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Boosted by the fresh legs of the returning Morgan Rielly, the Maple Leafs will need to dig deep in a back-to-back situation if they’re going to make it six wins in a row. They kick off a tough stretch of their schedule against the rested but banged-up (no Jack Eichel or Mark Stone) Stanley Cup champion Golden Knights tonight in Vegas (10:00 p.m. EST, TSN4).
The Leafs have rallied around the Rielly-Greig incident, Rielly’s subsequent suspension-related absence, and an ugly initial return from the All-Star break (1-2-0) by rattling off a 5-0-0 run. They beat five non-playoff teams from 2022-23 who have a combined 102-107-5 record so far this season. The Leafs conceded just 11 goals in those five games, although it came against offenses ranked 23rd, 24th (x2), 26th, and 29th in the NHL.
The stiffer tests begin tonight in Vegas as in the next six games, they will play four teams that combine for a 138-64-24 record between them: the Golden Knights (x2), Avalanche, Rangers, and Bruins.
Outside of Rielly’s return — he will skate with William Lagesson on his right side — the Leafs will insert Ryan Reaves back into the lineup over Noah Gregor, who finished last among Leaf skaters with 10:53 in ice time against Arizona. The other three lines and two pairings are expected to remain the same as Sheldon Keefe unsurprisingly opts for continuity/stability with his Benoit-McCabe and Brodie-Liljegren duos.
Martin Jones will start in goal after ending a rough 1-4-0 stretch (.858 save percentage) with his 19-save performance in the 9-2 win over Anaheim last Saturday.
Toronto Maple Leafs Projected Lines
Forwards
#23 Matthew Knies – #34 Auston Matthews – #16 Mitch Marner
#59 Tyler Bertuzzi – #11 Max Domi – #88 William Nylander
#74 Bobby McMann – #91 John Tavares – #89 Nick Robertson
#29 Pontus Holmberg – #64 David Kampf – #75 Ryan Reaves
Defensemen
#44 Morgan Rielly – #85 William Lagesson
#78 TJ Brodie – #37 Timothy Liljegren
#2 Simon Benoit – #22 Jake McCabe
Goaltenders
Starter: #31 Martin Jones
#35 Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Noah Gregor, Marshall Rifai, Max Lajoie
Injured/Out: Calle Jarnkrok, Joseph Woll, Conor Timmins, Mark Giordano,
Vegas Golden Knights Projected Lines
Forwards
#49 Ivan Barbashev – #10 Nicolas Roy – #81 Jonathan Marchessault
#43 Paul Cotter – #71 William Karlsson – #55 Keegan Kolesar
#19 Brendan Brisson – #20 Chandler Stephenson – #22 Michael Amadio
#11 Mason Morelli – #51 Byron Froese – #56 Sheldon Rempal
Defensemen
#23 Alec Martinez – #7 Alex Pietrangelo
#3 Brayden McNab – #27 Shea Theodore
#14 Nicolas Hague – #2 Zach Whitecloud
Goaltenders
Starter: #33 Adin Hill
#26 Logan Thompson
Injured/Out: Mark Stone, Jack Eichel, William Carrier, Brett Howden, Ben Hutton, Tobias Bjornfot, Pavel Dorofeyev
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