Andersen surrendered five goals on 30 shots in the Maple Leafs’ 5-4 overtime loss to the Senators on opening night. Andersen has struggled to start his Maple Leafs career and his struggles cost the Maple Leafs the win on a night where rookie Auston Matthews scored four goals in front of him. He will look for a better result tonight against a Boston team that put up a six-spot on the Blue Jackets on Thursday.
Last year Andersen had 22 wins with a 2.30 GAA and .919 SV% with the Ducks, but was traded to Toronto this season, where he will be leaned on to solidify the Maple Leafs’ crease. Andersen has a career. 918 SV% in 125 career games with Anaheim, but he will find it tougher sledding behind the Maple Leafs in 2016-17. Andersen enters the season as a solid No.2 fantasy option and makes for a solid season opening start in Ottawa.
Andersen was injured at the World Cup of Hockey, but was a full participant in Monday’s practice and will make his first start with his new team in Tuesday’s exhibition game in Saskatoon. Andersen is coming off of a 22-win season with a 2.30 GAA and .919 SV% with the Ducks and should be in line for 55-go-60 starts in Toronto.
A few hours after acquiring Andersen from the Anaheim Ducks, the Maple Leafs inked their new goalie to a five-year deal worth $5 million per year. Andersen is expected to be the Leafs’ No. 1 netminder in 2016-17.
Andersen was set to become a restricted free agent on July 1st, but there are reports that the Maple Leafs have already signed Andersen to a five-year contract extension. The 26-year-old, who went 22-9-7 with a 2.30 GAA and .919 SV% with Anaheim last year will compete with Jonathan Bernier for the Leafs No.1 job this fall. He has a carer 2.33 GAA and .918 SV% in 124 career starts.
After John Gibson started and lost the first two games of the series, the Ducks will turn to Andersen tonight for a pivotal game three. Andersen had a strong year, going 22-9-7 with a 2.30 GAA, .919 SV% and three shutouts. Two of those starts came against the Predators, where he went 1-1-0 wit ha 3.48 GAA and .904 SV%.
Andersen will miss his third straight game with a concussion, but the Ducks are expecting to have him back before the end of the regular season. Andersen will not back-up on Tuesday, those duties will be left up to Anton Khudobin.
Andersen gave up six goals on 26 shots in the Ducks 6-5 OT loss to the Maple Leafs on Thursday. Bad outings have become rare for Andersen, who is 4-1-1 with a 2.34 GAA and .919 SV% in March. He draws a good matchup vs. an Ottawa team that has lost six of nine—Andersen stopped 24 of 25 shots in a 4-1 win in his first start vs. the Senators.
Andersen stopped all 38 shots that he faced in the Ducks shutout win over the Bruins last Friday. It was Andersen’s 20th win and second shutout of the season for Andersen, who will make his 35th start of the season tonight. Andersen is 4-1-0 with a 1.51 GAA and .946 SV% in March and he’ll face a Maple Leafs team that has won four of five while averaging 3.00 goals per game.
Andersen gave up four goals on 22 shots in the Ducks loss in St. Louis on Friday. Despite the struggle, the Ducks will continue to roll with their two-start rotation tonight. The loss snapped a six-game winning streak, but tonight he’ll look to start a new one. He stopped 21 of 22 shots in a 2-1 win in his first start vs. the Devils this season.
Andersen allowed two goals on 34 shots in the Ducks win in Los Angeles last Saturday. The Ducks will continue their goalie rotation, going back to Andersen tonight after John Gibson started the last two games. Andersen is riding a six-game winning streak while posting a 1.88 GAA and .935 SV%.
Andersen turned aside 27 of 28 shots in the Ducks win in Arizona on Thursday. Andersen has won five in a row while posting a 1.79 GAA, .934 SV% and one shutout. Andersen has played very well this season, but has struggled a bit on the road—he has gone 8-7-3 with a 2.49 GAA and .915 SV% on the road.
