Saturday's FTB: Back-to-back weekend

After a short lull we get two Leafs games in one weekend. The dreaded back-to-back with travel starts tonight with the annual visit to Toronto by the Edmonton Oilers and then the Leafs will jet off to Carolina to play the Hurricanes tomorrow.

We'll have our preview of the game out later this morning, though it is already confirmed Mitch Marner will be out for both games and more players are sick.

Sheldon Keefe says Mitch Marner is progressing well but he’s not going to play these next two games.

Tyler Bertuzzi is still sick and is questionable for tomorrow.

Ilya Lyubushkin is feeling better but will not play tomorrow and they will go from there. @BodogCA
— David Alter (@dalter) March 22, 2024

Speaking of injured players...

Matt Murray is taking shots from #Leafs players prior to practice today. ⁦@BodogCA⁩ pic.twitter.com/sCiaTiExcc
— David Alter (@dalter) March 22, 2024

The Marlies have back-to-back games here too after playing in Rochester last night where they won in 2-1 in a shootout. Dennis Hildeby was in net for the Marlies.

You can tell which team won the shootout here, thanks to Nick Abruzzese and the reaction from the Amerks goalie. pic.twitter.com/MkY5QBWNnW
— Pension Plan Puppets (@PPPLeafs) March 23, 2024

The bad news is the announcement that Kieffer Bellows is out week-to-week with a lower body injury. Not a good time to lose one of your top scorers.

A reminder that if you are coming in to downtown for any games this weekend from the west, there is no GO Train service at all for the whole weekend. Trains will be back on Monday.

There will be no #GOtrain service late in the evening of March 22, and throughout the March 23-24 weekend, due to construction as part of our @GOExpansion program. Replacement #GObuses will be available at select stations. Plan your trip and learn more at https://t.co/IhWsIFJWDP
— Lakeshore West Train (@GOtransitLW) March 15, 2024

In prospects news, East Cowan's point streak continues. His final regular season game is on Sunday and then the London Knights are off to the playoffs.

#LeafsForever prospect Easton Cowan with some good work forechecking and gets the secondary assist. He extends his point streak to 35 games, and is up to 93 points in 53 games. pic.twitter.com/D1O12qcki9
— More like Nikita GREATbyonkin (@brigstew86) March 23, 2024

And Jocelyne Laroque will miss the next PWHL Toronto game.

The PWHL has announced that, following two separate reviews with the PWHL Player Safety Committee, Toronto defender Jocelyne Larocque has been suspended for one game.
📰 https://t.co/EmSNpuKJWV pic.twitter.com/SWw2rdGIUZ
— PWHL (@thepwhlofficial) March 22, 2024

Speaking of that next game, it's this afternoon at 1:00 p.m. in Ottawa.

It's a full day for Toronto hockey team action!

Other News

Speaking of suspensions, this is a good one.

Washington’s Tom Wilson has been suspended for six games for high-sticking Toronto’s Noah Gregor. https://t.co/TIDDAbbgoe
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) March 22, 2024

That's not a hand.