NHL Full Game Reactions 11/02/2023 Toronto Maple Leafs @ Boston Bruins

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Tonight, Boston is without their top pairing and three of their top six on defense — Charlie McAvoy due to suspension, and Derek Forbert and Matt Grzelcyk due to injury — as a trio of AHL call-ups (Mason Lohrei, Parker Wotherspoon, and Ian Mitchell) will plug into the blue line.

Of course, the goaltending, veteran leadership, high-expectations/no-excuses culture, and structure of the Bruins make the challenge no less significant, especially at the TD Garden where they’re a ridiculous 38-4-4 (.870 points percentage) since the start of last season.

The Leafs have not spent their customary amount of time possessing the puck in the offensive zone so far this season compared to seasons past under Sheldon Keefe, currently hovering below 50% in goals, shot attempts, expected goals, and scoring chances at five-on-five.

No small part of that is the team’s top-line duo, which usually dominates possession and five-on-five goal share but is so far hovering around breakeven at five-on-five (127 shot attempts for / 123 against, four goals for / five against), with Auston Matthews calling his line with Mitch Marner “too one and done.” Against an undermanned, less experienced version of the Boston blue line, it would be a good time to reverse that early-season trend as Keefe continues to stick by this pairing.
For the Leafs, their flattest performance of the season vs. LA on Tuesday is going to need to be followed up by one of their best of the year in response. Keefe is expected to make a total of zero lineup changes outside of Samsonov starting instead of Joseph Woll in net.

Toronto Maple Leafs Projected Lines
Forwards
#19 Calle Jarnkrok – #34 Auston Matthews – #16 Mitch Marner
#59 Tyler Bertuzzi – #91 John Tavares – #88 William Nylander
#23 Matthew Knies – #64 David Kampf – #11 Max Domi
#18 Noah Gregor – #29 Pontus Holmberg – #75 Ryan Reaves

Defensemen
#44 Morgan Rielly – #78 TJ Brodie
#55 Mark Giordano – #37 Timothy Liljegren
#85 William Lagesson – #3 John Klingberg
Goaltenders
Starter: #35 Ilya Samsonov
#60 Joseph Woll

Injured: Conor Timmins, Jake McCabe

Boston Bruins Projected Lines
Forwards
#18 Pavel Zacha – #51 Matthew Poitras – #88 David Pastrnak
#63 Brad Marchand – #13 Charlie Coyle – #74 Jake DeBrusk
#21 James van Riemsydk – #39 Morgan Geeke – #11 Trent Frederic
#19 John Beecher – #38 Patrick Brown – #62 Oskar Steen

Defensemen
#27 Hampus Lindholm – #22 Kevin Shattenkirk
#6 Mason Lohrei – #25 Brandon Carlo
#29 Parker Wotherspoon – #14 Ian Mitchell

Goaltenders
Starter: #1 Jeremy Swayman (unconfirmed)
#35 Linus Ullmark
Injured: Milan Lucic, Derek Forbert, Matt Grzelcyk, Jakub Lauko
Suspended: Charlie McAvoy

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