San Jose Sharks @ Toronto Maple Leafs
07:30 PM at Scotiabank Arena
Watch on: Prime (in Canada only), NBCSCA

The Leafs last game was away on March 2 against the Pittsburgh Penguins, which Toronto won by a score of 6-5 in overtime. The Leafs have a record of 38-20-2 for a 0.650 Points %.

The San Jose Sharks last played away on March 1 against the Ottawa Senators. The Sharks lost by a score of 5-3 in regulation, and their current league record is 15-37-9 for a 0.320 Points %.

Them

Ah, the Sharks. Is there another team in sports with a name so inappropriate?

They are the worst team in the NHL, but are they bad at everything? Almost! They are very bad at puck possession and quality of shots for and against. They have a very poor shooting percentage, but their goaltending is sometimes okay. They have two low-to-medium quality backups and no starter based on this year's performance.

Lines

Last Game (2025-03-01) via Daily Faceoff

William Eklund - Macklin Celebrini - Tyler Toffoli
Fabian Zetterlund - Alex Wennberg - Will Smith
Collin Graf - Nico Sturm - Klim Kostin
Barclay Goodrow - Ty Dellandrea - Luke Kunin

Jake Walman - Timothy Liljegren
Mario Ferraro - Shakir Mukhamadullin
Marc-Edouard Vlasic - Jack Thompson

Alexandar Georgiev - starter
Vitek Vanecek

Us

The Leafs sent Marshall Rifai back to the AHL and recalled Dakota Mermis instead as the healthy extra on the coming road trip. Alex Steeves is also back with the Marlies.

Calle Järnkrok makes his debut, per Saturday's statements from Craig Berube. In practice before Pittsburgh, he was the 3C, but Max Domi was not at that practice, however, the Leafs need to see Järnkrok at centre, so I'm assuming Domi moves to wing.

Ryan Reaves is the odd man out today.

Lines

Based on the last practice and some guesses.

Matthew Knies - Auston Matthews - Mitch Marner
Pontus Holmberg - John Tavares - William Nylander
Bobby McMann - Calle Järnkrok - Max Domi
Connor Dewar - David Kämpf - Nick Robertson

Morgan Rielly - Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Jake McCabe - Philippe Myers
Simon Benoit - Conor Timmins

Anthony Stolarz - starter
Joe Woll

The Game

This is showcase time for the Sharks players. They're in the media spotlight, and if they want off the Titantic, now is the time to prove how well they swim. Hmmm. Not sure about that metaphor. Likely should be a Jaws theme.

Anyway, maybe this one time, Leafs, play a puck possession game? Just to make us all feel a little better.

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