Preview: Blues at Maple Leafs

BLUES AT MAPLE LEAFS - 6 PM

THE MATCHUP
BLUES Brendan Gallagher's goal with 11 seconds left in the third period broke a 2-2 tie and kept the Blues from getting a point on Wednesday night in Montreal.
The loss dropped the Blues to 1-3-2 on the season, a disappointing start for a team that entered the season with such high expectations.
"I mean, it's a tough one to lose, but we weren't any good tonight," Brayden Schenn said after the game. "We almost snuck out a point there, maybe two, but as a team, I don't think we deserve to win hockey games (right now). We've got to start playing hard for one another. Little details of the game matter."
The Blues had two days of practice in Toronto at the Coca-Cola Coliseum - home of the AHL's Toronto Marlies - to work on the little details before Saturday's matchup.
MAPLE LEAFS Matt Murray and the Pittsburgh Penguins blanked the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-0 at Scotiabank Arena on Thursday night. Murray made 38 saves to hand Toronto just its second loss of the season.
The Leafs, who are 6-2-0, remain the top team in the Eastern Conference with 12 points. Despite being shutout Thursday, the Maple Leafs led the League on Friday afternoon with 33 goals this season.
Offensively, Head Coach Mike Babcock has weapons aplenty. John Tavares, Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and Patrick Marleau lead the forwards, and even the defense is chipping in with offense: Morgan Rielly ranks second on the team with 13 points and Jake Gardiner has five.

FROM THE LOCKER ROOM

Tyler Bozak
On playing his first nine seasons with Toronto
"I've got nothing but good things to say about the organization and the coaches I had and the management that was there - they all believed in me and gave me that opportunity. I was able to be play with a lot of really good players, and that helped me a ton, too. They really helped me become an NHL player."
On playing in Toronto for the visiting team
"It's going to be a little weird, I think. I've never done it, and I don't really know what to expect or anything. But I'm excited to get this game over with and put it behind me."
Mike Yeo
On disappointing loss in Montreal
"I don't see enough anger. I don't see enough 'we're going to put our food down and we're going to put an end to this.' You can get caught up in winning and losing, that's fine. You know what? Play 60 minutes of hockey and I think you're going to like the result."

BLUE NOTES

The Blues have power-play goals in five consecutive games and have nine power-play goals on the season. Their 37.5 percent success rate ranked sixth in the League before Friday's games… Vince Dunn scored the game-winning goal in overtime the last time the Blues were in Toronto to become the first Blues rookie to net an overtime game-winner since Bryce Salvador did it in the 2001 Stanley Cup Playoffs… The Blues have killed 22 of the last 23 Maple Leafs' power plays over the last eight matchups… Alexander Steen has 17 points in 13 career games against the Maple Leafs (seven goals, 10 assists)… Jake Allen is 3-0-0 with a 2.00 goals-against average and a .933 save-percentage in his last three starts against the Maple Leafs... Alex Pietrangelo, Vince Dunn, Robert Thomas and Jordan Kyrou all grew up near the Toronto area.