> ## 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. # Preview: Leafs host the Canucks - URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/preview-leafs-host-the-canucks/ - Published: 2025-01-11T18:20:15.000Z - Updated: 2025-01-11T18:20:15.000Z - Description: Two teams drenched from the storm surge get to take it out on each other. - Author: Cathy Squires - Tags: Game Coverage ### Vancouver Canucks @ Toronto Maple Leafs 07:00 PM at Scotiabank Arena Watch on: SN, CBC ### The Leafs last game was away on January 9 against the Carolina Hurricanes, which Toronto lost by a score of 6-3 in regulation. The Leafs have a record of 27-14-2 for a 0.651 Points %. The Vancouver Canucks last played away on January 10 against the Carolina Hurricanes. The Canucks lost by a score of 2-0 in regulation, and their current league record is 18-13-10 for a 0.561 Points %. ### Them So far this year, Vancouver has been a soap opera. J.T. Miller and Elias Pettersson can't get along. The GM is shopping them both, but everyone seems to know he's going to trade the younger, more talented Pettersson. The team is underperforming and just generally not looking like a serious contender. Which comes as a surprise to people who never wanted to admit they were a bit of a paper tiger last season. At five-on-five their Corsi and Expected Goals are so bad (low end of the muddy middle) that they are nearly a match for the Leafs. Their pace of Expected Goals on the power play is fairly mediocre, and they outshoot expected by a very small amount. Once again this year, their strength is that old reliable Shooting %. Nothing can ever go wrong when that's your best event. Both goalies are right on average, so they don't help or harm. > I’m told the [#Canucks](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canucks?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) did indeed stay overnight in Raleigh due to travel delays on Friday. Team is expecting to take off for Toronto shortly. > > Puck drop in Toronto at 7pm tonight. Tough spot for the club to travel day of on the second leg of a back-to-back. > > — Thomas Drance (@ThomasDrance) [January 11, 2025](https://twitter.com/ThomasDrance/status/1878093921676370144?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) I don't think we're getting any news on Canucks lines until much later today. Thatcher Demko played last night, so we can assume we're getting Kevin Lankinen today. #### Lines From the last game and subject to change today. Jonathan Lekkerimaki - J.T. Miller - Brock Boeser Jake DeBrusk - Elias Pettersson - Conor Garland Danton Heinen - Teddy Blueger - Phil Di Giuseppe Max Sasson - Pius Suter - Kiefer Sherwood Quinn Hughes - Tyler Myers Carson Soucy - Noah Juulsen Derek Forbort - Vincent Desharnais Kevin Lankinen Thatcher Demko ### Us Every so often, like last game, the Leafs play such a disastrous game defensively that it doesn't matter how much they score. Max Pacioretty is back in, and Morgan Rielly is back on PP1. #### Lines Morning skate from [Mark Masters](https://x.com/markhmasters/status/1878104272312648045?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Matthew Knies - Auston Matthews - Mitch Marner Max Pacioretty - John Tavares - William Nylander Bobby McMann - Max Domi - Nicholas Robertson Connor Dewar - David Kämpf - Steven Lorentz Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Chris Tanev Morgan Rielly - Philippe Myers Simon Benoit - Conor Timmins Joe Woll Dennis Hildeby - starter ### The Game > Craig Berube wasn’t messing around at the Leafs skate this morning. “Let’s fucking go!” he yelled at one point, shaking his head. > > “Fucking move the puck!” he said a few minutes later. > > — Jonas Siegel (@jonassiegel) [January 11, 2025](https://twitter.com/jonassiegel/status/1878106146323476558?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Seconded.