Toronto Maple Leafs at Boston Bruins
7:00PM
Toronto Dominion Garden, Boston, MA
Broadcast/Streaming: CBC, Sportsnet, Sportsnet One, NHL Network,
Opponent SBNation Site: Stanley Cup of Chowdah
Hey Leafs fans, here is your quick preview and game thread all mashed into one like everyone’s favourite snack, nuts and gum!
The Maple Leafs are facing off against the Bruins for the third time this season; the Leafs won 4-2 and lost 5-1 against the Bruins in November.
Maple Leafs
Forward Lines
Zach Hyman - John Tavares - Mitch Marner
Andreas Johnsson - Auston Matthews - Kasperi Kapanen
Connor Brown - Nazem Kadri - William Nylander
Tyler Ennis - Par Lindholm - Frederik Gauthier
Defence Pairings
Morgan Rielly - Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner - Nikita Zaitsev
Travis Dermott - Igor Ozhiganov
Goaltenders
Frederik Andersen
Garret Sparks
Boston Bruins line
Forward Lines
Brad Marchand - David Krejci - David Pastrnak
Danton Heinen - Colby Cave - David Backes
Ryan Donato - Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson - Joakim Nordstrom
Gemel Smith - Sean Kurlay - Chris Wagner
Defence Pairings
Torey Krug - Brandon Carlo
Matt Grzelcyk - Charlie McAvoy
John Moore - Steven Kampfer
Goaltenders
Jaroslav Halak
Tuukka Rask
Leafs vs Bruins
| Maple Leafs | Team | Bruins |
|---|---|---|
| 20-8-0-1 | Record | 14-10-0-4 |
| 106GF - 78GA - +28 | Goal Differential | 72GF - 72GA |
| 26.7% - 6th | Power Play | 27% - 4th |
| 80.3% - 15th | Penalty Kill | 77% - 24th |
| John Tavares - 18 | Most Goals | David Pastrnak - 20 |
| Mitch Marner - 34 | Most Assists | Krejci / Marchand / Bergeron - 17 |
| Mitch Marner - 40 | Most Points | David Pastrnak - 32 |
| Hyman / Kadri - 16 | Most PM | Brad Marchand - 72 |
| Morgan Rielly - 22:18/G | TOI Leader | Torey Krug - 22:35 |
| Frederik Andersen - .931sv% | Starting Goalie | Jaroslav Halak - .932sv% |
The Bruins, Marchand especially, love taking penalties so this could be a good work out for the Maple Leafs power play.
Halak, who is technically the Bruins back up is starting tonight, and he’s having a much better season than Rask.
The game is at seven, it’s Hockey Night in Canada.
Let’s take the W in Boston and show them why the arena is named the Toronto Dominion.
