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Islanders vs. Maple Leafs - Dec. 11th, 7:00pm - SN, TSN 1050

herman

herman

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New York Islanders
12-7-7, 31 points​

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Toronto Maple Leafs
14-6-4, 32 points​
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[tr][td]Lee-Horvat-Barzal
Engvall-Nelson-Palmieri
Holmstrom-Pageau-Gauthier
Faching-Cizikas-Clutterbuck

Romanov-Dobson
Bolduc-Bortuzzo
Reilly-Mayfield

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Bertuzzi-Tavares-Marner
Robertson-Domi-Jarnkrok
Gregor-Kampf-Reaves

Rielly-Brodie
Benoit-McCabe
Lajoie-Timmins

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Oliver Wahlstrom​
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Bobby McMann
Mikko Kokkonen​

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?Matt Martin - Upper Body - Injured Reserve
?Ryan Pulock - Lower Body - Injured Reserve
?Sebastian Aho - Upper Body - Injured Reserve
?Adam Pelech - Upper Body - Long Term Injured Reserve​

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?Timothy Liljegren - High-ankle Sprain - Long Term Injured Reserve
?Mark Giordano - Broken Finger - Injured Reserve
?Joseph Woll - High-ankle Sprain - Injured Reserve
?William Lagesson - Illness
?John Klingberg - Hip - Long-Term Injured Reserve - Out for the Season
?Matt Murray - Hip - Long-Term Injured Reserve - Out for the Season
?Jake Muzzin - Neck - Long-Term Injured Reserve - Out for the Season
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NYI
?Islanders are coming in hot, scoring 23 goals for to 17 against en route to a 4-0-1 record in their last 5 games
?Ilya Sorokoin (7-4-6, 3.12 GAA, .913 Sv%) will likely start for the Islanders
?GM Lou Lamoriello picked up Robert Bortuzzo off the St. Louis Blues for a 7th round pick; the veteran defenseman joined the battered Islanders blueline on Saturday after 10 years with the Blues.
?The Isles second line of Engvall-Nelson-Palmieri has been coach Lane Lambert's most trusted, and effective line
?"'Tried to think of an interesting storyline that might connect these two teams but nothing immediately springs to mind. Maybe the media will dig some random connection up to make this one interesting.' - Carlton" - herman

TOR
?There has been some consternation about the Leafs inability to put games away in regulation, leading to greater wear and tear on the top end of their lineup. The awkward pause in their schedule between the 2nd and 7th of December seems to have rejuvenated the team as they've strung together a handful of solid outings, including 2 regulation victories as part of this 4-0-1 run in the last 5 games.
?Ilya Samsonov (5-1-3, 3.21 GAA, .886 Sv%) is slated to start for the second game in a row after returning from illness, as he looks to build on his first shutout of the season after a rocky start to the season. It's tough being goalie, but its even tougher being one under the Toronto media microscope with a one-year old at home.
?Don't look now, but former Rocket Richard and Hart trophy winner Auston Matthews is heating back up after a few spurts of hat tricks between ice cold blahs. Is it because he's getting back to his roots playing alongside Willy Nylander's brand of forthright zippy offense, or is it because azzurri63 stopped picking him on his Fanduel teams. Whatever the case may be, his 4 goals in the last 3 games pulls him back into a tie for 2nd in league-wide goal scoring with Brock Boeser with 18, just behind Nikita Kucherov's 19.
?The Leafs equally battered blueline has been getting the job done lately, thanks in no small part to the depth guys filling in. Treliving may have swung and missed on most of his higher $lotted signings, but you can tell he has an eye for big, rangy, boringly effective defensemen.
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I hate when they play in NY, the crowd are such babies.  Hope Tavares shuts them up tonight.
 
The Islanders are such a strange team. They really have no business having as many points as they do.
 
Bender said:
The Islanders are such a strange team. They really have no business having as many points as they do.
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Both of their goalies are bailing them out of a tough xGA situation

Both teams are kind of middling over the course of the whole season so far, but both have been hot at collecting points recently despite injuries. Leafs have the edge and have had a harder schedule.
 
https://x.com/stefen_rosner/status/1734231046143479900
Sorokin projects to start. The Isles split their crease but usually give the bottom feeder games to Varlamov (riding a 3-game winning streak). So I guess they respect us.

Samsonov didn?t get much work, so I expect he will start for the Leafs and Jones will draw the second half of the B2B in Madison Square. Both games are out of division so just try to lock down points here and hope for the best tomorrow.
 
Bender said:
The Islanders are such a strange team. They really have no business having as many points as they do.
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You probably could say the same about us. Isles are a funny team always seem to be but always seem to be in the mix year after year.
 
https://x.com/dalter/status/1734251489021882543
Looks like Lagesson is ok to go and Liljegren is starting to take full practices again
 
Fairly similar in how they've been picking up points in tight games.
GAA is also very similar.
Iles have .750 pts win% in their last 12. They scored 3.75 GFA over those 12 games.
That defense the Leafs found against the Preds could be very handy to have tonight.
 
This is just a theory, but I see Samsonov as a goalie that plays well when he is not being contested by another goaltender on his team and is solely depended upon to win games. When he is fighting to retain that position he?s not so good.
 
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