Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens
Time: 7:00PM
Location: The city that once had it all, then chased it out of town to Toronto
Broadcast/Streaming: CBC, Sportsnet, TVA Sports
Opponent SBNation Site: Eyes on the Prize (the prize is the draft lottery)
This is the final game of the regular season for both of these teams, but both of their futures are already set. After tonight the Maple Leafs will prepare to face the Boston Bruins in the playoffs, most likely starting on Thursday night. A time for revenge against the Boston Bruins who defeated them in seven games at the start of last years playoffs.
The Montreal Canadiens will pack their stuff tomorrow, say their goodbyes, then begin their extra long summer vacation as management sits in their offices and prays, prays hard that a miracle occurs and the team with the worst odds jumps all the way to #1 overall in the draft lottery Tuesday night.
Maple Leafs Lines
Forward Lines
Zach Hyman - John Tavares - Mitch Marner
Patrick Marleau - Auston Matthews - Kasperi Kapanen
Andreas Johnsson - William Nylander - Connor Brown
Tyler Ennis - Frederik Gauthier - Trevor Moore
Defence Pairings
Mike Babcock said Ron Hainsey, Nikita Zaitsev, Travis Dermott, and Jake Muzzin won’t play tonight for #Leafs vs. Habs
— Kristen Shilton (@kristen_shilton) April 6, 2019
Considering that’s four of the Leafs’ top six defencemen out, make your own guesses at what the pairings will look like. Kristen Shilton did so here:
This would be peak fun #Leafs D tonight:
— Kristen Shilton (@kristen_shilton) April 6, 2019
Gardiner-Rielly
Rosen-Holl
Marincin-Ozhiganov
It’ll be some combination of that
Goaltenders
Frederik Andersen
Michael Hutchinson
The lines are completely in flux at this point, given this game pales in significance next to rest and recovery.
Montreal Canadiens lines
Forward Lines
Tomas Tatar - Phillip Danault - Brendan Gallagher
Artturi Lehkonen - Max Domi - Andrew Shaw
Jonathan Drouin - Jordan Weal - Joel Armia
Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Nate Thompson - Paul Byron
Defence Pairings
Victor Mete - Shea Weber
Brett Kulak - Jeff Petry
Jordie Benn - Christian Folin
Goaltenders
Carey Price
Antti Niemi
Round one vs Boston Bruins
| Toronto | Team | Boston |
|---|---|---|
| 3-2 | Record | 2-3 |
| 14GF - 14GA | Goal Differential | 14GF - 14GA |
| 27.3% - 5th | Power Play | 35.7% - 2nd |
| 64.3% - 15th | Penalty Kill | 72.7% - 12th |
| Auston Matthews - 4 | Most Goals | Bergeron, Krejci, Pastrnak, Marchand, Coyle - 2 |
| Morgan Rielly - 4 | Most Assists | Brad Marchand - 4 |
| Auston Matthews - 5 | Most Points | Brad Marchand - 6 |
| Nazem Kadri - 19 | Most PM | Charlie McAvoy - 6 |
| Morgan Rielly - 24:34/G | TOI Leader | Charlie McAvoy - 16 |
| Frederik Andersen - .925sv% | Starting Goalie | Tuukka Rask - .922sv% |
This is it. The season is finally ending. Long live the post-season!
