Toronto Maple Leafs (30-11-3, third in the Atlantic) vs. Vancouver Canucks (21-21-6, seventh in the Pacific)
Vancouver, British Columbia; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Auston Matthews leads Toronto into a matchup against Vancouver. He currently ranks eighth in the NHL with 54 points, scoring 31 goals and totaling 23 assists.
The Canucks are 9-9-3 on their home ice. Vancouver averages 8.9 penalty minutes per game, the seventh-most in the Western Conference. Tyler Myers leads the team serving 48 total minutes.
The Maple Leafs have gone 13-7-2 away from home. Toronto ranks fourth in the league averaging 3.6 goals per game, led by Matthews with 31.
The matchup Saturday is the first meeting this season for the two teams.
TOP PERFORMERS: Luke Schenn leads the Canucks with a plus-11 in 32 games this season. J.T. Miller has four assists over the last 10 games for Vancouver.
Morgan Rielly leads the Maple Leafs with a plus-14 in 44 games this season. Mitch Marner has 10 goals and nine assists over the last 10 games for Toronto.
LAST 10 GAMES: Canucks: 4-3-3, averaging 2.5 goals, 3.9 assists, 3.6 penalties and 9.5 penalty minutes while giving up 2.2 goals per game with a .929 save percentage.
Maple Leafs: 7-3-0, averaging 4.2 goals, 6.6 assists, 3.1 penalties and 6.5 penalty minutes while allowing 3.3 goals per game with an .878 save percentage.
INJURIES: Canucks: Matthew Highmore: out (health and safety protocols), Phillip Di Giuseppe: out (covid-19), Quinn Hughes: out (covid-19).
Maple Leafs: Wayne Simmonds: day to day (personal), Ondrej Kase: day to day (upper body).
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