Canadiens @ Leafs - May 27th, 7:00pm - CBC, TSN 1050

[CarltonTheBear]

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24-21-11, 59 points | 35-14-7, 77 points
TOR leads 3-1

Projected Lines

Tatar-Danault-Gallagher Toffoli-Suzuki-Caufield Byron-Kotkaniemi-Anderson Armia-Staal-Perry Chiarot-Weber Edmundson-Petry Kulak-Merrill Price ​

Hyman-Matthews-Marner Galchenyuk-Kerfoot-Nylander Mikheyev-Engvall-Simmonds Thornton-Brooks-Spezza Rielly-Brodie Muzzin-Holl Dermott-Bogosian Campbell​

Scratches

Jake Evans Artturi Lehkonen Michael Frolik Alexander Romanaov Erik Gustafsson Cayden Primeau ​

Nick Foligno Riley Nash Denis Malgin Rasmus Sandin Martin Marincin        Ben Hutton David Rittich​

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Game Notes

MTL
?Price will start for the Canadiens

TOR
?Campbell will start for the Leafs
?Projected line-up is based off Tuesday's game only. Foligno will once again be a game-time decision and it remains to be seen if Sandin and/or Nash will stay in the pressbox

Injuries

?Jake Evans - Undisclosed - Out Thursday ?Artturi Lehkonen - Head - Out Thursday           ?Jonathan Drouin - Personal - Out indefinitely​

?Nick Foligno - Lower Body - Questionable Thursday ?John Tavares - Concussion - Out indefinitely​

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[ZBBM]

To me this is the acid test of whether they have truly turned a corner.  What was it, 2 years ago? when they could have closed out a series in Game 6 on home ice and couldn't get it done.  I would love to see them blitz the Habs from the get-go and never even give them a whiff of hope.

 

[bustaheims]

Expect the Habs to try to come out strong early. Leafs need to weather that storm and put a couple pucks behind Price.

 

[Kaberle15]

It ends tonight.

Go Leafs Go!!!

 

[louisstamos]

Let's go Leafs!  Do the thing!!

 

[Can8899]

No need to rush Foligno back if he's not 100%.  The lineup on Tuesday was dominant, leave it as is or if changes must be made throw Sandin back in.

 

[herman]

We could play Matthews, Nylander, Marner, and the Marlies and we'd be fine.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/1397925736581799945

Sandin back in for Dermott. Brooks stays in, which is a little surprising to me. I thought he had a pretty rough game on Tuesday.

 

[Guilt Trip]

https://twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/1397925736581799945

Sandin back in for Dermott. Brooks stays in, which is a little surprising to me. I thought he had a pretty rough game on Tuesday.

We don't know how good of shape Nash is in so maybe that's why.

 

[herman]

Home ice advantage means Keefe can curate the 5 min (ugh) Brooks and Sandin get more safely.

 

[Bullfrog]

Sandin back in for Dermott. Brooks stays in, which is a little surprising to me. I thought he had a pretty rough game on Tuesday.

We don't know how good of shape Nash is in so maybe that's why.

I'm wondering the same. Otherwise I would think Nash rotates in to keep fresh.

 

[Kessel Run]

Break the streak!!

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/ArponBasu/status/1397941591382319109

 

[Deebo]

https://twitter.com/ArponBasu/status/1397941591382319109

I don't understand what it is that he doesn't understand.

 

[Can8899]

https://twitter.com/ArponBasu/status/1397941591382319109

I don't understand what it is that he doesn't understand.

no kulak perhaps?  Can't imagine that a 3rd pairing d-man would cause much of a fuss though.

 

[herman]

I don't understand what it is that he doesn't understand.

no kulak perhaps?  Can't imagine that a 3rd pairing d-man would cause much of a fuss though.

The comments from Habs fans suggest it might be consternation about continuing to scratch Romanov (i.e. Montreal's Sandin).

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I don't understand what it is that he doesn't understand.

Gustafsson (acquired by Montreal at the deadline for a 7th rounder, played 5 regular season games for them, isn't very good) is getting into their playoff line-up before Alexander Romanov (21-year old who averaged 17+ minutes in 54 games for Montreal in the regular season). Habs fans/media are all pretty baffled he hasn't played a playoff game... and now possibly might not at all.

Also Kulak being the one to come out instead of Merrill, but that's more of a secondary thing.

 

[Guilt Trip]

Romanov is probably their best puck moving D man. I'm glad he's not playing. Bergevin is going to play "his" guys. He's the same guy who gave away Mete to make room for Merrill...head scratchers.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/JhanHky/status/1397947782556758017
Matthews breakout game? Nylander goes 5 for 5?

 

[bustaheims]

https://twitter.com/JhanHky/status/1397947782556758017
Matthews breakout game? Nylander goes 5 for 5?

All I want is for Nylander to score one more goal than the Habs.