> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Maple Leafs vs Canadiens: Game one preview - URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/maple-leafs-vs-canadiens-game-one-preview-2021-nhl-playoffs/ - Published: 2021-05-20T14:30:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-05-20T14:30:00.000Z - Description: Zach is back, Zach is back, and so is Price. - Author: Cathy Squires - Tags: #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:01 ### Toronto Maple Leafs vs Montréal Canadiens - Round 1, Game 1 #### 7:30 PM on CBC, Sportsnet and streaming at [CBC Gem](https://gem.cbc.ca/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com). The game is on NHLN in the US and available on [NHL Live ](https://secure.nhllive.com/pricing?ro=true&lang=en&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)online We’ve waited patiently for the Flames and the Canucks to undergo the NHL’s peculiar torture, and now finally it’s our turn at this playoffs thing. Is this what it’s like celebrating Orthodox Christmas? Sheldon Keefe has kept to a standard set of lines and special teams units over the last few days of practices, only making changes as players come off the injured list. And they have all suddenly appeared healthy and refreshed in an amazing feat of good timing. As of yesterday, the Leafs have no one on LTIR. ### Maple Leafs Lines All signs point to this being the lineup we’ll see tonight: Zach Hyman - Auston Matthews - Mitch Marner Nick Foligno - John Tavares - William Nylander Ilya Mikheyev - Riley Nash - Alexander Kerfoot Joe Thornton - Jason Spezza - Wayne Simmonds Morgan Rielly - TJ Brodie Jake Muzzin - Justin Holl Rasmus Sandin - Zach Bogosian Jack Campbell Frederik Andersen Jack Campbell will start his first ever NHL playoff game tonight. He has 12 AHL playoff games played with the Texas Stars and the Ontario Reign, but this is his NHL debut. He had one run in the OHL for Windsor, but didn’t play the year he was with the Soo Greyhounds. (Sorry, there’s music and commentary both, you might want to mute) As mentioned off the top in that video, Campbell set a consecutive wins record that beat Carey Price. And much like the injured crew of Maple Leafs, Price is back for game one as well. ### Canadiens Lines Their most recent practice lines look like this: Tomas Tatar - Phillip Danault - Brendan Gallagher Tyler Tofolli - Nick Suzuki - Joel Armia Corey Perry - Eric Staal - Josh Anderson Paul Byron - Jake Evans - Artturi Lehkonen Joel Edmundson - Jeff Petry Jon Merrill - Shea Weber Brett Kulak - Ben Chiarot Carey Price Jake Allen Some things to note: Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Cole Caufield have been relocated to the pressbox with the black aces, and Jonathan Drouin seems likely to remain unavailable. The reunited top line is good news for the Canadiens, as that was their best line this season by such a large margin, it’s really all they have. Suzuki is very good, and he does a decent impression of a centre carrying a line, but Suzuki with two excellent wingers would be a top six line, whereas this ends up a good third line. They are troublesome to the Leafs depth, however. That third line is a terrible thing to do to Josh Anderson, and I frankly think it’s a big mistake, but good, we like those when the other guy makes them. The fourth line should be aggressive and dangerous, and they just are not, and no one really seems to know why. There’s some dispute if Weber and Merrill are the second or third pair, but the way they rotate their defence, it hardly makes a difference. Notably absent is rookie defender Alexander Romanov, who has been very good by my reckoning this year, but everything about this roster construction for game one screams out conservative choices made by a coach with the interim tag still attached. Price is not confirmed as starter, but it’s nearly impossible to imagine he won’t be. We know what cards we have in our hand. We know how they play the game. Let’s go. And now the word from Sheldon Keefe: > Keefe confirms Bogosian is back tonight. On sitting Galchenyuk, Engvall, Dermott for Game 1: "Tough decisions. We are sitting some good players who have been good assets." > > — Lance Hornby (@sunhornby) [May 20, 2021](https://twitter.com/sunhornby/status/1395386843944914944?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > Sheldon Keefe on not trying to shelter Matthews vs. Danault: > > "I don't feel the need to protect Auston from anybody. He and Mitch, they need to take on the most difficult matchups, and they've found a way to succeed in those matchups." > > — Kristen Shilton (@kristen\_shilton) [May 20, 2021](https://twitter.com/kristen%5Fshilton/status/1395387697510985728?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) **Go** **Leafs** **Go**