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# Toronto Maple Leafs game preview: Philadelphia Fly-ers into town
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-game-preview-philadelphia-flyers-toronto-maple-leafs-lines-kapanen-recalled/
- Published: 2017-10-28T14:00:03.000Z
- Updated: 2017-10-28T14:00:03.000Z
- Description: Will Matt Martin sit so Kapanaen and Leivo play?
- Author: Adam Selvig
- Tags: Game Coverage, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:27

The Philadelphia Flyers are coming to the Air Canada Centre tonight, but most of the game day buzz isn’t about the opponents scoring prowess, the first time top draft pick Nolan Patrick comes to town - and he’s injured, or the impressive defensive game of Ivan Provorov.

The focus right now is on the Maple Leafs decision this morning to bring up Kasperi Kapanen and who will play, him or Josh Leivo.

## Philadelphia Flyers at Toronto Maple Leafs  
7:00PM - Air Canda Centre  
TV: CBC  
Radio: TSN1050 / Sportsnet590  
Stream: NHL TV (free game), [CBC.ca](http://cbc.ca/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
SBN: [Broad Street Hockey](https://www.broadstreethockey.com/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

You can take the Leivo vs Kapanen debate over to the [call up post](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-roster-kasperi-kapanen-eric-fehr-toronto-marlies-toronto-maple-leafs-lines-leivo/), I won’t repeat myself here about it, but if JVR doesn’t play for sure, then who gets to play will be a big source of debate no matter the outcome.

In other notes for the game, tonight is Connor Brown’s 100th NHL game. He’s had an excellent rise since last season and has set himself up as a constant in the line up from here on out. If Brown can put up three points tonight, he’ll make it 50 points in 100 games in his NHL career.

There’s no morning skate for the Maple Leafs this morning, it was called off after yesterdays practice. Lines are....well we won’t really know until the game is played.

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#### Related

[What’s going on at Maple Leafs practice?](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/whats-going-on-at-toronto-maple-leafs-practice/)

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The Philadelphia Flyers are an even 5-5 so far this season, and are coming off a 5-4 loss to the Ottawa Senators. Anyone who loses to the Senators will be looking to regain their credibility, so tonight should be a hard fought game on both sides.

### 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% |

**Toronto Maple Leafs lines**  
(via[ Daily Faceoff)](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/toronto-maple-leafs/line-combinations/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Zach Hyman - Auston Matthews - William Nylander  
Patrick Marleau - Tyler Bozak - Mitch Marner  
Leo Komarov - Nazem Kadri - Connor Brown  
Josh Leivo - Dominic Moore - Kasperi Kapanen (?)

Morgan Rielly - Ron Hainsey  
Jake Gardiner - Nikita Zaitsev  
Andreas Borgman - Roman Polak

Frederik Andersen  
Curtis McElhinney

**Philadelphia Flyers**  
(via [Daily Faceoff](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/philadelphia-flyers/line-combinations/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com))

Claude Giroux - Sean Couturier - Jakub Voracek  
Jordan Weal - Valtteri Filppula - Wayne Simmonds  
Matt Read - Jori Lehtera - Travis Konecny  
Taylor Leier - Scott Laughton - Michael Raffl

Ivan Provorov - Shayne Gostisbehere  
Travis Sanheim - Robert Hagg  
Brandon Manning - Radko Gudas

Brian Elliot  
Michael Neuvirth

> Carrick, Andersen, mcelhinney & Martin on the ice for [#Leafs](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Leafs?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) optional this morning
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> — Dhiren Mahiban (@dcmahiban) [October 28, 2017](https://twitter.com/dcmahiban/status/924283599179849729?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Usually the scratches take part in the optional skate, so does this mean Matt Martin sits for the Leafs and both Kappy and Leivo play? **\[UPDATE: Yes, he is out with an upper body injury\]** Is this the chance to see what the Leafs look like without Martin in the line up? **\[UPDATE: Yes\]** A lot of people have been waiting for this day to come, and will base a lot of the outcome of the game on this single decision.

After the abysmal performance the Maple Leafs put on against the Carolina Hurricanes, we should expect Mike Babcock to have everyone on a short leash, and defensive miscues could lead to benching and line changes.

We’ll see how the short practice and cancelled skate affects the team. If there’s another stinker, there could be more than harsh words coming towards the players.