The Toronto Maple Leafs limp into Game 39 against the New Jersey Devils with one of their most chaotic injury reports of the season. In today’s pregame show, we break down what Craig Berube revealed about William Nylander (day-to-day), Auston Matthews (game-time decision), Chris Tanev’s concerning lower-body issue, and the scary situation surrounding Dakota Joshua. We walk through the new-look forward lines, a heavily patched-together blue line featuring Morgan Rielly, Jake McCabe and Filip Král–Myers rotation, plus what Joseph Woll needs to do against Jacob Markstrom. We also look at the updated playoff math and why every point inside the conference matters. We close the show with our Best Bet segment (no spoilers here) and what to watch for as Toronto tries to survive another undermanned night.
Chapters:
00:00 Injury chaos hits Leafs again
02:08 Why every point matters in the standings
03:36 Nylander update (day-to-day)
03:58 Matthews listed as a game-time decision
04:18 Chris Tanev’s evaluation & long-term concern
05:47 Dakota Joshua’s scary injury situation
07:54 Quick recap of all four major injuries
08:10 Updated forward lines (Knies–Tavares–Domi, Cowan–Roy–Robertson, etc.)
09:24 Defense pairings for tonight (Rielly–Myers, McCabe–Larsson, Benoit–Stetcher)
10:14 Power-play units breakdown
10:53 Woll vs Markstrom matchup
11:16 Start of Best Bet segment (bet not revealed here)
12:58 Robertson discussion
14:19 Final notes & World Juniors travel update
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5 Comments
As if the season wasn't already over…. imo the season officially ended after the catastrophy against the caps and they've been living on borrowed time since then.
More gutless players rather sit home and play Xbox then win anything
Leafs need to pull this one out short-handed 😮
I can see them pulling this win or getting a point but moving forward this many injuries will be too much the overcome
Don’t tel me the Leafs have become NBA players. Are you “ hurt “ or are you “ injured “ . If you were in the playoffs would you play ? This season has made it where we need to be in a “ playoff mode “ now