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# Game 5 Preview: home ice advantage
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/game-5-preview-home-ice-advantage/
- Published: 2023-05-12T16:15:02.000Z
- Updated: 2023-05-12T16:15:01.000Z
- Author: Hardev
- Tags: Maple Leafs Playoffs, Game Coverage

### Florida Panthers @ Toronto Maple Leafs  
07:00 PM at Scotiabank Arena  
Watch on: TNT, CBC, TVAS, SN

Another must-win. That fact cannot be lost on the team. Lose and you go home, same as the last game. You're back home, the crowd's with you, Union Station on the left, Maple Leaf Square on the right. Let's do this. 

### Them

There aren't any media travelling with the team from what we can tell, so there are no updates on what the Panthers lineup is going to be tonight. For now, here is the lineup they've iced all series. 

I don't expect much to change on the goalie from unless we get to Game 7 and Bob has blown it. 

#### Lines

Game 4 via [Daily Faceoff](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/florida-panthers/line-combinations/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Carter Verhaeghe - Aleksander Barkov - Anthony Duclair  
Nick Cousins - Sam Bennett - Matthew Tkachuk  
Eetu Luostarinen - Anton Lundell - Sam Reinhart  
Colin White - Eric Staal - Zac Dalpe

Gustav Forsling - Aaron Ekblad  
Marc Staal - Brandon Montour  
Josh Mahura - Radko Gudas

Sergei Bobrovsky  
Alex Lyon

### Us

Matthew Knies and Ilya Samsonov were both on the ice in Toronto this morning. Both have officially been ruled out for Game 5, but these signs are promising. 

> Sheldon Keefe says Matthew Knies has “improved a lot” but hasn’t skated since sustaining a concussion in Game 2   
>  
> At this point, he’s not available for Game 5 tomorrow [@TSN\_Edge](https://twitter.com/TSN%5FEdge?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Mark Masters (@markhmasters) [May 11, 2023](https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/1656680535589105668?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Don't expect any lineup changes for the leafs tonight. It's possible they go 12/6 at home with Zach Aston-Reese coming back in and one of the defenders (likely Liljegren) sitting. That said, Liljegren is a more impactful player than ZAR is so the Leafs best lineup probably has 11/7 as its arrangement. It doesn't seem like the forwards are being overworked (none of them played more than 21 minutes last game), so it should be fine. 

#### Lines

Calle Järnkrok - Auston Matthews - Mitch Marner  
Alex Kerfoot - John Tavares - William Nylander  
Michael Bunting - Ryan O'Reilly - Noel Acciari  
David Kämpf - Sam Lafferty

Morgan Rielly - Luke Schenn  
TJ Brodie - Justin Holl  
Jake McCabe - Timothy Liljegren  
Mark Giordano

Joseph Woll  
Matt Murray

### The Game

> Ryan O'Reilly says his Mom is a very intense Leafs fan.  
>  
> ''She takes it more serious than I do. If we lose, she can't talk to anyone for a day or so. I'll call her after and she's more upset then I am after a loss.  
>  
> Does she offer any advice?  
>  
> ''Yeah, kick some ass.''
> 
> — Alex Seixeiro (@AlexSeixeiro) [May 12, 2023](https://twitter.com/AlexSeixeiro/status/1657039225714253825?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)