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# Game Preview: Will the Leafs score tonight?
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-game-preview-maple-leafs-lines-penguins-lines/
- Published: 2018-11-03T16:03:08.000Z
- Updated: 2018-11-03T16:03:08.000Z
- Description: After getting shutout in October, the Maple Leafs have their chance to make up for it tonight.
- Author: Adam Selvig
- Tags: Game Coverage, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:27

### TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS AT PITTSBURGH PENGUINS

### 7:00PM - PPG Paints Arena

### Broadcast/Streaming: NHL Live, NHL Network, CBC, Sportsnet One

### Opponent SBNation Site: [**Pensburgh**](https://www.pensburgh.com/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

The last time the Maple Leafs and Penguins met this season Matt Murray took the game easily from the lackluster Leafs. Scoring chances was a struggle for the team, who were clearly hurt from the words of Lars Eller.

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[Recap: Leafs fall to the Penguins in a masterful road game from Matt Murray and Evgeni Malkin](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/recap-maple-leafs-fall-to-the-penguins-in-a-masterful-road-game-from-matt-murray-and-evgeni-malkin/)

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Sine that game the Leafs have gone 2-3 and suffered a loss with Auston Matthews being viciously attacked by Jacob Trouba and knocked out of the roster for a month or so.

The Penguins went 3-1-0-1 in that time frame as well, tossing six goals against the Oilers, utterly destroying the Flames 9-1, and blanking the Canucks 5-0 before taking back to back losses to the Islanders. The worst part of those scores is that the Leafs scored only nine goals in their past five games.

So the Penguins are scoring goals, the Leafs aren’t and Matthews is out of the line up.

YEAH IT’S HOCKEY NIGHT BABY!

### Maple Leafs

#### Forward Lines

Zach Hyman - John Tavares - Mitch Marner  
Patrick Marleau - Nazem Kadri - Kasperi Kapanen  
Andreas Johnsson - Par Lindholm - Connor Brown  
Josh Leivo - Frederik Gauthier - Tyler Ennis

**Defence Pairings**

Morgan Rielly - Ron Hainsey  
Jake Gardiner - Nikita Zaitsev  
Travis Dermott - Igor Ozhiganov

#### Goaltenders

Frederik Andersen  
Garret Sparks

### Pittsburgh Penguins

#### Forward Lines

Jake Guentzel - Sidney Crosby - Dominik Simon  
Carl Hagelin - Evgeni Malkin - Phil Kessel  
Riley Sheahan - Matt Cullen - Patric Hornqvist  
Bryan Rust - Derek Grant - Daniel Sprong

#### Defence Pairings

Brian Dumoulin - Kris Letang  
Olli Maatta - Jamie Oleksiak  
Jack Johnson - Chad Ruhwedel

#### Goaltenders

Matt Murray  
Casey DeSmith

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### Preview

| Maple Leafs                       | Team              | Penguins                        |
| --------------------------------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------- |
| 43GF - 39GA - +4                  | Goal Differential | 45GF - 33GA - +12               |
| 30.6% - 3rd overall               | Power Play        | 29% - 6th overall               |
| 80% - 12th overall                | Penalty Kill      | 87.1% - 3rd overall             |
| Auston Matthews - 10              | Most Goals        | Phil Kessel / Evgeni Malkin - 7 |
| Morgan Rielly / Mitch Marner - 12 | Most Assists      | Evgeni Malkin - 13              |
| Matthews / Marner / Rielly - 16   | Most Points       | Evgeni Malkin - 20              |
| Zach Hyman - 8                    | Most PM           | Simon / Hagelin - 6             |
| Morgan Rielly - 22:23             | TOI Leader        | Jamie Oleksiak - 11             |
| Frederik Andersen - .917sv%       | Starting Goalie   | Matt Murray - 0.897sv%          |

According to Coach Babcock Trevor Moore will not be playing in tonight's game, travelling with the team as back up in case anyone should be unable to play tonight. Unless this is just another mind game from Babcock.

What the Maple Leafs need is for the depth scoring to start picking up the slack and put some pucks in the net. This should be the opportunity that Marleau, Brown, and the rest take advantage of to you know, actually do something useful.