Lightning @ Leafs - Mar. 19th, 7:00pm - TSN, TSN 1050

[CarltonTheBear]

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37-24-7, 81 points | 36-26-8, 80 points

Projected Lines

Killorn-Stamkos-Johnson Palat-Filppula-Callahan Brown-Pyatt-Purcell Malone-Thompson-Crombeen Hedman-Salo Carle-Gudas Brewer-Kostka Bishop ​

JVR-Bozak-Kessel Lupul-Kadri-Kulemin   Raymond-Holland-Clarkson  McClement-Bodie Gunnarsson-Phaneuf Gleason-Rielly Gardiner-Franson Ranger Reimer​

Scratches

Keith Aulie Mark Barberio   Nikita Kucherov Richard Panik ​

Carter Ashton Colton Orr Jonathan Bernier​

Line-up Notes

?Bishop likely starts for Tampa                                                                                                                 ​

?I'd say Reimer is probably likely, but there's a chance MacIntyre goes ?Orr back in? Maybe go back to 12 forwards after a B2B?

Injuries

?Brian Lee - Knee - Injured Reserve     ?Mattias Ohlund - Knee - Injured Reserve​

?Dave Bolland - Ankle - Out indefinitely ?Jonathan Bernier - Groin - Out Wednesday​

Statistical Leaders

Filppula - 22 Johnson - 21 Palat - 18 Hedman - 32 Palat - 28 Filppula/Purcell - 27 Filppula - 49 Palat - 46 Hedman - 43 Palat - +28 132 - Gudas     Filppula - 52.1% Hedman - 22:24 Bishop - 32 Bishop - 2.11 Bishop - .928​

G A P +/- PIM FO% TOI/G W GAA SA%​

34 - Kessel 27 - JVR 19 - Raymond/Lupul 39 - Kessel 29 - JVR 29 - Kadri 70 - Kessel JVR - 56 Kadri - 46 +16 - Gunnarsson 109 - Phaneuf 54.0% - McClement 23:57 - Phaneuf 25 - Bernier 2.61 - Bernier .925 - Bernier​

Season Overview

37 24 7 (11th)        81 (8th)      2.82 (12th)      2.54 (18th)  16.7% (25th)  80.3% (18th)      29.7 (13th)      29.1 (23rd)  48.9% 17-16-2 4-4-2 Won 3​

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

36 26 8 80        (12th) 2.80      (13th) 3.00      (26th) 20.7%  (5th) 78.7%  (28th) 27.8      (25th) 36.3      (30th) 48.2%  (25th) 22-11-1 4-4-2 Lost 2​

Stream Options

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[L K]

Columbus is 4 points back with 2 games in hand.
Washington beat Anaheim to move to 4 points back with 12 games left.
Detroit is 5 points back with 2 games in hand (14 games left).

The Leafs need to win this game to get back on track.

 

[LittleHockeyFan]

yay Stamkos is back! and yay! TSN!

 

[nutman]

I see a win. look at the second line  ;D.

 

[Redleaf]

I think the Leafs match up well against Tampa Bay. I'm predicting a win tonight!!

 

[Boston Leaf]

4-1 TB  :-\

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

Columbus is 4 points back with 2 games in hand.
Washington beat Anaheim to move to 4 points back with 12 games left.
Detroit is 5 points back with 2 games in hand (14 games left).

The Leafs need to win this game to get back on track.

I can easily see the Leafs taking the playoff drive to the last game of the season.

 

[Stickytape]

I don't even know what to feel about this team right now.  The way they come out to play good teams, and hand over their points and lunch money to the crappy ones has me so confused.  Especially since Tampa is just kind of mediocre right now.

I'm having trouble getting worked up about what is actually a really crucial game. 

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

I don't even know what this team would be without great goaltending.  It's scary to think about.

The Leafs are receiving a combined .917 SV% this season from their goaltenders, but are 5th worst in GA/G.  Calgary, Buffalo, Florida, Edmonton, Ottawa and NYI are their friends near the bottom.  In 2011-12 the Leafs team SV% was .897.

