Chicago Blackhawks @ Toronto Maple Leafs
07:00 PM at Scotiabank Arena
Watch on: TSN4, CHSN

The Leafs last game was at home on December 13 against the Edmonton Oilers, which Toronto lost by a score of 6-3 in regulation. The Leafs have a record of 14-12-5 for a 0.532 Points %.

The Chicago Blackhawks last played at home on December 13 against the Detroit Red Wings. The Blackhawks lost by a score of 4-0 in regulation, and their current league record is 13-13-6 for a 0.500 Points %.

Them

Connor Bedard is out until some time in January in what is reported to be a separated shoulder. This is not from the team, it's Kevin Weekes giving out more information than the team wanted to. The timeline had already been disclosed.

Chicago is one of the worst teams in the NHL at five-on-five, but they have good goaltending and good shooting skill/luck. However, Bedard gets the bulk of their points, and with him out, Tyler Bertuzzi is clearly the best player on the team.

Lines

Charlie Roumeliotis via Daily Faceoff from yesterday's practice.

Tyler Bertuzzi - Frank Nazar - Andre Burakovsky
Teuvo Teravainen - Jason Dickinson - Ilya Mikheyev
Oliver Moore - Ryan Greene - Nick Lardis
Colton Dach - Dominic Toninato - Ryan Donato

Alex Vlasic - Louis Crevier
Matt Grzelcyk - Artyom Levshunov
Wyatt Kaiser - Connor Murphy

Spencer Knight - likely starter
Arvid Söderblom

Us

Joe Woll is in tonight.

Chris Tanev skated on the third pair yesterday, but he is not playing. Henry Thrun is likely to draw in.

Lines

David Alter via Daily Faceoff from yesterday's practice

Matthew Knies - Auston Matthews - William Nylander
Nicholas Robertson - John Tavares - Bobby McMann
Dakota Joshua - Nicolas Roy - Max Domi
Steven Lorentz - Scott Laughton - Easton Cowan

Morgan Rielly - Simon Benoit
Jake McCabe - Troy Stecher
Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Henry Thrun

Joe Woll - starter
Dennis Hildeby

The Game

The Leafs gave away a win in their last outing. Playing in a way that pretty much guaranteed the Oilers could put in one of their best performances of the year. It would be nice if they didn't do that again.

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