Game Preview: Toronto Maple Leafs At Florida Panthers

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Monday, Feb 18, 2013, 7:30 PM EST
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Broadcast: 7:30pm Sportsnet Ontario

All Of The Maple Leafs Goals Against Florida In 2011-2012

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The Toronto Maple Leafs are on a five game losing streak against the Florida Panthers in Florida. They've actually lost seven of their last eight visits and most of them haven't been pretty from a defensive standpoint. The Panthers may have been a bad team for the past few seasons (I know, 'but the made the playoffs!') but they've had a worse team's number. The Leafs' chances will depend on getting continued strong goaltending from Ben Scrivens

	GP	MIN	W	L	Most Resembles	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
2012 - Ben Scrivens	7	376	3	3	A Physics TA	14	2.23	193	179	.927	1

	GP	MIN	W	L	Hairline Insecurities	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
2012 - Jose Theodore	11	616	4	5	Check	35	3.41	323	288	.892	0

Five Questions

Will the Leafs allow fewer than five goals tonight? They allowed exactly five in all four losses to the Panthers last year.
Will the Leafs' powerplay shooting percentage start ticking upwards? They Leafs are bottom of the barrel in PP% but middle of the pack in generating shots (as unlikely as that sounds) so will this game be the start of the two stats converging.
Will Colton Orr remain on Nazem Kadri's wing? I love Orr's effort but he was a black hole on that line and it does an absolute disservice to two of the better Leafs at generating shots and chances
Can the Leafs' penalty kill remain above 80%? It's still only 20th but it's been doing well recently. At least, it's less of a handicap.
Will one of the Leafs' better offensive players start getting some breaks? Grabbo and Kessel could both use a few breaks if only to quiet the chattering classes a bit.