Boston Bruins @ Toronto Maple Leafs
07:00 PM at Scotiabank Arena
Watch on: ESPN, SN, CBC, TVAS, NESN
The series is tied one-game-all as the action returns to Toronto for two games.
Them
Defender Andrew Peake was injured in the last game, and to be honest, I did not notice. He is out and Parker Wotherspoon is likely to come in.
Otherwise, if the lineup order is changing, it's unlikely that Jim Montgomery is going to tell people.
Lines
Daily Faceoff lines are from game two and subject to change.
Danton Heinen - Pavel Zacha - David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand - Charlie Coyle - Jake DeBrusk
Jakub Lauko - Morgan Geekie - Trent Frederic
John Beecher - Jesper Boqvist - Pat Maroon
Hampus Lindholm - Charlie McAvoy
Matt Grzelcyk - Brandon Carlo
Parker Wotherspoon - Kevin Shattenkirk
Jeremy Swayman
Linus Ullmark
Us
Today's news is the Auston Matthews took the morning off, but William Nylander skated on a regular line at morning skate. And then stayed out late with scratch Noah Gregor. Sheldon Keefe gave the "there is a chance" line about Nylander playing.
This game of will he or won't he is typical playoff obfuscation. Clearly he can skate and do drills, but he's very likely not playing tonight, and the lines will remain unchanged.
Here's my thoughts on this question, no matter who the player is: what is the real likelihood that an injury-impaired performance by one player is superior to a healthy performance by another in the same role? If it's not very high, then not playing is usually the right answer. Frankly, unless you're in Game 7 it's always the right answer.
Defence pairs were unchanged at morning skate.
Lines
Jonas Siegel via Daily Faceoff
Tyler Bertuzzi - Auston Matthews - Max Domi
Matthew Knies - John Tavares - Mitch Marner
Nick Robertson - Pontus Holmberg - Calle Järnkrok
Connor Dewar - David Kämpf - Ryan Reaves
Morgan Rielly - Ilya Lyubushkin
Simon Benoit - Jake McCabe
Joel Edmundson - Timothy Liljegren
Ilya Samsonov - starter
Joe Woll
The Game
Get the puck, keep the puck, score more goals than them. Get home ice, keep home ice, win more games than them.
Sounds simple, doesn't it?
