A strange afternoon game against a fairly familiar team.
Washington Capitals @ Toronto Maple Leafs
05:00 PM at Scotiabank Arena
Watch on: NHLN, TSN4, NBCSWA
The Leafs last game was at home on January 27 against the Ottawa Senators, which Toronto lost by a score of 6-2. The Leafs have a record of 30-12-8 so far.
The Washington Capitals last played at home on January 26 against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Capitals won by a score of 3-2, and their current league record is 26-19-6.
Them
Plagued by injuries early, the Capitals are having a hard time getting a grip on a playoff spot.
Lines
Samantha Pell via Daily Faceoff
Alex Ovechkin – Dylan Strome – T.J. Oshie
Conor Sheary – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Anthony Mantha
Sonny Milano – Nicklas Backstrom – Marcus Johansson
Nicolas Aube-Kubel – Lars Eller – Garnet Hathaway
Erik Gustafsson – Trevor van Riemsdyk
Dmitry Orlov – Nick Jensen
Matt Irwin – Martin Fehervary
Darcy Kuemper
Charlie Lindgren
Us
TJ Brodie should play today, and to make room on the roster, I would imagine Auston Matthews will go on IR.
This looks like a much more reasonable lineup than the fanciful one that started vs the Senators, so here’s hoping this works better.
Lines
Yesterday’s practice lines:
Michael Bunting – John Tavares – Mitch Marner
Calle Järnkrok – Alex Kerfoot – William Nylander
Pierre Engvall – David Kämpf – Joey Anderson
Zach Aston-Reese – Pontus Holmberg – Wayne Simmonds
Morgan Rielly – TJ Brodie
Mark Giordano – Justin Holl
Rasmus Sandin – Timothy Liljegren
Ilya Samsonov
Matt Murray
The Game
NOTE THE START TIME, and GO LEAFS GO!