Does anyone know what’s going on with the Toronto Maple Leafs? For a team that has John Tavares, Mitch Marner, and Auston Matthews, Toronto is struggling on the ice. Tonight, the Maple Leafs will look to enter back into the win column when they face the Vegas Golden Knights on the road.
Life without Mitch Marner has been rough for Toronto. The point-per-game player is out for at least four weeks with an ankle injury. his absence will be greatly missed in Toronto’s lineup.
Entering tonight, the Leafs have lost 5 straight games and are sitting with a record of 9-9-4. As for the newest franchise in the NHL (to hit the ice), the Knights are 10-9-3.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: November 19th, 2:00 p.m. (EST)
Online bookmaker BetOnline has the Golden Knights at -145 for tonight’s game.
William Karlsson continues to dish out the assists and points for the Knights. Through 22 games, Karlsson is sitting at 23 points, including 15 assists. He leads the Knights in both categories.
As for the Leafs, Auston Matthews leads the team in goals with 14 and points with 27. Matthews is the franchise player for Toronto, although the team is struggling at this moment.
Goalies have not been confirmed yet but it’s expected that Frederik Andersen and Marc-Andre Fleury will get the nod for their respective team.
Andersen is 9-4-3 this season with a 2.74 GAA and a .912 SV%. Of his 16 games started this season, 10 of them have been quality starts.
Fleury is the main man in between the pipes for Vegas, sporting a 10-5-1 record this season. 2 of his wins have been shutouts and he owns a GAA of 2.52 and .920 SV%.
