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The Maple Leafs are seeking their third win in a row and third consecutive victory against the Boston Bruins to close out the season series.
The talk around town in Boston has largely shifted to selling as the March 7 trade deadline fast approaches. Hampus Lindholm is likely done for the season, and Charlie McAvoy is out indefinitely due to a shoulder injury/infection sustained at the 4 Nations tournament. The team is one point out of a wildcard spot, and its goal differential ranks 13th in the conference (-26).
The Leafs, now 11 points ahead of Boston with a game in hand, have one more chance to help the Bruins descend the standings to close out a season series in which they’ve taken five of six points so far (2-0-1). But it is noteworthy that the Bruins are 18-9-4 on home ice — compared to just nine road wins, tied for the fewest in the East — and the Leafs haven’t won at TD Garden since March 2022 (five straight losses).
In those five road losses for the Leafs since March 2022, the Bruins have gone to the power play 3.6 times per game, including five opportunities in their OT win in Boston in late October (it drops to 2.5 power plays per game for Boston in games played in Toronto over the same time period). We all know how these games typically go in Boston from a physicality, emotional, and officiating standpoint, so the Leafs need to match the Bruins’ intensity and also remain vigilantly disciplined at the same time.
The Leafs will roll ahead with the same lineup from the weekend that beat Carolina and Chicago while scoring a combined 11 goals (three empty-netters). Anthony Stolarz will start in net against a Bruins team that he shut out in early November for his first shutout as a Leaf.
Toronto Maple Leafs Projected Lines
Forwards
#23 Matthew Knies — #34 Auston Matthews — #16 Mitch Marner
#29 Pontus Holmberg — #91 John Tavares — #88 William Nylander
#74 Bobby McMann — #11 Max Domi — #89 Nick Robertson
#18 Steven Lorentz — #64 David Kampf — #46 Alex Steeves
Defensemen
#22 Jake McCabe — #8 Chris Tanev
#44 Morgan Rielly — #95 Oliver Ekman-Larsson
#2 Simon Benoit — #25 Conor Timmins
Goaltenders
Starter: #41 Anthony Stolarz
#60 Joseph Woll
Extras: Ryan Reaves, Philippe Myers, Connor Dewar
Injured: Max Pacioretty
Injured (LTIR): Calle Jarnkrok, Jani Hakanpää
Boston Bruins Projected Lines
Forwards
#39 Morgan Geekie — #18 Pavel Zacha — #88 David Pastrnak
#63 Brad Marchand — #28 Elias Lindholm — #13 Charlie Coyle
#11 Trent Frederic — #51 Matthew Poitras — #71 Oliver Wahlstrom
#45 Cole Koepke — #19 John Beecher — #47 Mark Kastelic
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