Toronto’s Notes:
Last Game – October 2 / TORONTO 3 at PHILADELPHIA 1 – Dave Bolland scored twice, including his first goal as a Maple Leaf, and Jonathan Bernier made 31 saves and stopped Wayne Simmonds on a penalty shot in the second period in Toronto’s 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers at Wells Fargo Center. Phil Kessel also scored for the Leafs and Joffrey Lupul added two assists in the win. Brayden Schenn had the Flyers lone tally, while Steve Mason allowed three goals on 25 shots in the loss. TOR PP: 1-2 / PHI PP: 1-7 / Shots: 25-32
Injury Report – Frazer McLaren – Broken finger – Injury occurred on September 13 during practice at training camp – Current stats – IR // Mark Frazer – Knee – Injury occurred on October 2 @ Philadelphia, he is expected to miss approx 4 weeks of action – Current status: IR // Nikolai Kulemin – Fractured Ankle – Injury occurred October 4 during practice when he blocked a shot, he is expected to miss approx 2 weeks. Kulemin could have played on the ankle for about a month, but faced the potential of injuring more severely in the process.
Recent Transactions – October 4: Recalled Jamie Devane from the Toronto Marlies // October 5: Recalled Spencer Abbott from the Toronto Marlies. Note: Leafs have the cap space to accommodate both Devane and Abbott under Fraser’s LTIR, which allowed for this call up. Devane $575k (his base salary) plus Abbott at $650k = $1.225m. Fraser’s hit $1.275m.
Team Notes – Toronto vs Ottawa, head-to-head:
- 2012-13 Series: 4-1-0 (2-0-0 at Toronto)
- All-Time Record: 43-41-3-8 (23-18-2-5 at Toronto)
- Last Game: April 20, 2013 at Ottawa ( Leafs 4. Senators 1)
- Next Game: December 7, 2013 at Ottawa
- Current Streaks: Toronto – 3 wins
Additional Notes:
- Phil Kessel, who leads all Toronto players in career games played (42), goals (21), assists (18) and points (39) against Ottawa, has registered more career goals and points against Ottawa than any other NHL club
- Nazem Kadri, who led all Toronto players in goals (5) and points (7) in five games against Ottawa last season, has registered more career goals (6) and points (tie-8) against Ottawa than against any other NHL club
- James Reimer has a career record of 8-1-1 with a 1.69 goals against average and three shutouts in 10 games against Ottawa
- Tyler Bozak has registered more career goals (8), assists (8) and points (16) against Ottawa than against any other NHL club
- Cody Franson has registered more career assists tie-6) and points (8) against Ottawa than against any other NHL club
- Colton Orr has registered more career penalty minutes (123) against Ottawa than against any other NHL club
Leafs in home openers- Tonight marks the 96th home opener in franchise history for the Toronto Maple Leafs. All-time, Toronto has posted a record of 44-33-15-3 in home openers. The Maple Leafs have played the Ottawa Senators in five openers, posting a 0-3-0-2 record in those games. Note: The Toronto Arenas defeated the former Ottawa Senators 11-4 in the first home game in Toronto’s franchise history on December 22, 1917 at Arena Gardens – later known as Mutual Street Arena.
Additional Notes:
- The Maple Leafs, who won 4-3 at Montreal in their season opener on Tuesday, made it two road wins in two days when they posted a 3-1 victory in Philadelphia on Wednesday. It’s the first time in franchise history that Toronto has started a season with two straight road games and won both games. However, the Leafs have only began a season with consecutive road games seven other times and not since the lockout-delayed and shortened 1994-95 season.
- Jonathan Bernier made his Maple Leafs debut on October 2 at Philadelphia, stopping 31-of-32 shots and turning aside a penalty shot (Wayne Simmonds) in Toronto’s win. Bernier became the first goaltender in Maple Leafs history to face a penalty shot in his debut with the club. Note: Dave Bolland, Mason Raymond and Paul Ranger made their Maple Leafs debut on October 1 at Montreal. To date, 895 players (806 skaters, 89 goaltenders) have played at least one game for the Maple Leafs – David Clarkson and Morgan Rielly are the remaining players named to the team’s opening roster for the 2013-14 season that have yet to make their debut in the blue and white. (( Side Note: Morgan Rielly, has been told he will be playing in tonight’s game and will be paired with Cody Franson. His parents are making the flight from Vancouver to be in attendance for his debut.
