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Looking to end their two-game losing slide, the Maple Leafs host a Minnesota Wild team that is without Kirill Kaprizov but is the league’s best road team this season with an 18-5-3 record away from home
In the first meeting of the two-game season series in Minnesota on November 3rd, the Leafs lost a low-event game by a score of 2-1 in overtime while getting outshot in all three periods at even strength (33.72% xGF, 36.7% CF). It was a back-to-back situation for Toronto — and it was the game before Matthews left the lineup for nine games due to injury — but in the Auston Matthews vs. Joel Eriksson-Ek matchup, the Wild owned 92% of the shot attempts (12-1) and 100% of the shots on goal (5-0) at five-on-five.
The Leafs will need a much better result at the top of their lineup tonight, especially with Craig Berube’s enhanced freedom to shift Matthews away from the Wild’s shutdown center with the benefit of the last change at home. It’s especially important knowing the Leafs‘ forward depth is depleted due to injury and Berube is continuing to load up the Matthews-Marner duo with the team’s best available left winger (Bobby McMann).
Toronto’s top line scored early in Ottawa but also conceded one in the third period and was largely kept quiet by the Shane Pinto line in the 2-1 loss to the Senators on Saturday night. Matthews recorded just one shot on goal in over 22 minutes of ice time. There needs to be a response game tonight, especially with how the Leafs‘ lineup is currently configured with the injuries to John Tavares and Matthew Knies.
The Wild typically start fast on the road, opening the scoring in 16 of 26 games and outscoring the opposition 25-16 in the first period away from home. The Leafs, who have been outscored 23-21 in the first period on home ice, will need to be ready to go from puck drop with no energy-related excuses on offer after three days’ rest.
Toronto Maple Leafs Projected Lines
Forwards
#74 Bobby McMann — #34 Auston Matthews — #16 Mitch Marner
#11 Max Domi — #29 Pontus Holmberg — #88 William Nylander
#67 Max Pacioretty — #39 Fraser Minten — #89 Nick Robertson
#18 Steven Lorentz — #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 (IR): Matthew Knies, Connor Dewar, John Tavares
Injured (LTIR): Anthony Stolarz, Calle Jarnkrok, Jani Hakanpää
Minnesota Wild Projected Lines
Forwards
#12 Matt Boldy — #14 Joel Eriksson Ek — #36 Mats Zuccarello
#17 Marcus Foligno — #23 Marco Rossi — #38 Ryan Hartman
#28 Liam Ohgren — #89 Frederick Gaudreau — #13 Yakov Trenin
#28 Devin Shore — #22 Marat Khusnutdinov — #94 Jakub Lauko
Defensemen
#4 Jon Merrill — #46 Jared Spurgeon
#5 Jacob Middleton — #7 Brock Faber
#47 Declan Chisholm — #24 Zach Bogosian
Goaltenders
Starter: #32 Filip Gustavsson
#29 Marc-Andre Fleury
Injured: Kirill Kaprizov, Jonas Brodin, Marcus Johansson
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