Game Preview: Detroit Red Wings at Toronto Maple Leafs

The Detroit Redwings come to town looking to stay alive in the playoff picture. The Maple Leafs are mostly playing for jobs next season, and kicking a division rival while their struggling is just an added bonus

The Detroit Redwings much heralded 24 seasons playoff streak is on the brink of ending, and pause as I sarcastically wipe away a tear, so the Maple Leafs must do all they can to help keep them from hitting 25.

The Maple Leafs are still loaded with Marlies, the most recent addition being Frederik Gauthier, coming up today as Milan Michalek has been shut down for the season with a knee injury.

What do you say to preview a team at the bottom of the standings? All we want to see is great play from the kids on the Leafs. Some of us want to see a win, if you're looking to play the spoiler, some want to see a loss, if you want to ensure a bottom 3 placement.

Potential Lines:

Toronto

Michael Grabner - Nazem Kadri - Brad Boyes
Colin Greening - William Nylander - P.A. Parenteau
Tobias Lindberg - Tyler Bozak - Kasperi Kapanen
Brooks Laich - Frederik Gauthier - Byron Froese

Morgan Rielly - Martin Marincin
Jake Gardiner - Frank Corrado
Andrew Campbell - T.J. Brennan

Garret Sparks
Jonathan Bernier

Detroit:

Justin Abdelkader - Henrik Zetterberg - Dylan Larkin\
Darren Helm - Pavel Datsyuk - Brad Richards
Gustav Nyquist - Riley Sheahan - Tomas Tatar
Andreas Athanasiou - Luke Glendening - Anthony Mantha

Dan DeKeyser - Kyle Quincey
Niklas Kronwall - Alexey Marchenko
Jonathan Ericsson - Mike Green

Jimmy Howard
Peter Mzrak

Chatter:

Kadri asked about the shiner on his eye he got at the end of the last game. "I guess that was a dive too" he jokes.

— David Alter (@dalter) April 2, 2016

@HennyTweets Matt Wellens said today that Dominic Toninanto will return to UMD for his Senior Year.

— Jeff Cunningham (@crunchy_canook) April 2, 2016

Kadri on diving fines: "I didn't agree with it nor did I like it. I got to accept, though, that's just how it is."

— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) April 2, 2016

Kadri fined for his reax to slash: "Whoever made that decision, I'd like to see them take one of those with no padding & see how it feels"

— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) April 2, 2016

Enjoy the game! Go Leafs Go!