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The Toronto Maple Leafs (19-6-6, 44 points, 2nd Atlantic) will be looking for their 10th win in 12 games when visiting the Washington Capitals (15-13-4, 34 points, 6th Metro) on Saturday. Toronto was defeated by the New York Rangers 3-1 on Thursday, which snapped the four-game winning streak of the Maple Leafs. Washington was defeated by the Dallas Stars 2-1 on Thursday which snapped a five-game winning run for the Capitals. Toronto has an extensive list of injuries that include Kyle Clifford, Carl Dahlstrom, Calle Jarnkrok, Jack Muzzin, Morgan Rielly and Victor Mete amongst others. Washington's injury list is extensive as well, including Nicklas Backstrom, Connor Brown, Carl Hagelin, Darcy Kuemper and Tom Wilson amongst others.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are allowing an average of 2.32 goals per game which is second-best in the NHL. The Maple Leafs are allowing just 29.3 shots per game which is 6th best and Toronto has the 12th best penalty-kill unit, successfully holding opponents scoreless 80.0% of the time the Maple Leafs are short-handed. Toronto has a three-headed goaltending trio led by Ilya Samsonov at 9-2-0 with a 1.70 goals against average and .939 save percentage. Veteran Matt Murray is 7-2-2 with 2.46 goals against average and .924 save percentage. Erik Kaligren is 3-2-4 with a 2.67 goals against average and .898 save percentage.
Toronto is scoring an average of 3.26 goals per game which is 12th in the NHL. The Maple Leafs are taking an average of 31.6 shots per game which is 16th. Toronto's power play is scoring 24.5% of the time the Maple Leafs have the man advantage which is ninth best in hockey. William Nylander has scored a team-best 17 goals, while Auston Matthews has scored 15 and John Tavares has scored 14. Mitchell Marner is the team leader in assists with 25 and has a team-high 37 points. Matthews is second in assists with 20 and in points with 35