Toronto Maple Leafs @ Boston Bruins
08:00 PM at TD Garden
Watch on: ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS
Game seven. You don't need an explanation for how that works.
Them
They've got injuries too, not quite so meaningful as reliable hat trick scorers, though. They've got pressure from the press and David Pastrnak is hearing the "production" message. They're where the Leafs are and the Leafs are where they are.
Lines
Fluto Shinzawa via Daily Faceoff - from the last game and subject to change.
Jake DeBrusk - Pavel Zacha - David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand - Charlie Coyle - Morgan Geekie
James van Riemsdyk - Trent Frederic - Justin Brazeau
John Beecher - Jesper Boqvist - Pat Maroon
Mason Lohrei - Charlie McAvoy
Hampus Lindholm - Brandon Carlo
Parker Wotherspoon - Kevin Shattenkirk
Jeremy Swayman - Is there more than one?
Linus Ullmark
Us
Auston Matthews, finalist for the weird Lady Byng award which is just a strange combination of minutes played and penalties served, participated in morning skate for the first time since before he exited Game 4.
Bobby McMann also skated with the team.
Lines
David Alter via Daily Faceoff from the last game:
Tyler Bertuzzi - Max Domi - Mitch Marner
Matthew Knies - John Tavares - William Nylander
Nicholas Robertson - Pontus Holmberg - Noah Gregor
Connor Dewar - David Kämpf - Calle Järnkrok
Morgan Rielly - Ilya Lyubushkin
Simon Benoit - Jake McCabe
Joel Edmundson - Timothy Liljegren
Joe Woll - no question, he's the starter
Ilya Samsonov
The Game
I don't care about franchise records, they're not relevant to today. Play the game today, the game in front of you, don't look back, either in anger or in shame. Just play this one game like it is the only game. Because it is.
For The Record
I've got nothing here today. See above, there is no certainty about who will play and anyone who says otherwise is farming you for attention. I didn't even look to see if Joe Woll was confirmed because some things really are obvious.