When: 7:00 PM ET, Monday, November 6, 2017
Where: Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Preview: Golden Knights at Maple Leafs
Gracenote
Nov 6, 2017
The first significant road trip in the history of the Vegas Golden Knights got off to a miserable start, but the club bounced back to end its first losing streak and hopes to make it two straight wins when it visits the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday. Vegas began its trek with three losses before escaping Ottawa on Saturday with a 5-4 triumph.
The Golden Knights scored three consecutive goals to take a 5-2 lead and managed to withstand a comeback attempt late in the third period to even their overall road record at 3-3-0. Toronto is beginning a three-game homestand after winning just once on its four-game trek and has dropped five of six overall contests. The Maple Leafs have allowed a total of 11 goals in their last two games, including a 6-4 setback in St. Louis on Saturday. Auston Matthews apparently is not allowing himself to be plagued by the sophomore jinx, as he has followed his Calder Trophy-winning season by recording 10 goals and 18 points - both team highs - in 15 contests.
TV: 7 p.m. ET, AT&T SportsNet-Rocky Mountain (Vegas), Sportsnet Ontario (Toronto)
ABOUT THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS (9-4-0): Maxime Lagace recorded his first career victory Saturday despite allowing four goals on 28 shots. The 24-year-old is Vegas' fourth starting goaltender already this season following injuries to Marc-Andre Fleury (concussion), Malcolm Subban (lower body) and Oscar Dansk (lower body). The team needed only 13 games in its initial season to register nine wins, matching the NHL record set in 1917-18 by the Montreal Canadiens.
ABOUT THE MAPLE LEAFS (8-7-0): Nazem Kadri is tied for second on the team with 11 points but has been kept off the scoresheet in each of his last four games. The 27-year-old is even with William Nylander, who has gone seven contests without a goal, and defenseman Morgan Rielly. James van Riemsdyk also is struggling to score as he enters Monday with a six-game goal-scoring drought after beginning the season with four in his first five contests.
OVERTIME
1. The Golden Knights went 3-for-5 on the power play against the Senators after scoring only twice on its first 22 opportunities on the road.
2. Matthews leads Toronto with two game-winning goals, both of which were scored in overtime.
3. Vegas, which is in the midst of a stretch during which it plays eight of nine contests away from home, concludes its six-game road trip Tuesday at Montreal.
PREDICTION: Maple Leafs 5, Golden Knights 2
Where: Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario
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Preview: Golden Knights at Maple Leafs
Gracenote
Nov 6, 2017
The first significant road trip in the history of the Vegas Golden Knights got off to a miserable start, but the club bounced back to end its first losing streak and hopes to make it two straight wins when it visits the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday. Vegas began its trek with three losses before escaping Ottawa on Saturday with a 5-4 triumph.
The Golden Knights scored three consecutive goals to take a 5-2 lead and managed to withstand a comeback attempt late in the third period to even their overall road record at 3-3-0. Toronto is beginning a three-game homestand after winning just once on its four-game trek and has dropped five of six overall contests. The Maple Leafs have allowed a total of 11 goals in their last two games, including a 6-4 setback in St. Louis on Saturday. Auston Matthews apparently is not allowing himself to be plagued by the sophomore jinx, as he has followed his Calder Trophy-winning season by recording 10 goals and 18 points - both team highs - in 15 contests.
TV: 7 p.m. ET, AT&T SportsNet-Rocky Mountain (Vegas), Sportsnet Ontario (Toronto)
ABOUT THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS (9-4-0): Maxime Lagace recorded his first career victory Saturday despite allowing four goals on 28 shots. The 24-year-old is Vegas' fourth starting goaltender already this season following injuries to Marc-Andre Fleury (concussion), Malcolm Subban (lower body) and Oscar Dansk (lower body). The team needed only 13 games in its initial season to register nine wins, matching the NHL record set in 1917-18 by the Montreal Canadiens.
ABOUT THE MAPLE LEAFS (8-7-0): Nazem Kadri is tied for second on the team with 11 points but has been kept off the scoresheet in each of his last four games. The 27-year-old is even with William Nylander, who has gone seven contests without a goal, and defenseman Morgan Rielly. James van Riemsdyk also is struggling to score as he enters Monday with a six-game goal-scoring drought after beginning the season with four in his first five contests.
OVERTIME
1. The Golden Knights went 3-for-5 on the power play against the Senators after scoring only twice on its first 22 opportunities on the road.
2. Matthews leads Toronto with two game-winning goals, both of which were scored in overtime.
3. Vegas, which is in the midst of a stretch during which it plays eight of nine contests away from home, concludes its six-game road trip Tuesday at Montreal.
PREDICTION: Maple Leafs 5, Golden Knights 2
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