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# Penguins vs Maple Leafs Game Preview: Malkin?
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-pittsburgh-penguins-game-preview/
- Published: 2020-02-20T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-02-20T16:00:00.000Z
- Description: Will Mr. 101 suit up for the Pens?
- Author: Arvind S
- Tags: Game Coverage, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:15

### Pittsburgh Penguins at Toronto Maple Leafs: 7:00 p.m.  
Watch on: TSN4 (listen on TSN1050 Radio)

#### Opponent’s site: [Pensburgh](https://www.pensburgh.com/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

After getting the shit kicked out of them on Tuesday, the Leafs have a chance to restore their pride against the Penguins on Thursday night. Below is a list of Leafs players who can be proud of their performance on Tuesday:

1. Jack Campbell

You’d think the Leafs would be pretty motivated, given this. Then again, you’d think getting outclassed by Buffalo on Sunday night would have done the same, and yet here we are. The Penguins are good. Very good. They’re top-heavy in theory, but keep finding players who will contribute during their seemingly annual injury crisis. It’s a credit to their development and coach Mike Sullivan’s system that they’re able to do so.

Evgeni Malkin didn’t play on Tuesday, but traveled with the team. He appears to be a game-time decision, but we’ve included him provisionally in the lines below. Newcomer Denis Malgin will make his Leafs debut. We’ve stuck him on the 4th line here, but we’ll update this as necessary.

> Welcome to Toronto Denis Malgin (No. 62) [pic.twitter.com/KM24FJUcwp](https://t.co/KM24FJUcwp?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Mark Masters (@markhmasters) [February 20, 2020](https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/1230518045271101441?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

> Fun fact: In choosing to wear #62 for the [#Leafs](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Leafs?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com), Denis Malgin joins Cody Ceci (#83), Ilya Mikheyev (#65) and Nic Petan (#61) as fourth player this season to wear a number that no other Leaf has ever worn before.
> 
> — Kristen Shilton (@kristen\_shilton) [February 20, 2020](https://twitter.com/kristen%5Fshilton/status/1230521069095747585?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

### Maple Leafs Lines

Lines were in flux as of yesterday’s parctice, but these are the people we expect:

Zach Hyman - Auston Matthews - Mitch Marner  
William Nylander - John Tavares - Alexander Kerfoot  
Pierre Engvall - Frederik Gauthier - Kasperi Kapanen  
Kyle Clifford - Jason Spezza - Denis Malgin  
Egor Korshkov

Jake Muzzin - Justin Holl  
Travis Dermott - Tyson Barrie  
Rasmus Sandin - Martin Mrincin/Timothy Liljegren  

Frederik Andersen  
Jack Campbell

### Penguins Lines

From dailyfaceoff

Jason Zucker - Sidney Crosby - Dominik Simon  
Jared McCann - Evgeni Malkin -Bryan Rust  
 Brandon Tanev - Teddy Blueger - Patric Hornqvist   
Dominik Kahun - Andrew Agozzino - Sam Lafferty

Jack Johnson - Kris Letang  
Marcus Pettersson - Justin Schultz  
Juuso Riikola - Chad Ruhwedel

Matt Murray  
Tristan Jarry

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Go Leafs Go!

UPDATE:

> Matt Murray will start in goal tonight. [#dkps](https://twitter.com/hashtag/dkps?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [#penguins](https://twitter.com/hashtag/penguins?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Dave Molinari (@MolinariPGH) [February 20, 2020](https://twitter.com/MolinariPGH/status/1230530708680171520?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

And we already knew Andersen was in for the Leafs.

> Sullivan seems optimistic that Malkin will play tonight. Declines to say whether he expects to use Trotman against the Leafs. [#dkps](https://twitter.com/hashtag/dkps?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [#penguins](https://twitter.com/hashtag/penguins?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Dave Molinari (@MolinariPGH) [February 20, 2020](https://twitter.com/MolinariPGH/status/1230531133433094144?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Trotman was just called up from the AHL, and will score against the Leafs if he makes the lineup, as is tradition.

> Sheldon Keefe not sharing where Denis Malgin will slot in for [#Leafs](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Leafs?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) or how lineup will shake out, but Dmytro Timashov will be a scratch
> 
> — Kristen Shilton (@kristen\_shilton) [February 20, 2020](https://twitter.com/kristen%5Fshilton/status/1230537328868941826?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)