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# Game preview: Washington Capitals @ Toronto Maple Leafs
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/game-preview-washington-capitals-toronto-maple-leafs-lines-preview-how-to-watch/
- Published: 2016-11-26T19:12:16.000Z
- Updated: 2016-11-26T19:12:16.000Z
- Description: The Leafs welcome the Caps to establish the Matthews vs Ovech- nope. Not doing it.
- Author: Adam Selvig
- Tags: Game Coverage, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 10:50

Tonight is the first meeting between the Maple Leafs and Capitals this season, and the Caps will be looking to burn off those thanksgiving dinners with a high energy game against the Maple Leafs, but they’ll need to keep the pace up as the Leafs are very comfortable at home this season, sporting a 7-3-0 record, while the Caps are about average on the road, going 5-2-2.

Washington Capitals @ Toronto Maple Leafs  
7:00PM - Air Canada Centre  
Watch: CBC, GCL, Centre Ice  
Listen: TSN1050, Sportsnet590  
SBN Opponent: Japers Rink

Always a popular ticket, the Washington Capitals are currently sitting just 3 points back of their division lead, and haven’t had any trouble scoring as they hold a +11 goal differential. These are truly the regular season Washington Capitals - content with trying to win a Presidents Trophy and calling it a season.

The Maple Leafs are out performing some expectations, just a win or two outside the playoff picture, they are half a very young team still learning the ropes, and half seasoned vets, which keeps things nice and even defensively and offensively ion the big picture, in the smaller picture there are defensive gaps which are getting covered up by the offense.

Tonight’s game should be a good one, with the Leafs scoring the majority of their goals at home (in the past 4 home games where they scored, they’ve averaged over 4 goals per game). If the Washington offense picks up speed as well, this game could reach early 90’s heights (I won’t be so bold to predict 80’s level of goals).

|            | Toronto                                                | Washington               |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------ |
| Record     | 8-8-4                                                  | 13-5-2                   |
| Division   | 7th                                                    | 2nd                      |
| Conference | 14th                                                   | 3rd                      |
| League     | 24th                                                   | 4th                      |
| Goals +/-  | 62 / 67 / -5                                           | 55 / 44 / +11            |
| PP%        | 21.1% 9th                                              | 16.7% 18th               |
| PK%        | 82% - 16th                                             | 82.2% - 12th             |
| Top Scorer | James van RiemsdykAuston MatthewsNazem Kadri - 8 goals | Alex Ovechkin - 12 goals |
| Top Points | James van Riemsdyk - 17pts                             | Niklas Backstrom - 18pts |
| Top Goalie | Frederik Andersen - .909sv%                            | Brayden Holtby - .923sv% |

Here are the morning skate lines

Leafs

Leo Komarov - Nazem Kadri - Connor Brown  
James van Riemsdyk - Tyler Bozak - Mitch Marner  
Zach Hyman - Auston Matthews - William Nylander  
Matt Martin - Ben Smith - Nikita Soshnikov

Morgan Rielly - Nikita Zaitsev  
Matt Hunwick - Roman Polak  
Jake Gardiner - Connor Carrick

Frederik Andersen  
Jhonas Enroth

Capitals

Alex Ovechkin - Evgeny Kuznetsov - Andre Burakovsky  
Marcus Johansson - Nicklas Backstrom - Justin Williams  
Zachary Sanford - Jay Beagle - Tom Wilson  
Daniel Winnik - Lars Eller - Brett Connolly

Karl Alzner Matt Niskanen   
Dmitri Orlov John Carlson   
Nate Schmidt Brooks Orpik

Brayden Holtby  
Philipp Grubauer

This should should be a good game, if the Leafs can keep up their home ice dominance. The Caps are a real challenge, and a good playoff test on if they can compete with the top contenders, if they have any thoughts of playoffs this year.