Upcoming Milestones:
- Jake Gardiner needs 11 games for 100 NHL games played
- David Clarkson needs 3 goals for 100 NHL goals
- Phil Kessel needs 14 goals for 200 NHL goals and 5 assists for 200 NHL assists
- Dave Bolland needs 2 assists for 100 NHL assists
- Mason Raymond needs 2 assists for 100 NHL assists
- Jay McClement needs 6 points for 200 NHL points
- Paul Ranger needs 8 points for 100 NHL points
2013-14 Record by days of the week: 2012-13 Record by days of the week:
- Sunday: 0-0-0 Sunday: 0-0-0
- Monday: 0-0-0 Monday: 6-2-1
- Tuesday: 1-0-0 Tuesday: 3-3-0
- Wednesday: 1-0-0 Wednesday: 3-2-1
- Thursday: 0-0-0 Thursday: 6-6-1
- Friday: 0-0-0 Friday: 0-0-0
- Saturday: 0-0-0 Saturday: 8-3-2
Additional Links:
- 3 Star selection winners
- Report: Back-to-back games
- Report: Record when scoring first
- Report: Record when being outshot vs outshooting
- Report: Record when captain scores
- Report: Record in 1,2,3 or more goals
- Report: Plus-Minus
- Report: Even Strength – Power Play – Shorthanded
- Report: Record when leading, trailing or tied
- Injury Report
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Ottawa’s Notes:
Last Game – October 4 – 1-0 win at Buffalo: Anderson made 35 saves to register his 23rd career shutout, moving into a tie for fourth (Elliott) among all-time Senators with his ninth whitewash for the club, in a 1-0 Ottawa win over Buffalo at First Niagara Center. Karlsson’s 12th career game-winning goal 18:25 into the third period proved the difference as the Senators defeated the Sabres in a season-opening contest for the first time in three attempts. MacArthur notched his first point in his first game in an Ottawa uniform with an assist on Karlsson’s goal in a game that was played before a sold-out crowd of 19,070. Miller made 45 saves in taking the loss in goal for the home side. Scratches: Corvo, Kassian; Injuries: None; Shots: OTT – 46, BUF – 35; PP: OTT 0-3, BUF 0-4
Injury Report – None
Opening game record – Friday’s contest in Buffalo represented the 21st season-opening game for the Senators. Ottawa has a record of 8-2-4 in 14 season-opening games played on the road following the team’s 1-0 win at First Niagara Center. The senators have outscored the opponents 65-56 through 21 season-opening games
Ottawa vs Toronto:
- Overall Series: 49-38-3-5, Home: 25-16-1-4, Road: 23-22-2-1
- Last OT Result: February 28, 2009 – 4-3 OT loss @ Ottawa
- Last Shootout: February 19, 2011 – 1-0 SO Win @ Toronto
Additional Notes:
- Phillips has the most career games played against Toronto (76)
- Spezza leads all players in goals (15), assists (37) and points (52)
- Neil has the most penalty minutes (273)
Heritage Jersey – The senators are scheduled to wear the heritage jersey 13 times this season. The team holds a record of 76-44-7-16 when wearing the alternate jersey and a record of 14-6-2-1 when wearing a red alternate and a 62-38-5-15 when wearing a black alternate
Franchise Record – Ottawa has posted an all-time record of 705-668-115-89 over 1577 games. They’re 383-297-60-48 through 788 all-time home games and 322-371-55-41 through 789 all-time road games
Upcoming Milestones:
- Cowen – 10 games from 100 career
- MacArthur – 7 goals from 100 career
- Neil – 6 goals from 100 career
- Ryan – 11 points from 300 career
- Spezza – 7 assists from 400 career
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