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In order to finish 2024 on a high note, the Maple Leafs need to snap their five-game losing streak against the Islanders (dating back to March 2023) in this New Year’s Eve matinee matchup at Scotiabank Arena.
The Islanders have continued their highly inconsistent 2024-25 season after their 6-3 win in Toronto before Christmas, losing 7-1 to Buffalo at home (!), beating the Penguins 6-3 at home, and losing the second half of the home-and-home vs. Pittsburgh on the road by a score of 3-2.
In the last meeting with the Islanders, the Leafs gave up two odd-man rush goals inside the first five minutes of the game, putting them heavily behind the eight ball in a tired situation (from which they never recovered). In the last game against the Capitals, the odd-man rush count was 5-1 Washington through 40 minutes as the Leafs again chased the game en route to a regulation loss, their third in their last four games, all of which have seen the team concede four or more goals before additional empty-netters by the opposition.
Job #1, then, is to end the generosity with their gifts to the opposition over the holiday season by staying patient offensively and locking it back down defensively in Auston Matthews’ absence, as was their M.O. during their first successful stint without their captain back in November. This is a highly vulnerable Islanders team, one that frequently struggles to score at five-on-five, provided the Leafs don’t hand them anything easy.
Toronto Maple Leafs Projected Lines
Forwards
#67 Max Pacioretty — #91 John Tavares — #16 Mitch Marner
#23 Matthew Knies — #64 David Kampf — #88 William Nylander
#74 Bobby McMann — #11 Max Domi — #89 Nick Robertson
#18 Steven Lorentz — #24 Connor Dewar — #75 Ryan Reaves
Defensemen
#22 Jake McCabe — #8 Chris Tanev
#44 Morgan Rielly — #51 Philippe Myers
#2 Simon Benoit — #25 Conor Timmins
Goaltenders
Starter: #60 Joseph Woll
#30 Matt Murray
Extras: Marshall Rifai
Illness: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Pontus Holmberg
Injured (IR): Jani Hakanpää, Anthony Stolarz, Auston Matthews
Injured (LTIR): Calle Jarnkrok
New York Islanders Projected Lines
Forwards
#27 Anders Lee — #13 Mathew Barzal — #44 JG Pageau
#11 Anthony Duclair — #29 Brock Nelson — #21 Kyle Palmieri
#53 Casey Cizikas — #14 Bo Horvat — #10 Simon Holmstrom
#7 Maxim Tsyplakov — #32 Kyle MacLean — #20 Hudson Fasching
Defensemen
#3 Adam Pelech — #6 Ryan Pulock
#28 Alexander Romanov — #8 Noah Dobson
#36 Isaiah George — #24 Scott Mayfield
Goaltenders
Starter: #30 Ilya Sorokin (unconfirmed)
#50 Marcus Hogberg
Injured: Mike Reilly, Semyon Varlamov
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