The Calgary Flames and Toronto Maple Leafs face off on Saturday in an NHL showdown at Scotiabank Arena. The home team has won the last two games played between the two teams.
The Flames come into this game with a 13-10-3 record overall and they have gone 3-5-2 away from home. On Wednesday against the Minnesota Wild, the Flames scored five goals and that was enough to win by two goals. Rasmus Andersson has scored one goal and two assists. The Flames are averaging 3.07 goals per game while their defense is giving up 3.0 goals per game. They are averaging 34.3 shots per game which is 5th best in the league. Elias Lindholm has been the top player for the Flames scoring nine goals and adding 13 assists.
On the other side of this matchup is the Maple Leafs who sit with a 17-5-6 record overall and they have gone 9-2-3 at home. In the last game against the Los Angeles Kings, the offense was good, but even more impressive was the defense giving up zero goals. William Nylander scored one goal and added one assist. Toronto is averaging 3.14 goals per game while their defense is giving up 2.36 goals per game. The defense is ranked 3rd best in the NHL and they are going to need the defense to step up in a big way here.
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