The Toronto Maple Leafs will travel to an arena in order to face off against the Winnipeg Jets. Coming off last game, it’s all the more important for the Leafs to put in a good showing and try to build some winning momentum — but we know the Jets will be saying the same.
The Leafs lost two in a row last week, so the sky has already fallen, and there’s blue and white everywhere. Now, no matter what happens, things can only get better, but not less blue.
lines from yesterday
Patrick Marleau - Auston Matthews - Kasperi Kapanen
Zach Hyman - John Tavares - Mitch Marner
Par Lindholm - Nazem Kadri - Connor Brown
Tyler Ennis/Andreas Johnsson - Frederik Gauthier - Josh Leivo
Defence Pairings
Morgan Rielly - Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner - Nikita Zaitsev
Travis Dermott - Igor Ozhiganov
Frederik Andersen
Garret Sparks
lines from today’s optional skate plus last practice
Patrik Laine - Mark Scheifele - Nic Petan/Blake Wheeler
Kyle Connor - Bryan Little - Nikolaj Ehlers
Andrew Copp - Adam Lowry - Brandon Tanev
Brendan Lemieux - Jack Roslovic - Mathieu Perreault
Josh Morrissey - Jake Trouba
Ben Chiarot - Dustin Byfuglien
Dmitry Kulikov - Tyler Myers
Connor Hellebuyck - starter
Laurent Brossoit
After a brief flirtation with the idea of playing a third pairing of Martin Marincin and Igor Ozhiganov — also known as that day Mike Babcock trolled everyone — the defensive pairs are as they are, and the forward lines will be locked up until William Nylander joins the team.