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Montreal Canadiens 39-31-9, 87 pts | @ | Toronto Maple Leafs 48-26-4, 100 pts |
Projected Line-ups |
Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky Anderson-Dvorak-Gallagher Laine-Newhook-Kapanen Pezzetta-Evans-Armia Matheson-Carrier Guhle-Hutson Struble-Savard Dobes | Knies-Matthews-Marner Jarnkrok-Tavares-Nylander McMann-Domi-Robertson Holmberg-Laughton-Lorentz Rielly-Carlo Benoit-Tanev Myers Stolarz |
Scratches |
Joshua Roy Ivan Demidov Arber Xhekaj | | David Kampf Jake McCabe Oliver Ekman-Larsson |
Injuries |
Emil Heineman - Undisclosed - Injured Reserve Kirby Dach - Knee - Injured Reserve | | David Kampf - Upper Body - Day to day Jake McCabe - Undisclosed - Day to day Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Undisclosed - Day to day Max Pacioretty - Undisclosed - Injured Reserve Jani Hakanpaa - Knee - Injured Reserve |
Game Notes |
MTL -Jakub Dobes (7-4-2, 2.87 GAA, .904 Sv%) will start for the Canadiens -The Habs are coming off a 5-2 loss to the sens on Friday night. The Blue Jackets, Rangers, and Red Wings will all be rooting for Toronto in this game as they hope to keep their incredibly slim playoff hopes alive. All 3 teams are trailing Montreal by 6 points for the final wild card spot in the East |
TOR -Joseph Woll (25-14-1, 2.76 GAA, .907 Sv%) will likely start for the Leafs -With Kampf, McCabe, and OEL all out with day to day injuries the Leafs will be forced to play with a short roster while only having 5 defencemen in the line-up |
Streams |