Wild-Maple Leafs; Lightning-Senators emphasize weekend timetable

Each Friday, NHL Network and ESPN expert Kevin Weekes will offer readers with video games he is expecting that weekend break: Minnesota Wild at Toronto Maple Leafs I believe Kirill Kaprizov will have an MVP-type period. He's electrifying and the very best player they've had in their franchise business background. The top line now is secured up with his linemates Ryan Hartman and Mats Zuccarello each finalizing contracts prior to the season. It will certainly be difficult for them to begin the season without defenseman and captain Jared Spurgeon, that is out week to week due to an upper-body injury, yet they did beat the Panthers 2-0 on Thursday behind a 41-save shutout from Filip Gustavsson. He and Marc-Andre Fleury are just one of the best goalkeeper tandems in the NHL.Auston Matthews started his season with a hat method in a 6-5 shootout win against the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday. If he remains healthy the entire season, I don't see how Matthews ratings less than 60 goals. Then you add John Tavares Tanner Pearson Jersey, Mitchell Marner and William Nylander and the Maple Leafs have 4 gamers who each can get 30 goals and 100 factors. My concerns concerning them have to do with their protection corps and goaltending, which we'll have to keep an eye on. However this ought to be an excellent competition between among the finest offending teams in Toronto and among the finest defensive groups in Minnesota.Tampa Bay Lightning at Ottawa Senators The Lightning won their season opener 5-3 against the Nashville Predators on Tuesday, however will need to discover various ways to win this period, especially with goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy out two months after back surgical treatment. Jonas Johansson made 28 saves in the win and likely will be the workhorse till Vasilevskiy returns. Train Jon Cooper told us on the ESPN program during that video game that they will require to be more defensively mindful and transform on those offending chances when they are there. Nicholas Paul and Brayden Point each had three points and Nikita Kucherov racked up two goals in the win Gustav Lindstrom Jersey, and the Lightning were 2-for-5 on the power play.The Senators are just one of the most amazing young groups in the League. Tim Sttzle had 90 factors last season after 58 in 2021-22 and I believe he can get to 100 this period. I believe Brady Tkachuk ratings 35-40 goals this season. Claude Giroux was almost a point per game player last season, and Vladimir Tarasenko also brings some offense. They have supported things on the backside, signing goalie Joonas Korpisalo throughout the offseason. Their difficulty can be cleansing things up defensively, and they did enable five objectives in a season-opening 5-3 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday.