The Maple Leafs are looking to make it three wins in a row while redeeming their season-opening loss to the Montreal Canadiens, who are mired in a five-game losing slump entering tonight’s HNIC matchup at the SBA (7:00 p.m. EST, Sportsnet/CBC).
Matthew Knies — Max Domi — Mitch Marner
Max Pacioretty — John Tavares — William Nylander
Nicholas Robertson — Pontus Holmberg — Bobby McMann
Steven Lorentz — David Kampf — Ryan Reaves
Morgan Rielly — Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Jake McCabe — Chris Tanev
Simon Benoit — Conor Timmins
Joseph Woll
Anthony Stolarz
Scratched: Philippe Myers, Matt Benning
Injured: Auston Matthews (upper body), Calle Jarnkrok (lower body), Connor Dewar (upper body), Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Dakota Mermis (upper body)
Could be worse than breaking even on that PK...
Great shorty by Marner, but props to Gallgher for the line drive.