The Leafs have allowed 210 goals so far this season.  If the Leafs this season, allowing the number of shots they do, had the level of goaltending the Leafs had in 11-12, they would have allowed ~261 goals so far this season, or 47 more goals and would be a -56 in GF/GA differential.

Conversely, if the 11-12, team had this goaltending, they allow ~50 less goals against than they did, and go from a -33 differential to a +17 differential.  Poor Ronny.

 

[Corn Flake]

It is good to have good goaltending.

 

[Peter D.]

To think all of a sudden this game is practically a must win otherwise the walls could start caving in around them.  The comfortable lead the Leafs held is disappearing rather quickly.

Will they come out with fire after a road trip that started off great but ended horribly, or will fatigue of a long trip play a major factor and be a reason (excuse?) for poor play.  I don't even know anymore with this team.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

It is good to have good goaltending.

But not good to fail to take advantage of it and still have to fight to the end to make the playoffs.

 

[L K]

I hope Drew starts just to make things more antagonistic with Reimer.  It's the Carlyle way. 

 

[Redleaf]

I don't even know what this team would be without great goaltending.  It's scary to think about.

But we don't have to think about it. That's the luxury of having it.

 

[Deebo]

Let's keep Clarkson discussion to this thread:

http://www.tmlfans.ca/community/index.php?topic=1967.0

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

I don't even know what this team would be without great goaltending.  It's scary to think about.

But we don't have to think about it. That's the luxury of having it.

It is relevant if almost every other area of your team's game is poor and you require that level of goaltending in order to win.  This team has made no significant improvements in any areas on the ice since Ron Wilson was fired other than received better goaltending.  PK is still one of the worst in the league, GA still one of the worst in the league, possession numbers are even worse, shots against are even worse.

It's completely relevant to demonstrate how this is a poor team being propped up by an elite goaltender.  It's sad, because I don't think this is a poor roster, and I do not think it is a worse roster than in '11-'12.

 

[AlmosGirl]

I don't even know what to feel about this team right now.  The way they come out to play good teams, and hand over their points and lunch money to the crappy ones has me so confused.  Especially since Tampa is just kind of mediocre right now.

I'm having trouble getting worked up about what is actually a really crucial game. 

Completely agreed.

 

[bustaheims]

Columbus is 4 points back with 2 games in hand.
Washington beat Anaheim to move to 4 points back with 12 games left.
Detroit is 5 points back with 2 games in hand (14 games left).

The Leafs need to win this game to get back on track.

I can easily see the Leafs taking the playoff drive to the last game of the season.

Wouldn't surprise me. It also really wouldn't surprise me if it's their failure to win games in regulation/Ot through November and December that costs them a playoff spot.

 

[Deebo]

Columbus is 4 points back with 2 games in hand.
Washington beat Anaheim to move to 4 points back with 12 games left.
Detroit is 5 points back with 2 games in hand (14 games left).

The Leafs need to win this game to get back on track.

I can easily see the Leafs taking the playoff drive to the last game of the season.

Wouldn't surprise me. It also really wouldn't surprise me if it's their failure to win games in regulation/Ot through November and December that costs them a playoff spot.

It wouldn't surprise me if not winning enough cost them their playoff spot either.

 

[Redleaf]

I don't even know what this team would be without great goaltending.  It's scary to think about.

But we don't have to think about it. That's the luxury of having it.

It is relevant if almost every other area of your team's game is poor and you require that level of goaltending in order to win.  This team has made no significant improvements in any areas on the ice since Ron Wilson was fired other than received better goaltending.  PK is still one of the worst in the league, GA still one of the worst in the league, possession numbers are even worse, shots against are even worse.

It's completely relevant to demonstrate how this is a poor team being propped up by an elite goaltender.  It's sad, because I don't think this is a poor roster, and I do not think it is a worse roster than in '11-'12.

Right, but we have elite goaltending, a pretty darn good offense, and a winning record. Not to mention what looks like a second consecutive trip to the playoffs, with a very young team. Which team would you rather have, this one, or the team Burke and Wilson ran?