Toronto’s top forward and its supporting offensive cast easily outplayed the Avalanche and its very best players Tuesday night in the Pepsi Center. In a match containing three point-per-game gamers on each aspect, the Maple Leafs won in a landslide.
Colorado’s top line of center Nathan MacKinnon along with wingers Gabe Landeskog along with Mikko Rantanen were pointless with just two joined shots, although the Maple Leafs’ “Big Three” of Auston Matthews, John Tavares and Mitchell Marner had six shots along with six teammates and points Kasperi Kapanen and Nazem Kadri each had 2 goals.
In the Avs’ eighth consecutive loss, the MacKinnon line could have become the problem — right together with the penalty killing. MacKinnon had two shots against the Leafs and Landeskog and Rantanen had none whatsoever. Throughout Colorado’s eight-game losing streak, MacKinnon has only four points (two goals) while Landeskog just has three points (no goals) and Rantanen two points (one goal).
Clearly, the Avs’ dramatic fall from being tied for first place in the Western Conference with Nashville on Dec. 7 into being tied with Arizona for 11th following Tuesday’s 5-2 reduction now stems in the decreased generation of the team’s greatest asset — the MGM Line. Colorado is still a NHL-worst 5-16-6 since Dec. 7 as it had been 17-7-5 and apparently destined for the second consecutive playoff appearance and only its fourth in 11 decades.
Rantanen and MacKinnon are fifth and sixth in NHL scoring, respectively, and Landeskog will be 13th in NHL targets, but the all line failed to suit Toronto’s superstars Tuesday. Avs trainer Jared Bednar concurred the MGM Line wasn’t good enough from the Leafs.
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“We had sufficient other men going I felt like we were in position to win the baseball match, (notwithstanding) the penalty kill and what it had been and also the penalties that we chose,” Bednar said.
Matthews, who had a goal and 2 assists from the Avs, said about Colorado’s line following his team improved on the road: “Theyrsquo;re so great at spreading you out in the zone. Theyrsquo;ll get behind your internet. Rantanen or even MacKinnon will discover they plus each seams & rsquo; ll proceed
Around well. I believe just keep them. Theyrsquo;rsquo; re longing na find a couple chances in the match & re also great of a lineup that they. ”
Yes. Matthews was perfect. They’re lineup that is great and they just got a couple chances Tuesday.
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