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Matchup Edge: Toronto vs Montreal

Toronto (38-21-9-3) at Montreal (37-26-6-3)


With 10 games left in the regular season, Montreal is fourth in the Northeast, just five points behind Toronto and Ottawa, and seven from Boston. Alexei Kovalev and Jim Dowd will try to accept the challenge of the storied Habs-Leafs rivalry tonight. The Bell Center is sure to be sold out, as fans of both teams will be joined by a huge audience from Hockey Night in Canada. Fans will be treated to a possible playoff preview. If Toronto wins, they could climb to just one point out of second in the East and they would face the conference’s seventh-place team, possibly the Habs.


“Saturday will be exciting”, said Claude Julien. “It’s been a long time since we’ve beaten the Leafs here in the Bell Center, it’s our turn.”


Montreal are in the middle of a winless streak at home vs the Leafs (0-3-3-1) and their last victory came in late March of 2001 against these Leafs.


The Maple Leafs have added a few new players to their team, as veterans Brian Leetch and Ron Francis were acquired at the trading deadline. In the past 10 games, Toronto only has five wins and the leadership of Francis and Leetch might help the team get back on track.


Total Payroll: Toronto 73 511 878 $ vs Montreal 46 232 000 $


Projected Montreal Lineup
























LW

C

RW

Perreault (3-3-6, +4)

Koivu (2-5-7, +2)

Zednik (4-5-9, +4)

Ryder (1-3-4, 0)

Ribeiro (1-2-3, 0)

Kovalev (0-0-0, -1)

Langdon (0-0-0, -1)


Juneau (0-0-0, +1)

Dackell (0-1-1, +1)

Begin (2-1-3, +2)

Dowd (1-1-2, 2)

Ward (0-1-1, +1)















LD

RD

Markov (1-2-3, +2)

Rivet (0-0-0, +2)

Bouillon (1-0-1, +2)

Brisebois (0-5-5, +1)

Komisarek (0-1-1, 0)

Quintal (0-1-1, +3)

*(G-A-PTS, +/-) – Last five games -Player in red is on a hot streak – Player in blue is on a cold streak – Player in bold have contributed in the scoresheet recently







































MATCHUP EDGE


Edge in:


X

Offense



Defense

X

X

Power Play


X

Penalty Kill



Intangibles

X


X

Overall






















































Recent Meetings

Date
Home Away

2/21/2004

Tor. 5

MTL 5

1/24/2004

MTL 1

Tor. 4

12/20/2003

Tor. 4

MTL 2

10/18/2003

MTL 0

Tor. 1

10/11/2003

Tor. 0

MTL 4

2/22/2003

MTL 3

Tor. 5

2/8/2003

Tor. 3

MTL 1

1/18/2003

MTL 2

Tor. 3

11/2/2002

Tor. 2

MTL 5

10/19/2002

MTL 2

Tor. 2


Current Team Standing











































Team
G

W

L

T

OTL

Pts

Standing

GF
GA
Home/Road

L10

Toronto

71

38

21

9

3

88

2nd, NE

205

178

18-9-7-1 R

5-5-0-0

Montreal

72

37

26

6

3

83

4th, NE

186

165

19-11-4-1 H

8-1-0-1


OVERALL























































































































Toronto Montreal
Shots Goals % Shots Goals %
Period For Aga For Aga For Aga For Aga For Aga For Aga

1st

8.7

8.4

0.86

0.73

9.8

0.912

8.8

8.5

0.69

0.56

7.9

0.935

2nd

9.9

9.0

0.93

1.06

9.4

0.882

9.4

10.3

0.90

0.83

9.6

0.919

3rd

8.5

8.3

1.06

0.68

12.4

0.919

9.1

9.2

0.92

0.86

10.0

0.906

OT

0.5

0.5

0.04

0.04

9.4

0.906

0.4

0.4

0.07

0.04

17.2

0.900

Total

27.6

26.1

2.89

2.51

10.5

0.904


27.7

28.4

2.58

2.29

9.3

0.919
Special Team






























Toronto Montreal
PP PK PP PK

Goals

66.0

52.0

52.0

50.0

Attempts

333.0

333.0

288.0

275.0

%

19.8

84.4

18.1

81.8



Toronto Goaltenders
































Name
Shots Saves GAA % W/L

*E. Belfour

1190

1089

2.13

0.915

28-16-5

T. Kidd

360

317

3.15

0.881

5-5-2

M. Tellqvist

293

262

2.87

0.894

5-3-2


Montreal Goaltenders

























Name
Shots Saves GAA % W/L

*J.Theodore
1634 1508 2.16 0.923 29-24-5

M.Garon
409 374 2.44 0.914 8-5-1


* Expected to play


Top Leaders Matchup








































Player
Toronto

Montreal

Goals (FW)

Sundin (27)

Zednik (24)

Assists (FW)

Sundin (40)

Ribeiro (39)

Points (FW)

Sundin (67)

Ribeiro (57)

Plus/Minus (FW)

Ponikarovsky/Stajan (+10)

Ribeiro/Dagenais (+13)

Goals (D)

McCabe (15)

Souray (15)

Assists (D)

McCabe (31)

Brisebois (25)

Points (D)

McCabe (46)

Souray (35)

Plus/Minus (D)

McCabe (+14)

Brisebois (+15)

Injuries







Toronto Injuries























Player
Pos

Injury

Status

Darcy Tucker

RW

Leg

Day-to-Day

Clarke Wilm

C

Groin

Day-to-Day

Mikael Renberg

RW

Concussion

Day-to-Day


Montreal Injuries























Player
Pos

Injury

Status

Niklas Sundstrom

LW

Concussion

Day-to-Day

Jan Bulis

C

Leg

Day-to-Day 

Sheldon Souray

D

Knee

7-10 Days

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