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Vancouver Canucks 18-31-5, 41 points | vs. | Toronto Maple Leafs 24-21-9, 57 pts |
Projected Line-ups |
Kane-Pettersson-Garland Ohgren-Blueger-Lekkerimaki DeBrusk-Raty-O’Coknor Chytil-Kampf-Karlsson E. Pettersson-Hronek M. Pettersson-Willander Joseph-Myers Lankinin | McMann-Matthews-Domi Maccelli-Tavares-Nylander Knies-Roy-Robertson Lorentz-Laughton-Jarnkrok Rielly-Carlo McCabe-OEL Rifai-Stecher Woll |
Scratches |
Nils Hoglander Max Sasson Pierre-Olivier Joseph | | Easton Cowan Simon Benoit Philippe Myers |
Injuries |
Filip Hronek - Illness - Questionable Nils Hoglander - Lower Body - Questionable Brock Boeser - Concussion - Injured Reserve Zeev Buium - Face - Injured Reserve Marco Rossi - Lower Body - Injured Reserve Derek Forbort - Undisclosed - Injured Reserve Thatcher Demko - Hip - Injured Reserve | | William Nylander - Lower Body - Probable Dakota Joshua - Upper Body - Injured Reserve Chris Tanev - Lower Body - Injured Reserve |
Game Notes |
| VAN -Kevin Lankinen will likely start for the Canucks -Injuries are piling up for the NHL's 32nd place team. The most significant would be Thatcher Demko, who will now be out for the rest of the season after having hip surgery. Demko at one point looked to be a possible perennial Vezina-conversation goalie, but injuries have so far completely derailed his past 2 seasons |
| TOR -Joseph Woll will likely start for the Leafs -Barring a setback (those never happen here though) Nylander will very likely return from his injury against the Canucks after practicing alongside Tavares and Maccelli on the 2nd line Friday -Marshall Rifai will make his season debut for the Leafs on Saturday, replacing Benoit on the 3rd pairing. Rifai will be the 12th defenceman to suit up for the Leafs so far this season |
Streams |