthews – Mitch Marner – Calle Järnkrok
Alexander Kerfoot – William Nylander – Noel Acciari
Zach Aston-Reese – T. J. Brodie – Michael Bunting
Mark Giordano – Erik Gustafsson
Justin Holl – David Kämpf
Sam Lafferty -Timothy Liljegren
Jake McCabe – Matt Murray
Morgan Rielly
John Tavares
Artturi Lehkonen – Cale Makar – Valeri Nichushkin
Nathan MacKinnon – Logan O’Connor – Mikko Rantanen
Devon Toews – Bowen Byram – J. T. Compher
Lars Eller – Samuel Girard
Matt Nieto – Evan Rodrigues
Andrew Cogliano – Alexandar Georgiev
Brad Hunt – Jack Johnson
Denis Malgin
Alex Newhook
Toronto Maple Leafs: Luke Schenn, Victor Mete, Ryan O’Reilly, Jake Muzzin, Nicholas Robertson, Carl Dahlstrom
Colorado Avalanche: Pavel Francouz, Kurtis MacDermid, Artturi Lehkonen, Darren Helm, Erik Johnson, Josh Manson, Gabriel Landeskog
The game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Colorado Avalanche will take place at Scotiabank Arena on Wednesday, March 15 at 7:00 PM ET.
The match between the New York Rangers and Washington Capitals will be telecast live on TNT.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | TNT. | March 15 (7:00 PM ET) |
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