The last game of the NHL regular season for the Maple Leafs is on Saturday April 4th. That’s 25 days, including today. Over that time the Leafs will play a total of 13 games, starting with the Stars tonight, and ending with the Canadiens. It’s a tough slog to end a regular season that has seen severall odd stretches of four days off in the schedule so far.

Joining the team tonight will be Andreas Johnsson who was called up from the Marlies. Speaking of the Marlies, they are playing tonight too against the Laval Rocket at Ricoh Coliseum.

We’ll have a preview of tonight’s Leafs game up later this morning.

ICYMI
Here’s what we wrote about yesterday.

Maple Leafs call up Andreas Johnsson and Calle Rosen - Katya
The Leafs weren’t Swedish enough, and they’ve found a way to fix that.

OHL playoffs ahead for Leafs prospects - ElSeldo
The Soo Greyhounds are dominating the season and clinched first overall way back earlier in the season.

Other News

The Triumph Of Futility - St. Louis Game Time
Which players in Blues history have the lowest goal totals while playing in every game? Besides Bergevin, there’s a Maple Leafs player on this list.

NHL players who could join Ovechkin in 600-goal club - NHL.com
Patrick Marleau is the closest.

Imagining the ideal 2017–18 NHL playoffs - Down Goes Brown
Let’s start with an easy one, #3 Maple Leafs vs. #2 Bruins. This matchup has felt like it was inevitable for most of the season.

Is Linus Ullmark Ready to Be the Sabres #1? - Die By The Blade
Ullmark would need to clear waivers in order to be sent to Rochester next season. Is that really a risk the Sabres organization would take?

U Sports men’s hockey trophy named after former Governor-General - G&M
U Sports has decided to rename the trophy awarded annually to the men's national hockey champion to the David Johnston University Cup.

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