Colorado Avalanche @ Toronto Maple Leafs
07:00 PM at Scotiabank Arena
Watch on: TVAS, TSN4, ALT

The Leafs last game was at home on November 8 against the New Jersey Devils, which Toronto lost by a score of 4-0 in regulation. The Leafs have a record of 8-9-2 for a 0.474 Points %.

The Colorado Avalanche last played at home on November 7 against the Detroit Red Wings. The Avalanche won by a score of 4-0 in regulation, and their current league record is 10-6-2 for a 0.611 Points %.

Them

I don't exactly know how Toronto beat them in Denver, but you know who these guys are. They are going to be hard to beat the second time.

Lines

Last Game (2026-11-07) via Daily Faceoff

Artturi Lehkonen - Nathan MacKinnon - Martin Necas
Gabriel Landeskog - Nazem Kadri - Nicolas Roy
Jaden Schwartz - Brock Nelson - T.J. Hughes
Parker Kelly - Fedor Svechkov - Logan O'Connor

Brett Kulak - Cale Makar
Devon Toews - Sam Malinski
Noah Juulsen - Brent Burns

Mackenzie Blackwood - likely starter
Scott Wedgewood

Us

The Leafs have recalled Ryan Tverberg as an extra forward, but they do expect Jack Roslovic to play. Vinni Lettieri has been returned to the AHL. They have the same hole Lettieri was recalled to fill: they need a forward who can play some power play. Second line wing seems to also be his job tonight.

Lines

Mark Masters via Daily Faceoff

Easton Cowan - Auston Matthews - Jack Roslovic
Ryan Tverberg - John Tavares - William Nylander
Dakota Joshua - Nick Paul - Gavin McKenna
Brandon Duhaime - Teddy Blueger - Zack MacEwen

Jake McCabe - Darren Raddysh
Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Chris Tanev
Dakota Mermis - Troy Stecher

Sergei Bobrovsky - starter
Anthony Stolarz

The Game

Well. I give Tverberg very few shifts on that second line. McKenna seems more fit for the spot, even with the tough competition. Teddy Blueger could move up to the third line and make it a nine-man forward roster.

I get why Jim Hiller doesn't want to do that – play a very short bench. The schedule just doesn't allow it, and this new concept of NHL schedule with 84 games, fewer days, big blocks of time carved out for things like the world cup and Olympics, means that attitudes about the so-called "load management" will need to change.

No one has stealth top-sixers or decent defenders languishing in the AHL to handle this level of missing man-games. The Leafs cannot make the mistake of making it worse. But in a game, how many coaches will just roll lines like those above against the Avs?

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