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The Toronto Maple Leafs, winners of six of their last seven, are looking to keep the points coming against a Nashville Predators team that has disappointed this season and has the second-worst points percentage in the league.
Following an offseason spending spree where GM Barry Trotz made three high-profile signings in Steven Stamkos, Jonathan Marchessault, and Brady Skjei, the Predators entered 2024-25 with high expectations but have surprisingly struggled to score. They rank dead last in the league in goals per game, and Roman Josi leads the team in scoring with 22 points in 25 games. No forward on the team has more than Filip Forsberg’s 17 points.
It should be noted that the team has played slightly better of late, as they have taken their last three games to overtime. In their last 11 games, they have played several quality games against good opponents, beating Winnipeg and Vancouver, playing one-goal games against Colorado and Edmonton, and taking Tampa Bay and Minnesota to overtime. Craig Berube noted this morning that they have tightened up defensively over this time, and he’s right — the Predators are ninth in the league in goals against per game over the past 11. Their penalty kill ranks second in over that period as well.
As Berube said, “It’s a desperate team with the situation they are in. We need to be ready to go to match that desperation.”
On the Leafs side of things, Ryan Reaves returns from his five-game suspension, and Alex Nylander will come out of the lineup. It also appears to be another game where we can take a look at how Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner playing apart comes together, while Fraser Minten will continue as the third line center following four points in his first five games.
Jake McCabe will miss his second straight game, giving Phillipe Myers another game to try and work his way into the mix and make a statement. In net, Joseph Woll starts riding a personal five-game winning streak (.938 save percentage).
Toronto Maple Leafs Projected Lines
Forwards
#23 Matthew Knies — #34 Auston Matthews — #88 William Nylander
#29 Pontus Holmberg — #91 John Tavares — #16 Mitch Marner
#89 Nick Robertson — #39 Fraser Minten — #18 Steven Lorentz
#71 Nikita Grebenkin — #24 Connor Dewar —#75 Ryan Reaves
Defensemen
#95 Oliver Ekman-Larsson — #8 Chris Tanev
#44 Morgan Rielly — #51 Philippe Myers
#2 Simon Benoit — #25 Conor Timmins
Goaltenders
Starter: #60 Joseph Woll
#41 Anthony Stolarz
Extras: Marshall Rifai, Alex Nylander
Injured (day-to-day): Jake McCabe
Injured (IR): Max Domi, Bobby McMann, Jani Hakanpää
Injured (LTIR): Calle Jarnkrok, Max Pacioretty, David Kampf
Nashville Predators Projected Lines
Forwards
#9 Filip Forsberg — #90 Ryan O’Reilly — #14 Gustav Nyquist
#81 Jonathan Marchessault — #82 Tommy Novak — #91 Steven Stamkos
#17 Mark Jankowski — #40 Fedor Svechkov — #77 Luke Evangelista
#68 Zachary L’Heureux — #10 Colton Sissons — #36 Cole Smith
Defensemen
#59 Roman Josi — #45 Alexandre Carrier
#76 Brady Skjei — #37 Nick Blankenburg
#83 Adam Wilsby — #2 Luke Schenn
Goaltenders
Starter: #73 Juuse Saros
#29 Justus Annunen
Injured: Spencer Stastney, Michael McCarron, Jeremy Lauzon
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