Leafs @ Islanders - Apr. 1st, 7:00pm - SNO, TSN 1050

[CarltonTheBear]

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45-26-7, 97 points | 46-26-7, 99 points

Projected Lines

Hyman-Tavares-Marner Johnsson-Matthews-Nylander Marleau-Kadri-Kapanen Moore-Gauthier-Brown Rielly-Hainsey Muzzin-Zaitsev Marincin-Dermott Andersen ​

Lee-Barzal-Eberle Bailey-Nelson-Da Colle Beauvillier-Komarov-Kuhnackl Martin-Cizikas-Clutterbuck Leddy-Boychuk Pelech-Pulock Toews-Mayfield Lehner​

Scratches

Tyler Ennis Nic Petan     Igor Ozhiganov Justin Holl Calle Rosen ​

Ross Johnston Thomas Hickey Luca Sbisa Dennis Seidenberg ​

Game Notes

TOR
?Andersen (35-15-6, 2.78 GAA, .917 Sv%) will likely start for the Leafs
?JT goes back to the Island for the 2nd time this season. Round 1 did not go in the Leafs favour at all, so hopefully they'll respond to the challenge better this time
?Defenceman Calle Rosen has been called up to the Leafs. It's expected that he'll get some games down the stretch but no word yet when he'll be making his season debut

NYI
?Lehner (24-12-5, 2.19 GAA, .928 Sv%) will likely start for the Islanders
?New York's been hit with a couple of injuries in the past week or so that mean we could be seeing our old pal Leo Komarov at 3C tonight
?The Islanders will likely be playing the Penguins in the 2-3 playoff match-up from the Metro. Home ice is still up for grabs but they have a 2 point lead on the Pens with 3 games remaining

Injuries

?Jake Gardiner - Back - Injured Reserve​

?Valtteri Filppula - Upper Body - Injured Reserve ?Tanner Fritz - Hand - Injured Reserve ?Andrew Ladd - Knee - Injured Reserve​

Stream Options

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[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/HennyTweets/status/1112697965993447426

I thought they might have him practice with the team today and play tomorrow, but here we are.

 

[Bill_Berg]

Only against the Islanders do the opposing team's fans flood #leafsforever in Twitter. Highly amusing.

I'll be watching Rosen/Dermott. If Gardiner has continuing back trouble, we may see that pair a lot against Boston.

 

[herman]

PPP has a nice write up of how Ros?n has been doing since he joined the Marlies and what Leafs fans have to look forward to.

 

[herman]

Johnsson and Muzzin are absent from the morning skate. I'm sure we'll hear more about that as the practice wraps up.

Johnsson's doesn't look like a temporary shuffle (i.e. Petan/Ennis is an easy placeholder on Matthews' wing) for tonight, but it does speak to how the coaching staff have laid out the depth chart (i.e. Kapanen/Johnsson > Brown).

https://twitter.com/jonassiegel/status/1112725026069987328

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I'd guess both will miss the game since their line-up spots weren't just filled with the scratches. Bummer, but hopefully it's just minor stuff and they only need a game or two off.

Happy that it's Kappy getting the bump to Matthews' line and not Marleau.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/1112726502863499264

 

[herman]

Happy that it's Kappy getting the bump to Matthews' line and not Marleau.

Yeah, Babcock has been scaling back Marleau for this half of the season and the only reason he's not on the 4th line already is because the only centre he nominally works with is Kadri.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1112730490753159168

So thankfully nothing major. Let's guess which one had which! I can see Johnsson eating anything so I'll say he had the food poisoning.

 

[Zee]

Not this again.

 

[ZBBM]

https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/1112726502863499264

R O S ? N !  MY 2U DREAM

Too bad about Muzzin getting ahold of that bad taco.

 

[disco]

It's gonna be LOUD again at Nassau
(we. don't. need. you. clap-clap. clap-clap-clap.)

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

Tavares scoring 5 tonight to hit 50 against the Islanders would be the best April Fools ever.

 

[disco]

JT out with with hurt fee-fee's.
jk april fool's

 

[Leaffan61]

JT out with with hurt fee-fee's.
jk april fool's

They have internet under your bridge?

 

[Bullfrog]

JT out with with hurt fee-fee's.
jk april fool's

They have internet under your bridge?

They have April 1st under yours?

 

[princedpw]

I?d prefer to try:

Hyman-Tavares-Marner
Moore-Matthews-Nylander
Marleau-Kadri-Kapanen
Ennis-Gauthier-Brown

To keep Kappy on his strong side and just to see what happens when Moore gets a chance with the big boys.

 

[Leaffan61]

JT out with with hurt fee-fee's.
jk april fool's

They have internet under your bridge?

They have April 1st under yours?

I'm assuming that as a new poster I'm supposed to know all the posters habits here in one day?

 

[cujo4ever]

I'm looking forward to seeing Rosen play. The article herman posted from PPP is certainly encouraging.

GO LEAFS GO!

 

[Bullfrog]

JT out with with hurt fee-fee's.
jk april fool's

They have internet under your bridge?

They have April 1st under yours?

I'm assuming that as a new poster I'm supposed to know all the posters habits here in one day?

Well, if the answer to that is "no", why are you calling out someone you don't know as a troll? Especially while trying to make a joke on April Fool's Day (and clearly stating it was an April Fool's joke.)

No worries, man, enjoy the site.