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Locked into third place in the Atlantic Division, the Maple Leafs second-last regular season game is all about Auston Matthews’ 70-goal milestone, avoiding further injuries, and hopefully tightening up their game after conceding 10 goals in two games on home ice to the Devils and Red Wings
The Panthers enter this game with a full forward lineup but are without Aaron Ekblad and Oliver Ekman-Larsson on defense, while the Leafs are fully healthy on defense but missing Max Domi, Bobby McMann, and Calle Jarnkrok up front. Neither team will play its Game 1 starter in net (Anthony Stolarz starts tonight for Florida, and Joseph Woll for Toronto).
Beyond some pre-playoff prep against a potential round-one opponent, Toronto really only has a big-time individual milestone to play for, while Florida could still win the division if they get help elsewhere. They could still play the Lightning instead of the Leafs in round one and guarantee home-ice advantage for themselves in the first two rounds, but they would need to win tonight and Boston would need to lose to Ottawa, so it’s not fully in their own hands.
Due to injury situations (and potential rest considerations on Wednesday), it’s unlikely we’ll see the Leafs‘ playoff forward lines put together either tonight or tomorrow. We also won’t see Game 1 starter Ilya Samsonov in the net. But we will see some defense pairings that are possible Game 1 pairings (Rielly-Lyubushkin / Benoit-McCabe).
The Joel Edmundsson – Timothy Liljegren pairing is up 5-1 in five-on-five goals together, although it comes despite poor underlying numbers (43% CF, 44% xGF), and they need more pre-playoff reps — individually and together — after missed time due to recent injuries to both players.
Toronto Maple Leafs Projected Lines*
*final line combinations won’t be known until line rushes in warmups
Forwards
#59 Tyler Bertuzzi – #34 Auston Matthews – #16 Mitch Marner
#23 Matthew Knies – #91 John Tavares – #88 William Nylander
#89 Nick Robertson – #29 Pontus Holmberg – #18 Noah Gregor
#24 Connor Dewar – #64 David Kampf – #74 Ryan Reaves
Defensemen
#44 Morgan Rielly – #46 Ilya Lyubushkin
#2 Simon Benoit – #22 Jake McCabe
#20 Joel Edmundson – #37 Timothy Liljegren
Goaltenders
Starter: #60 Joseph Woll
#30 Martin Jones
Scratched/Resting: Ilya Samsonov, TJ Brodie, Conor Timmins, Mark Giordano
Injured: Max Domi, Bobby McMann, Calle Jarnkrok
Florida Panthers Projected Lines
Forwards
#10 Vladimir Tarasenko – #16 Aleksander Barkov – #13 Sam Reinhart
#23 Carter Verhaeghe – #9 Sam Bennett – #19 Matthew Tkachuk
#27 Eetu Luostarinen – #15 Anton Lundell – #17 Evan Rodrigues
#12 Jonah Gadjovich – #82 Kevin Stenlund – #21 Nick Cousins
Defensemen
#42 Gustav Forsling – #62 Brandon Montour
#77 Niko Mikkola – #26 Uvis Balinskis
#28 Josh Mahura – #7 Dmitry Kulikov
Goaltenders
Starter: #41 Anthony Stolarz
#72 Sergei Bobrovsky
Injured/Out: Aaron Ekblad, Oliver Ekman-Larsson
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