Toronto Maple Leafs vs Los Angeles Kings – Game #68 Preview & Projected Lines

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Los Angeles KingsAfter a poor final 40 minutes resulted in a 5-2 loss to San Jose in game one of the California road trip, the Toronto Maple Leafs are in L.A for the first of a back-to-back against the Western Conference’s last-place team (10:30 p.m. ET, SNO).

While the Leafs worked Ilya Mikheyev into a full practice yesterday and put him back on a line with John Tavares — a very good sign for the first year NHLer’s prospects of a possible return prior to the playoffs — it will still be a few more weeks minimum before he’s back in game action. With Mikheyev taking regular line rushes, there are no clear indications of the changes that might come to the forward lines…