Jets @ Leafs - Mar. 31st, 7:00pm - TSN4, Fan 590

[CarltonTheBear]

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33-25-10, 76 points | 42-19-5, 89 points
Projected Lines

Stastny-Scheifele-Ehlers Svechnikov-Dubois-Wheeler Sanford-Lowry-Appleton Harkins-Toninato-Brooks Morrissey-DeMelo Heinola-Pionk Stanley-Dillon Comrie

Bunting-Matthews-Marner Mikheyev-Tavares-Kerfoot Nylander-Kampf-Engvall Clifford-Blackwell-Spezza Rielly-Brodie Giordano-Liljegren Kral-Dahlstrom Kallgren

Scratches

Kyle Connor Nate Schmidt

Wayne Simmonds Nick Abruzzese Mac Hollowell Justin Holl Ilya Lyubushkin Petr Mrazek

Game Notes

WPG
•Comrie (8-2-1, 2.39 GAA, .920 Sv%) will likely start for the Jets
•Kyle Connor and Nate Schmidt returned positive COVID-19 tests so they'll be in protocol for a few days
•The Jets were still able to beat the Sabres last night 3-2 in a shootout without those two. Hellebuyck picked up the win in the game so expected backup Eric Comrie to get this game
•Winnipeg currently sits 10th in the Western conference, but are in a pretty tight 3-team race for the final Wild Card spot with Vegas and Dallas

TOR
•Kallgren (3-2-1, 2.64 GAA, .911 Sv%) will likely start for the Leafs
•Leafs lines are pretty up in the air at the moment since we haven't been given an update on the injured players from Tuesday's game
•Kallgren likely starts with Hutchinson being called up to serve as his back-up
•The Leafs also recalled Mac Hollowell and Filip Kral from the Marlies, which probably points to Holl and/or Lyubushkin missing at least a game with their injuries
•Nick Abruzzese watch is back on

Injuries

•Cole Perfetti - Upper Body - Injured Reserve •Kyle Connor - COVID-19 Protocol - Out •Nate Schmidt - COVID-19 Protocol - Out

•Jack Campbell - Rib - Injured Reserve •Jake Muzzin - Concussion - Injured Reserve •Rasmus Sandin - Knee - Injured Reserve •Ondrej Kase - Head - Injured Reserve •Petr Mrazek - Groin - Doubtful •Justin Holl - Head - Questionable •Ilya Lyubushkin - Head - Questionable

Stream Options

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[herman]

https://twitter.com/CarltonTheBear/status/1509370619833593858
Pretty impressive

[CarltonTheBear]

You know I always regretted not taking the @CarltonTheBear handle on twitter. Could have probably traded it for some sweet gear. My personal account, which I only ever really just lurk on, was created a few months before that one was.

[herman]

Speaking of bears:
https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/1509524846471958530
Hey, it's Nik Antropov!

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/1509539531485335560

Come on...

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/1509539710116548608

So no Lyubushkin, but Holl is good to play and will get a look with Giordano this time.

[Guilt Trip]

I'm hoping for a little payback tonight after the 1st game and the Jets acting like they won the Stanley Cup. I want to see Simmonds smack Stanley around and anyone to take a run at Pionk.

[herman]

This is some 4D chess to try to get all our old guys properly injured so they don't feel so bad about getting scratched in the playoffs, right

[caveman]

i do not understand scratching Blackwell...

[louisstamos]

I'm hoping for a little payback tonight after the 1st game and the Jets acting like they won the Stanley Cup. I want to see Simmonds smack Stanley around and anyone to take a run at Pionk.

Win the game first for me - then worry about all that other stuff...

[CarltonTheBear]

i do not understand scratching Blackwell...

Yeah I really don't agree at all with dressing a line-up primarily to get revenge for a game that happened almost 120 days ago, but even if you want both Simmonds and Clifford in the line-up it should be Spezza that comes out as a result.

[azzurri63]

Would have loved to see the Leafs call up Douglas for this one. Between Stanley or Dubois one of them or both need to be put in their place. Hopefully see some pushback from the Leafs tonight.

[Kaberle15]

i do not understand scratching Blackwell...

x2

[Guilt Trip]

i do not understand scratching Blackwell...

Yeah I really don't agree at all with dressing a line-up primarily to get revenge for a game that happened almost 120 days ago, but even if you want both Simmonds and Clifford in the line-up it should be Spezza that comes out as a result.

Spezza has some skin in this game as well. Remember who went after Pionk? I don't mind Keefe doing this at all.

[CarltonTheBear]

Spezza has some skin in this game as well. Remember who went after Pionk? I don't mind Keefe doing this at all.

I remember him getting suspended for 6-then-4 games, yeah.