Montréal Canadiens @ Toronto Maple Leafs
07:00 PM at Scotiabank Arena
Watch on: CBC, SN, TVAS

Note: Craig Simpson's mother passed away two days ago. Condolences to him, to Christine Simpson, and to the whole family.

The Leafs last game was at home on November 8 against the Detroit Red Wings, which Toronto won by a score of 3-1 in regulation. The Leafs have a record of 8-5-2 for a 0.600 Points %.

The Montréal Canadiens last played away on November 7 against the New Jersey Devils. The Canadiens lost by a score of 5-3 in regulation, and their current league record is 4-8-2 for a 0.357 Points %.

Them

They like to beat the Leafs.

They are very bad at five-on-five, with the worst Corsi and Expected Goals percentages in the NHL. They have a mediocre power play and penalty kill by Expected Goals rates and the third worst all-situations Save %.

Lines

Last Game (2024-11-07) via Daily Faceoff and the same lineup as at morning skate.

Cole Caufield - Nick Suzuki - Kirby Dach
Alex Newhook - Jake Evans - Juraj Slafkovský
Brendan Gallagher - Christian Dvorak - Josh Anderson
Emil Heineman - Lucas Condotta - Joel Armia

Mike Matheson - Kaiden Guhle
Lane Hutson - David Savard
Arber Xhekaj - Jayden Struble

Samuel Montembeault
Cayden Primeau

Us

The Leafs are coming off a back-to-back, this time with no travel. Other than Toronto traffic, that is.

Auston Matthews is still unavailable, but Connor Dewar is now on the roster, however:

Lines

Last Game (2024-11-08) via Daily Faceoff

Matthew Knies - Max Domi - Mitch Marner
Max Pacioretty - John Tavares - William Nylander
Bobby McMann - Pontus Holmberg - Nicholas Robertson
Steven Lorentz - David Kämpf - Ryan Reaves

Morgan Rielly - Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Jake McCabe - Chris Tanev
Simon Benoit - Conor Timmins

Joe Woll - starter
Anthony Stolarz

The Game

They like to beat the Leafs. Don't let them.

Stay out of the box, too.

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