Jets @ Leafs - Apr. 15th, 7:00pm - TSN4, TSN 1050

[CarltonTheBear]

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26-14-3, 55 points | 28-11-4, 60 points

Projected Lines

Connor-Scheifele-Ehlers Stastny-Dubois-Copp Perreault-Lowry-Appleton Harkins-Thompson-Lewis Morrissey-Poolman Forbort-Pionk Stanley-DeMelo Hellebuyck ​

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

Scratches

Kristian Vesalainen Jordie Benn Sami Niku ​

William Nylander Nicholas Robertson Nick Foligno Ben Hutton Michael Hutchinson​

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Taxi Squad

Dominic Toninato Joona Luoto Ville Heinola Nelson Nogier Eric Comrie ​

Adam Brooks Timothy Liljegren Martin Marincin Joseph Duszak Veini Vehvil?inen​

Game Notes

WPG
?Hellebuyck (20-11-3, 2.50 GAA, .919 Sv%) will likely start for the Jets

TOR
?Campbell (11-1-0, 1.98 GAA, .930 Sv%) will likely start for the Leafs
?Robertson has been added to the COVID Protocol list because he was with the Marlies recently and they had a positive test on the team
?Nylander has now been quarantining for over 7 days so it's possible he's eligible to come off the list and play but the team is still awaiting confirmation on that

Injuries

?Blake Wheeler - Concussion - Injured Reserve ?Nathan Beaulieu - Shoulder - Injured Reserve ?Jordie Benn - COVID Protocol - Out ?Bryan Little - Vertigo - Out for season​

?Frederik Andersen - Lower Body - Injured Reserve ?Riley Nash - Knee - Injured Reserve ?William Nylander - COVID Protocol - Out ?Ben Hutton - COVID Protocol - Out ?Nick Foligno - COVID Protocol - Out ?Nick Robertson - COVID Protocol - Out​

Stream Options

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[L K]

Winnipeg won last night so they are 5 points back with both teams having 13 games left.  We had our two little blip games.  Need to come out strong and take 3 of 4 left against Winnipeg and out an end to their hopes of finishing at the top of the division.

 

[OldTimeHockey]

Winnipeg won last night so they are 5 points back with both teams having 13 games left.  We had our two little blip games.  Need to come out strong and take 3 of 4 left against Winnipeg and out an end to their hopes of finishing at the top of the division.

Yes 100%. Even more so, it's important for them to show a more consistent effort tonight. Really it started against Ottawa where they got away from their game plan and now they haven't been able to rediscover it.

 

[herman]

 

[Kaberle15]

Hopefully not this one:

 

[louisstamos]

Hopefully not this one:

Oof...What a mess.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/LeafsPR/status/1382697232177238018

 

[L K]

Nylander being on protocol means he hasn't skated in 7 days.  Do you hold him out of the game today given there is a hypothetical scenario where the Leafs don't play again until Monday if their game against Vancouver on Saturday gets postponed?

 

[herman]

Nylander being on protocol means he hasn't skated in 7 days.  Do you hold him out of the game today given there is a hypothetical scenario where the Leafs don't play again until Monday if their game against Vancouver on Saturday gets postponed?

No big deal to bring him on and play PP specialist at just over 4th line minutes and goose that up if he looks okay. Nylander >>>>>>> Sabourin

Robertson - Nylander - Spezza (have fun line)

 

[L K]

http://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1382702769660964867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1382702769660964867%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.redditmedia.com%2Fmediaembed%2Fmrfwi1%3Fresponsive%3Dtrueis_nightmode%3Dfalse

http://twitter.com/dalter/status/1382703582621863944

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Nylander being on protocol means he hasn't skated in 7 days.  Do you hold him out of the game today given there is a hypothetical scenario where the Leafs don't play again until Monday if their game against Vancouver on Saturday gets postponed?

No big deal to bring him on and play PP specialist at just over 4th line minutes and goose that up if he looks okay. Nylander >>>>>>> Sabourin

Robertson - Nylander - Spezza (have fun line)

The fact that they announced Robertson was off the list but not Nylander probably means he's still not eligible to play.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/1382705181847093251

That's probably not good news for Matthews' chances of playing tonight.

 

[L K]

Nylander being on protocol means he hasn't skated in 7 days.  Do you hold him out of the game today given there is a hypothetical scenario where the Leafs don't play again until Monday if their game against Vancouver on Saturday gets postponed?

No big deal to bring him on and play PP specialist at just over 4th line minutes and goose that up if he looks okay. Nylander >>>>>>> Sabourin

Robertson - Nylander - Spezza (have fun line)

The fact that they announced Robertson was off the list but not Nylander probably means he's still not eligible to play.

I wonder if its just a matter of testing.  The NHL seems to have tests that are getting done later in the afternoon.  Robertson being put on and taken off in less than 24 hours makes me feel like they put him on it as a precaution while clarifying his risk of exposure and was found to not really be at risk so was lifted.

I figure if Willy is getting cleared it won't be until late afternoon.

 

[herman]

Brooks getting the hometown +1 boost, let's gooooo

 

[Kaberle15]

Matthews and Willie are out tonight.

Nylander needs one more negative covid test and May rejoin The team tomorrow.

 

[azzurri63]

Matthews and Willie are out tonight.

Nylander needs one more negative covid test and May rejoin The team tomorrow.

Great. Big game and minus 2 big pieces. The way the team has been playing lately I don't like our chances tonight.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1382715826055352329
https://twitter.com/jonassiegel/status/1382718494366691329

It's sad that I was relieved to hear this wasn't another Covid situation.

 

[L K]

I mean its convenient to look back at games after the fact but Matthews really wasn't shooting much in the Calgary game.  He was fumbling passes too.  Key division matchup tonight aside, this might be a good one to sit out.  We probably aren't going to play Vancouver on Saturday at this rate (or will be playing a team that is woefully unfit to play NHL hockey) so it gives at least 4 days off and who knows what happens to that Monday game.  If the league has to push a bunch of Vancouver games back it could also mess up the flow of the end of the season for the Leafs where rest will be even more important for guys.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I mean its convenient to look back at games after the fact but Matthews really wasn't shooting much in the Calgary game.  He was fumbling passes too. 

I wonder if the Leafs are figuring their game against Vancouver on Saturday (and maybe even the Monday one) will be cancelled and this is a good opportunity to give him a bunch of days off.

 

[Bullfrog]

Hey, Adam Brooks is still on the roster.