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# Game Preview: Leafs don’t get to eliminate the Canadiens tonight
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-game-preview-maple-leafs-lines-montreal-canadiens-lines-price-andersen-the-end/
- Published: 2019-04-06T14:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-04-06T14:30:00.000Z
- Description: Alright, it’s the last game of the season. Let’s end it with a win.
- Author: Adam Selvig
- Tags: Game Coverage, No Habs No, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 10:50

### Toronto Maple Leafs at Montreal Canadiens

### Time: 7:00PM

### Location: The city that once had it all, then chased it out of town to Toronto

### Broadcast/Streaming: CBC, Sportsnet, TVA Sports

### Opponent SBNation Site: [**Eyes on the Prize**](http://habseyesontheprize.com/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) **(the prize is the draft lottery)**

This is the final game of the regular season for both of these teams, but both of their futures are already set. After tonight the Maple Leafs will prepare to face the Boston Bruins in the playoffs, most likely starting on Thursday night. A time for revenge against the Boston Bruins who defeated them in seven games at the start of last years playoffs.

The Montreal Canadiens will pack their stuff tomorrow, say their goodbyes, then begin their extra long summer vacation as management sits in their offices and prays, prays hard that a miracle occurs and the team with the worst odds jumps all the way to #1 overall in the draft lottery Tuesday night.

### Maple Leafs Lines

#### Forward Lines

Zach Hyman - John Tavares - Mitch Marner   
Patrick Marleau - Auston Matthews - Kasperi Kapanen  
Andreas Johnsson - William Nylander - Connor Brown  
Tyler Ennis - Frederik Gauthier - Trevor Moore

**Defence Pairings**

> Mike Babcock said Ron Hainsey, Nikita Zaitsev, Travis Dermott, and Jake Muzzin won’t play tonight for [#Leafs](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Leafs?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) vs. Habs
> 
> — Kristen Shilton (@kristen\_shilton) [April 6, 2019](https://twitter.com/kristen%5Fshilton/status/1114538775877771264?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Considering that’s four of the Leafs’ top six defencemen out, make your own guesses at what the pairings will look like. Kristen Shilton did so here:

> This would be peak fun [#Leafs](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Leafs?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) D tonight:  
>  
> Gardiner-Rielly  
> Rosen-Holl  
> Marincin-Ozhiganov   
>  
> It’ll be some combination of that
> 
> — Kristen Shilton (@kristen\_shilton) [April 6, 2019](https://twitter.com/kristen%5Fshilton/status/1114540391896895492?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Goaltenders

Frederik Andersen  
Michael Hutchinson

The lines are completely in flux at this point, given this game pales in significance next to rest and recovery.

### Montreal Canadiens lines

#### Forward Lines

Tomas Tatar - Phillip Danault - Brendan Gallagher  
Artturi Lehkonen - Max Domi - Andrew Shaw  
Jonathan Drouin - Jordan Weal - Joel Armia  
Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Nate Thompson - Paul Byron

#### Defence Pairings

Victor Mete - Shea Weber  
Brett Kulak - Jeff Petry  
Jordie Benn - Christian Folin

#### Goaltenders

Carey Price  
Antti Niemi

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### Round one vs Boston Bruins

| Toronto                     | Team              | Boston                                          |
| --------------------------- | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| 3-2                         | Record            | 2-3                                             |
| 14GF - 14GA                 | Goal Differential | 14GF - 14GA                                     |
| 27.3% - 5th                 | Power Play        | 35.7% - 2nd                                     |
| 64.3% - 15th                | Penalty Kill      | 72.7% - 12th                                    |
| Auston Matthews - 4         | Most Goals        | Bergeron, Krejci, Pastrnak, Marchand, Coyle - 2 |
| Morgan Rielly - 4           | Most Assists      | Brad Marchand - 4                               |
| Auston Matthews - 5         | Most Points       | Brad Marchand - 6                               |
| Nazem Kadri - 19            | Most PM           | Charlie McAvoy - 6                              |
| Morgan Rielly - 24:34/G     | TOI Leader        | Charlie McAvoy - 16                             |
| Frederik Andersen - .925sv% | Starting Goalie   | Tuukka Rask - .922sv%                           |

This is it. The season is finally ending. Long live the post-season!