Leafs @ Islanders - Feb. 27th, 7:00pm - SN, SN 590

[CarltonTheBear]

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32-22-6, 70 points | 22-30-8, 52 points

Projected Lines

JVR-Bozak-Kessel Lupul-Kadri-Clarkson   Raymond-Kulemin-Bodie  McLaren-McClement-Smith Gunnarsson-Phaneuf Gleason-Rielly Gardiner-Franson Bernier​

Vanek-Nelson-Okposo Grabner-Bailey-Clutterbuck Lee-Strome-McDonald Boulton-Cizikas-Halmo Hamonic-MacDonald Visnovsky-Hickey de Haan-Strait Nabokov ​

Scratches

Colton Orr Paul Ranger David Bolland​

Matt Martin Radek Martinek Matt Carkner ​

Line-up Notes

?Bernier will likely start for Toronto ?JVR is nursing a hand injury but is expected to play ?None of Bolland, Ashton, Smith, and Orr are confirmed to play because of their injuries, if none of them can go expect Ranger to play as the 7th defenceman​

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?Nabokov will likely start for New York
?Martin and Nielsen are both day-to-day and unlikely to play                                                                                                                                                                     
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Injuries

?Dave Bolland - Ankle - Day to day ?James van Riemsdyk - Hand - Probable Thursday ?Carter Ashton - Hand - Questionable Thursday ?Trevor Smith - Undisclosed - Questionable Thursday ?Colton Orr - Undisclosed - Questionable Thursday ​

?Matt Martin - Lower Body - Questionable Thursday    ?Frans Nielsen - Hand - Questionable Thursday ?John Tavares - Knee - Injured Reserve ​

Statistical Leaders

Kessel - 31 Kessel - 34 Kessel - 65 Phaneuf - +19 Orr - 96 McClement - 54.3% Phaneuf - 24:15 Bernier - 22 Bernier - 2.55 Bernier - .927​

G A P +/- PIM FO% TOI/G W GAA SA%​

24 - Okposo 42 - Tavares 66 - Tavares +6 - Hickey 95 - Carkner 50.3 - Nielsen      25:33 - MacDonald 11 - Poulin 2.74 - Nabokov .908 - Nabokov​

Season Overview

32 22 6 (10th)        70 (8th)      2.82 (25th)      2.97 (2nd)  22.2% (28th)  78.0% (25th)      27.8 (30th)      36.2 (24th)  48.2% 11-12-5 7-2-1 Won 2​

W L OT P G/G GA/G PP% PK% S/G SA/G FO% A | H L10 Streak​

22 30 8 52        (26th) 2.63      (17th) 3.27      (29th) 16.6%  (22nd) 77.6%  (29th) 30.7      (14th) 30.3      (18th) 47.6%  (26th) 8-14-8 3-6-1 Lost 2​

Stream Options

http://www.ourleafs.blogspot.ca/
http://gofirstrow.eu/sport/ice-hockey.htmll
http://goATD.Net
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[Rebel_1812]

Should be easy game with tavaras injured.

 

[moon111]

Should be easy game with tavaras injured.

With that said, Leafs probably would probably win a game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals then this game.  Islanders will be determined and fearless. 

 

[Optimus Reimer]

Should be easy game with tavaras injured.

With that said, Leafs probably would probably win a game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals then this game.  Islanders will be determined and fearless.

Who is to say the Leafs will not be just as determined and fearless as the Islanders?  Only way the Leafs lose this one is if Nabokov stands on his head or if the Leafs are flat.  Islanders are basically playing for next season while the Leafs are playing for potentially second place in the Atlantic Conference.  Leafs should win this one easily.

 

[Zee]

I don't have a feel for this game.  Hope we win.

 

[Bullfrog]

?Colton Orr - Undisclosed - Questionable Thursday

Withheld due to potential trade?

 

[Redleaf]

Should be easy game with tavaras injured.

With that said, Leafs probably would probably win a game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals then this game.  Islanders will be determined and fearless.

Who is to say the Leafs will not be just as determined and fearless as the Islanders?  Only way the Leafs lose this one is if Nabokov stands on his head or if the Leafs are flat.  Islanders are basically playing for next season while the Leafs are playing for potentially second place in the Atlantic Conference.  Leafs should win this one easily.

This.

 

[Zee]

?Colton Orr - Undisclosed - Questionable Thursday

Withheld due to potential trade?

LOL, for what a slug?

 

[Stickytape]

Montreal lost in OT last night, and they play the Penguins tonight.  They're only one point up on the Leafs with the same number of games played.  The Leafs could potentially leapfrog them tonight.  Then there's Saturday's game.

 

[Arn]

Well, it's a bit weird to be back in here. And watching games at midnight again instead of 8am and midday.

GLG.

 

[ZBBM]

Should be easy game with tavaras injured.

Should be.  But when your team is suspect defensively and gives up as many SOG as we do, then no game is a gimme.

 

[iwas11in67]

Leafs by 3.

 

[Chev-boyar-sky]

Brock Nelson: #1 center!

 

[Guru Tugginmypuddah]

Finally.  A REAL hockey game.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Smith was taken off the IR, so it seems likely that he'll play his first game since December 17th.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Kudos to Carlyle for scratching McLaren even thought Orr is hurt.

 

[Arn]

I hope Smith is in for his face punching

 

[Guru Tugginmypuddah]

Has anyone seen CW around? 

 

[ZBBM]

So the storyline is that RC has taken out his giant screwdriver in the last week and tightened down the D?  Let us hope so.

 

[Guru Tugginmypuddah]

Great. And no face punchers to knock out Halmo.