[7:39 PM] Ducks @ Maple Leafs

Who will WIN this matchup?

Anaheim Ducks (16-11-5)

@ Toronto Maple Leafs (12-11-7)

 

Starting Goalies:

John Gibson(ANA): Confirmed

Frederik Andersen(TOR): Confirmed

 

• Randy Carlyle is doing his best to put Monday’s return to the Air Canada Centre in perspective. Currently behind the bench for the Anaheim Ducks, Carlyle leads his charges against the team he coached for parts of four seasons and played with during his NHL career when he visits the Toronto Maple Leafs.

• Rickard Rakell scored twice to increase his team-leading goal total to 14 on Saturday and extend his point streak to a career-high six games. The 23-year-old Swede has collected five goals and three assists during that stretch, but has been held off the scoresheet in all five career meetings with the Maple Leafs with a minus-4 rating. Ryan Kesler, who notched two assists on Saturday to raise his point total to 13 in his last 12 games overall, owns 13 points (six goals, seven assists) in 16 career encounters with Toronto.

• Toronto’s rookie class continues to pay dividends, with Mitch Marner recording his seventh multi-point performance by setting up a pair of goals on Saturday to seize the team lead in assists (15). His 23 points are matched by fellow rookie Auston Matthews, as the top overall pick of the 2016 draft has eight goals and two assists over his last 11 contests. Toronto’s rookies have totaled 100 points in 30 games in 2016-17 after amassing 103 in the previous three seasons combined.

• Anaheim C Andrew Cogliano, who has played in 736 straight games, will tie Jay Bouwmeester for fifth on the NHL’s all-time list on Monday.

• Toronto D Jake Gardiner’s overtime goal on Saturday extended his point streak to five games (two goals, three assists).

• The Ducks are 6-for-14 on the power play in the last four contests.

 

StreakSmarts Pick: Toronto Maple Leafs

Confidence: 5/10

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