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# Maple Leafs vs Stars game chat: real hockey is back!
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/maple-leafs-vs-stars-game-chat-real-hockey-is-back/
- Published: 2018-02-01T00:00:02.000Z
- Updated: 2018-02-01T00:00:02.000Z
- Author: Brian Stewart
- Tags: #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:27

### [Leafs](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/toronto-maple-leafs?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) (28-18-5) vs [Islanders](https://www.lighthousehockey.com/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) (25-21-5)  

#### 7:30 pm ET  
TV: SN  

#### [Our game preview with lineups is here.](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/leafs-vs-islanders-preview-start-time-lineups-injuries-players-channels/)

The Leafs apparently got hit by a bug, I suspect transmitted through JVR via Species. Way to go, Species.

> [#Leafs](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Leafs?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) recall Justin Holl on emergency basis for tonight. Roman Polak to IR with a viral infection, Ron Hainsey a game-time decision tonight vs. Isles with illness.
> 
> — Kristen Shilton (@kristen\_shilton) [January 31, 2018](https://twitter.com/kristen%5Fshilton/status/958828501435641858?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) 

So on the one hand, Polak to the IR seems like a good time for Babcock to really give guys like Carrick, Dermott, and/or Borgman some time even when Zaitsev and Rielly are back. On the other hand, Hainsey's been such a rock in stabilizing the game of Rielly and Gardiner, so that's less good.

### ICYMI

[Nikita Zaitsev has the worst stats of the Leafs top four](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-nikita-zaitsev-has-the-worst-stats-of-the-leafs-top-four/) | by Katya, looking at Zaitsev using incredibly hilarious metaphors.

[Women’s Hockey Wednesday: Meet the Olympians!](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/womens-ice-hockey-links-wednesday-pyeongchang-olympians-katie-burt-victoria-bach-caroline-ouellette/) | by Annie

GO LEAFS GO!