Toronto Maple Leafs (37-16-8, second in the Atlantic Division) vs. Vancouver Canucks (24-31-5, sixth in the Pacific Division)
Vancouver, British Columbia; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: The Vancouver Canucks play the Toronto Maple Leafs in a non-conference matchup.
Vancouver has an 11-17-1 record at home and a 24-31-5 record overall. The Canucks are 24-9-5 in games they score three or more goals.
Toronto is 15-10-4 on the road and 37-16-8 overall. The Maple Leafs have allowed 162 goals while scoring 209 for a +47 scoring differential.
The teams meet Saturday for the second time this season. The Maple Leafs won the last meeting 3-2.
TOP PERFORMERS: Jonathan Tanner Miller has 20 goals and 34 assists for the Canucks. Elias Pettersson has six goals and 10 assists over the last 10 games.
Auston Matthews has scored 28 goals with 32 assists for the Maple Leafs. John Tavares has six goals and four assists over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Canucks: 4-5-1, averaging 3.3 goals, 6.1 assists, 3.5 penalties and 7.6 penalty minutes while giving up 3.7 goals per game.
Maple Leafs: 7-3-0, averaging 3.6 goals, 6.2 assists, 2.6 penalties and 5.7 penalty minutes while giving up 2.2 goals per game.
INJURIES: Canucks: Ethan Bear: out (upper body), Filip Hronek: day to day (upper-body), Oliver Ekman-Larsson: out (lower body), J.T. Miller: out (lower body), Ilya Mikheyev: out for season (knee), Tanner Pearson: out for season (hand), Travis Dermott: out (undisclosed), Tucker Poolman: out (undisclosed).
Maple Leafs: Victor Mete: out (lower body), Matt Murray: out (ankle), Nicholas Robertson: out for season (shoulder), Carl Dahlstrom: out (shoulder), Jake Muzzin: out for season (spine).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
