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The Maple Leafs are looking to avoid their first five-game losing streak since April of 2021 when they visit the resurgent Calgary Flames
Rewind just over a month ago to December 15, the Flames were in a four-game losing slide, sitting at 25th in the NHL at 11-14-5, and the main storylines around the team concerned the recent trade of Nikita Zadorov to Vancouver and which defenseman might be next out the door.
The Flames are 10-4-0 in the month since, are currently riding a four-game winning streak, and are now just two points out of a wildcard position. Their .924 goaltending over that 14-game stretch is fourth-best in the NHL and they’ve out-scored the opposition 50-32 at five-on-five (third in GF% behind only the Jets and Oilers over that timeframe).
A lot of the scoring has come through a balanced attack. Blake Coleman (18 points) and Nazem Kadri (14 points) have led the way offensively over the last 14 games, but they have eight forwards — and three defensemen — with seven or more points over this stretch and their ice-time distribution at even-strength among their top nine up front sits within a tight 12.5-14.5 minute cluster.
That presents a much different challenge to the Leafs than recent losses to Edmonton and Colorado. There isn’t a world-beating line to contend with, but the Flames will roll their units and are playing with good energy and structure from line to line within their top nine.
The Leafs are expected to keep the same lineup together — same four lines, three defense pairs, and Martin Jones in net — from their loss to the Oilers, hoping for a similar start but a better finish to the game.
At the other end of the ice, with Jacob Markstrom battling a minor injury, Dan Vladar will start for the Flames. While his season-to-date numbers aren’t pretty (.885), he is 3-1-1 with a .908 save percentage over his last five starts.
Toronto Maple Leafs Projected Lines
Forwards
#29 Pontus Holmberg – #34 Auston Matthews – #16 Mitch Marner
#23 Matthew Knies – #91 John Tavares – #88 William Nylander
#59 Tyler Bertuzzi – #11 Max Domi – #19 Calle Jarnkrok
#74 Bobby McMann – #64 David Kampf – #18 Noah Gregor
Defensemen
#44 Morgan Rielly – #78 TJ Brodie
#2 Simon Benoit – #22 Jake McCabe
#55 Mark Giordano – #37 Timothy Liljegren
Goaltenders
Starter: #31 Martin Jones
#35 Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Conor Timmins, William Lagesson, Nick Robertson
Injured: John Klingberg, Joseph Woll, Ryan Reaves
Calgary Flames Projected Lines
Forwards
#11 Jonathan Huberdeau – #28 Elias Lindholm – #17 Yegor Sharangovich
#88 Andrew Mangiapane – #11 Mikael Backlund – #20 Blake Coleman
#47 Connor Zary – #91 Nazem Kadri – #76 Martin Pospisil
#18 A.J. Greer – #63 Adam Ruzicka – #29 Dillon Dube
Defensemen
#52 Mackenzie Weegar – #4 Rasmus Andersson
#55 Noah Hanifin – #8 Chris Tanev
#82 Jordan Oesterle – #57 Nick DeSimone
Goaltenders
Starter: #80 Daniel Vladar
#32 Dustin Wolf
Injured: Oliver Kylington, Jacob Markstrom
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