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# Game Day Chat and Preview: Leafs vs Sens
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-game-preview-toronto-maple-leafs-lines-ottawa-senators-lines-starting-goalies/
- Published: 2019-03-30T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-03-30T15:00:00.000Z
- Description: Your multi-purpose post is right here.
- Author: Adam Selvig
- Tags: Game Coverage, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:01

### Toronto Maple Leafs at Ottawa Senators

### Time: 7:00PM

### Location: The hockey arena between the Supercuts and the used Dodge dealership

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

### Opponent SBNation Site: [**Silver Seven Sens**](http://silversevensens.com/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Oh God these guys again, eh?

The yet to technically clinch a playoff spot Toronto Maple Leafs head to one of their many homes away from home for the game that should officially put them into the playoffs.

The Leafs have not clinched because the Montreal Canadiens are seven points behind the Leafs, and have four more games to play. So, if the Leafs lose all of their remaining games and the Habs win theirs the Leafs will miss the playoffs.

But that won’t happen.

Right?

Right?

### Maple Leafs

#### Forward Lines

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

#### Defence Pairings

Morgan Rielly - Ron Hainsey  
Jake Muzzin - Nikita Zaitsev  
Travis Dermot - Martin Marincin

#### Goaltenders

Garret Sparks  
Frederik Andersen

The Maple Leafs were experimenting with their power play units at practice yesterday:

> New looks for Leafs PP units at practice   
>  
> Rielly   
> Matthews-Johnsson-Nylander   
> Hyman   
>  
> Muzzin  
> Tavares-Kadri-Marner   
> Marleau   
>  
> Today's workout focused primarily on special teams
> 
> — Mark Masters (@markhmasters) [March 29, 2019](https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/1111646893732478981?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

### Ottawa Senators

aka “Who the hell are these guys?”

#### Forward Lines

Brady Tkachuk - Jean-Gabriel Pageau - Max Veronneau  
Anthony Duclair - Chris Tierney - Mikkel Boedker  
Rudolfs Balcers - Colin White - Bobby Ryan  
Brian Gibbons - Oscar Lindberg - Magnus Paajarvi

#### Defence Pairings

Thomas Chabot - Dylan Demelo  
Christian Wolanin - Cody Ceci  
Mark Borowiecki - Christian Jaros

#### Goaltenders

Craig Anderson  
Anders Nilsson

I found a photo from Ottawa practice that I would l would like to share with you:

> [pic.twitter.com/Dmq3HPefh5](https://t.co/Dmq3HPefh5?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Respectful Memes (@RespectfulMemes) [March 30, 2019](https://twitter.com/RespectfulMemes/status/1111781024768368640?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

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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%                           |

The last time these two teams met the Senators walked away with a 6-2 victory that ended a week of the Maple Leafs essentially playing with an empty net. The Senators took the energy from that win and....got beat down by everyone except the Buffalo Sabres, who they shut out.

The Maple Leafs seem to have found their game lately, beating the Sabres and Panthers, and losing in overtime to the Rangers and shootout to the Flyers. Yeah, two losses, but Alex Georgiev goalie’d the Leafs and the Flyers took the Leafs to seven shootout rounds.

Tonight should be a win for the Maple Leafs, but I don’t want to jinx them as I usually do in previews, so I hope that everyone enjoys the game and the most popular team in Ottawa wins the game.