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# Toronto Maple Leafs game preview: Game 77 versus the Florida Panthers
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-game-preview-maple-leafs-lines-florida-panthers-lines-the-season-is-to-damn-long/
- Published: 2018-03-28T14:00:04.000Z
- Updated: 2018-03-28T14:00:04.000Z
- Description: Just end already, you stupid season.
- Author: Adam Selvig
- Tags: Game Coverage, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:01

Two weeks ago we were discussing the NHL playoffs at Sunday dinner and I said that the Maple Leafs were essentially locked into 3rd in the Atlantic Division.

“Hang on,” my brother in law said, “The Panthers could catch them.”

“No, they won’t.”

“They could.”

“No.”

So, without further adieu, I would like to point out to you, Stephen, that the Panthers are 12 points back of the Maple Leafs with two weeks left in the season.

Suck it.

## Florida Panthers at Toronto Maple Leafs  
**7:30PM - Air Canada Centre**  
**Watch: Sportsnet, TVA Sports, Sportsnet Now, NHL Live**  
**Listen: TSN1050, Sportsnet 590**  
**SBN:**[ **Litter Box Cats**](http://litterboxcats.com/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

So, here we are. Game 77 of an 82 game season, the end of March with two more weeks of hockey to go. The Leafs are set in their position, and they could perform an act of mercy tonight and beat the Panthers into remembering they aren’t a playoff team.

So, what should we expect tonight? Well, previously in the season the Leafs beat the Panthers 1-0, and lost to the Panthers 3-2 in a shootout twice. If we’re following the other games It will be a close, low scoring game. A real treat.

Here are your projected lines.

**Toronto Maple Leafs**

Zach Hyman - Auston Matthews - William Nylander  
Patrick Marleau - Nazem Kadri - Mitchell Marner  
James van Riemsdyk - Tyler Bozak - Connor Brown  
Andreas Johnsson - Tomas Plekanec - Kasperi Kapanen

Morgan Rielly - Ron Hainsey  
Jake Gardiner - Nikita Zaitsev  
Travis Dermott - Roman Polak

Frederik Andersen  
Curtis McElhinney

**Florida Panthers**

Evgeni Dadonov - Aleksander Barkov - Nick Bjugstad  
Jonathan Huberdeau - Vincent Trochek - Jamie McGinn  
Maxim Mamin - Denis Malgin - Colton Sceviour  
Michael Haley - Derek MacKenzie - Frank Vatrano

Keith Yandle - Aaron Ekblad  
Michael Matheson - Mark Pysyk  
MacKenzie Weegar - Alex Petrovic

Roberto Luongo  
James Reimer

Here’s my simple, yet effective table:

### Numbers Preview

| Maple Leafs                 | Team              | Devils                  |
| --------------------------- | ----------------- | ----------------------- |
| 265GF - 226GA - +29         | Goal Differential | 238GF - 234GA - +4      |
| 24.4% - 2nd overall         | Power Play        | 21.7 - 10th overall     |
| 81.3% - 12th overall        | Penalty Kill      | 81.9% - 7th overall     |
| James van Riemsdyk - 36     | Most Goals        | Taylor Hall - 39        |
| Mitch Marner - 47           | Most Assists      | Taylor Hall - 54        |
| Mitch Marner - 69           | Most Points       | Taylor Hall - 93        |
| Matt Martin - 50            | Most PM           | Miles Wood - 84         |
| Jake Gardiner - 22:33/G     | TOI Leader        | Sami Vatanen - 22:42    |
| Frederik Andersen - .917sv% | Starting Goalie   | Keith Kincaid - .911sv% |

Here’s my take on the game:

The season is too damn long.

Go Leafs Go!

> Henrik Borgstrom has joined the [#FlaPanthers](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FlaPanthers?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) but won’t play tonight in Toronto. Good chance his NHL debut comes tomorrow in Ottawa.
> 
> — Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) [March 28, 2018](https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/979024255466680320?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)