Leafs @ Islanders - Jan. 22nd, 7:00pm - CBC, Fan 590

[CarltonTheBear]

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24-10-3, 51 points | 14-13-6, 34 points
Projected Lines

Bunting-Matthews-Marner Kerfoot-Tavares-Nylander Mikheyev-Kampf-Engvall Simmonds-Spezza-Anderson Rielly-Brodie Sandin-Liljegren Dahlstrom-Dermott Mrazek

Lee-Barzal-Czarnik Beau-Nelson-Bailey Parise-Pageau-Wahlstrom Martin-Cizikas-Clutterbuck Pelech-Mayfield Chara-Dobson Salo-Greene Varlamov

Scratches

Ondrej Kase Justin Holl    Kyle Clifford Nick Ritchie Alex Biega

Kieffer Bellows Ross Johnston Sebastian Aho

Game Notes

TOR
•Mrazek (2-2-0, 3.59 GAA, .882 Sv%) will start for the Leafs
•Holl and Kase are off the COVID-19 protocol and will be joining the team Saturday but are unlikely to play right away for conditioning reasons
•Joey Anderson and Carl Dahlstrom were called up and based off Friday's practice lines will likely be entering the line-up

NYI
•Varlamov (3-6-1, 2.61 GAA, .917 Sv%) will likely start for the Islanders
•The Islanders had a disatorous start to the season going 5-10-5 in their first 20 games, a stretch that ended with them going 11 straight without earning a win. Since then they've gone 9-3-1 and have won 3 straight and 6 of their last 7 games
Injuries

•Jake Muzzin - Concussion - Injured Reserve

•Kyle Palmieri - Lower Body - Injured Reserve •Ryan Pulock - Lower Body - Injured Reserve

Stream Options

Sportsurge.net
NHL66

[Zee]

Boo Lou's clean shaven gentlemen

[L K]

The Islanders are too good of a team to have the record they have (some of that is situational with their absurd road trip to start the season and then COVID).

Not a great time to be playing them while we are slumping.  Effort needs to be better today.

Spezza is due to have a better game.  The 4th line has been awful since he came back from suspension.

[Guilt Trip]

The Islanders are too good of a team to have the record they have (some of that is situational with their absurd road trip to start the season and then COVID).

Not a great time to be playing them while we are slumping.  Effort needs to be better today.

Spezza is due to have a better game.  The 4th line has been awful since he came back from suspension.

No Clifford on the line tonight so that's good.

[Jeremiad]

Tavares has 3 points in 6 career games vs. his former team. It would sweet to see him break out tonight against the Isles. I'm not looking for a hat trick, but a goal and an assist would be really nice. Tough building though; and always a reminder of the sad comatose reality of the Leafs home crowd which is not going to change, even post-pandemic.

[L K]

Tavares has 3 points in 6 career games vs. his former team. It would sweet to see him break out tonight against the Isles. I'm not looking for a hat trick, but a goal and an assist would be really nice. Tough building though; and always a reminder of the sad comatose reality of the Leafs home crowd which is not going to change, even post-pandemic.

I think you are going to realize how much acoustics matter.  The new arena doesn't have anywhere near the same level of noise.  Not to say that the ACC is deafening but the broadcast does a poor job of picking up crowd noise.

[Downtown]

GO LEAFS GO!

[disco]

Go Leafs Go!

[Jeremiad]

Tavares has 3 points in 6 career games vs. his former team. It would sweet to see him break out tonight against the Isles. I'm not looking for a hat trick, but a goal and an assist would be really nice. Tough building though; and always a reminder of the sad comatose reality of the Leafs home crowd which is not going to change, even post-pandemic.

I think you are going to realize how much acoustics matter.  The new arena doesn't have anywhere near the same level of noise.  Not to say that the ACC is deafening but the broadcast does a poor job of picking up crowd noise.

That makes sense. Did you ever go to a game at the old Nassau Coliseum? I'm told that it was a pretty incredible eardrum-damaging experience.

[Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate]

Child actors are ....

Option 1:
• adorable

Option 2:
• annoying

Option 3:
• taken advantage of

[Downtown]

Child actors are ....

Option 1:
• adorable

Option 2:
• annoying

Option 3:
• taken advantage of

Option 1. Best intro I've seen in a while.

[Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate]

Isles fans booing the obvious trip.  What a bunch of poltroons.

[herman]

No more power plays after this period

[Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate]

2 OK-ish PPs but no soap.

[disco]

What's wrong with PP1? They're shooting blanks out there.