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The series is about to get even harder, but sitting in front of the Maple Leafs tonight is an opportunity to push the Cup champs to the brink of elimination
Keys to Game 3
– With Florida now possessing last change, we’ll see how Paul Maurice shakes up the matchups, if at all. If he tries to free up Aleksander Barkov’s line away from Auston Matthews’ line by using Anton Lundell’s unit in the matchup, the Leafs‘ top line has to make them pay. The Leafs should continue to ride Jake McCabe-Chris Tanev versus the Barkov line.
– The Leafs will need their top power-play unit to break through eventually. The top unit is not moving it fast or direct enough and is not winning any battles, including in the faceoff circle and the front of the net. A big power play night would swing the series drastically.
– The penalty kill has been scored on in both games. They could have blocked shots both times. They need to be a little better in the lanes shorthanded.
– The Leafs have to expect Florida will come out flying, and they may need to weather a storm early on. In particular, against an aggressive forecheck, they will need to break out cleanly to generate some pressure the other way and slow the game down.
– Keep making the Panthers pay in transition, and keep boxing out well in front.
oronto Maple Leafs Projected Lines
Forwards
#23 Matthew Knies — #34 Auston Matthews — #16 Mitch Marner
#67 Max Pacioretty — #91 John Tavares — #88 William Nylander
#18 Steven Lorentz — #24 Scott Laughton — #19 Calle Jarnkrok
#74 Bobby McMann — #11 Max Domi — #29 Pontus Holmberg
Defensemen
#22 Jake McCabe — #8 Chris Tanev
#44 Morgan Rielly — #25 Brandon Carlo
#2 Simon Benoit — #95 Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Goaltenders
Starter: #60 Joseph Woll
#30 Matt Murray
Injured: Anthony Stolarz
Extras: Nick Robertson, David Kampf, Ryan Reaves, Philippe Myers, Dakota Mermis, Artur Akhtyamov, Jani Hakanpaa
Florida Panthers Projected Lines
Forwards
#23 Carter Verhaeghe — #16 Aleksander Barkov — #13 Sam Reinhart
#17 Evan Rodrigues — #9 Sam Bennett — #19 Matthew Tkachuk
#27 Eetu Luostarinen — #15 Anton Lundell — #63 Brad Marchand
#70 Jesper Boqvist — #8 Nico Sturm — #25 Matthew Samosekvich
Defensemen
#42 Gustav Forsling — #5 Aaron Ekblad
#77 Niko Mikkola — #3 Seth Jones
#88 Nate Schmidt — #7 Dmitry Kulikov
Goaltenders
Starter: #72 Sergei Bobrovsky
#41 Vitek Vanecek
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