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The Maple Leafs are looking to avenge November’s lifeless loss to the Senators in Toronto when they visit the nation’s capital for the second game of the Leafs vs. Sens season series.
Bobby McMann-William Nylander has been a productive duo for the Leafs this season, outscoring the opposition 10-4 at five-on-five, but with Matthew Knies out for tonight, Craig Berube has opted to start McMann on the Matthews-Marner line.
Those three have spent all of 23 five-on-five minutes with since McMann broke the league, although they have been playing together on the five-forward power-play unit since John Tavares’ injury. Max Domi has much more experience on Matthews’ wing than McMann, but Berube’s thinking concerns the mix of elements on the overall line, with McMann serving as a reasonable playing-style replacement for Knies.
Domi will instead join the left wing of the Nylander line in what feels like a particularly big game for Domi. He is mired in a 16-game goalless slump and is minus-five in that time (six assists); recently, during Tavares’ absence, the Leafs have bumped him to the wing and inserted both Fraser Minten and Pontus Holmberg down the middle instead. Domi has also been elevated to the bumper spot of the five-forward power-play unit for tonight’s game with Knies and Tavares out of the lineup.
It’s a stretch to call it a deserved opportunity based on the merits of his recent play, but injuries present opportunities, and Domi has a big one tonight to try to get his season pointed back in the right direction.
Speaking of injuries creating opportunities, with the injuries piling up on LW — Knies, Connor Dewar, Max Pacioretty — Jacob Quillan will make his NHL debut on the left side of the fourth line with David Kampf and Ryan Reaves. Ahead of Quillan’s debut, be sure to catch up on his season/development with the Marlies courtesy of Mark Rackham.
Toronto Maple Leafs Projected Lines
Forwards
#74 Bobby McMann — #34 Auston Matthews — #16 Mitch Marner
#11 Max Domi — #29 Pontus Holmberg — #88 William Nylander
#18 Steven Lorentz — #39 Fraser Minten — #89 Nick Robertson
#61 Jacob Quillan — #64 David Kampf — #75 Ryan Reaves
Defensemen
#44 Morgan Rielly — #22 Jake McCabe
#95 Oliver Ekman-Larsson — #8 Chris Tanev
#2 Simon Benoit — #51 Philippe Myers
Goaltenders
Starter: #60 Joseph Woll
#30 Matt Murray
Extras: Nikita Grebenkin, Conor Timmins
Injured (day-to-day): Matthew Knies
Injured (IR): Connor Dewar, Max Pacioretty, John Tavares, Anthony Stolarz
Injured (LTIR): Calle Jarnkrok, Jani Hakanpää
Ottawa Senators Projected Lines
Forwards
#7 Brady Tkachuk — #18 Tim Stutzle — #57 David Perron
#28 Claude Giroux — #71 Ridly Greig — #19 Drake Batherson
#21 Nick Cousins— #12 Shane Pinto — #22 Michael Amadio
#15 Matthew Highmore — #38 Zack Ostapchuk — #81 Adam Gaudette
Defensemen
#85 Jake Sanderson — #2 Artem Zub
#72 Thomas Chabot — #23 Travis Hamonic
#43 Tyler Kleven — #33 Nikolas Matinpalo
Goaltenders
Starter: #31 Anton Forsberg
#1 Leevi Merilainen
Injured: Linus Ullmark, Josh Norris, Nick Jensen, Noah Gregor, Jacob Bernard-Docker, Coel Reinhardt
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Leafs are pathetic. Sens win on a fluke..par for the course for the leafs.