Wild @ Leafs - Jan. 3rd, 2:00pm - SNO, Fan 590

[CarltonTheBear]

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18-17-3, 39 points | 26-11-2, 54 points

Projected Lines

Zucker-Staal-Granlund Parise-Coyle-Kunin Greenway-Koivu-Niederreiter Foligno-Fehr-Hendricks Suter-Spurgeon Brodin-Pateryn Murphy-Prosser Dubnyk ​

Brown-Tavares-Marner Johnsson-Matthews-Nylander Marleau-Kadri-Kapanen Lindholm-Gauthier-Moore Rielly-Hainsey Gardiner-Zaitsev Dermott-Ozhiganov Sparks​

Scratches

J.T. Brown       Nick Seeler ​

Martin Marincin Justin Holl​

Game Notes

MIN
?Dubnyk (13-14-3, 2.62 GAA, .912 Sv%) will likely start for the Wild
?The Wild are 1-4-1 since losing top offensive defenceman Matt Dumba to an injury that will keep him out until late March
?That stretch has put Minnesota 5 points behind Dallas for the final wild card spot, and 5 points behind Vancouver for 9th in the West. They do have 2 games in hand on the Stars, and somehow 5 games in hand on the Canucks

TOR
?Sparks (6-2-1, 3.00 GAA, .905 Sv%) will likely start for the Leafs
?Andersen is still out and considered day to day at this point, meaning Sparks will get another start. The back-up goalie is TBD, but I'd expect newly acquired Michael Hutchinson to get the call-up tomorrow
?Day game! Last years afternoon/kid game was a pretty big success for the Leafs, both on the ice and off. They won the game 8-1 against the Hurricanes and had an arena full of young fans

Injuries

?Nick Seeler - Upper Body - Questionable Thursday ?Matt Dumba - Chest - Injured Reserve​

?Tyler Ennis - Ankle - Injured Reserve ?Zach Hyman - Ankle - Injured Reserve ?Frederik Andersen - Groin - Day to day                ​

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[ZBBM]

Babcock likes day games, wants more of them.  Not me.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Babcock likes day games, wants more of them.  Not me.

If they keep winning them by 7 goals then I'm good.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/LeafsPR/status/1080816100831649792

Oh.

Chris Johnson is saying Sparks took a shot off the mask at practice yesterday. Horrible timing. Hope he's alright.

 

[herman]

This is going to be fun then

 

[Arn]

Babcock likes day games, wants more of them.  Not me.

I agree with Babcock....

 

[freer]

Well lets hope that Hutchinson can play a good game today
Go Leafs Go

 

[Bender]

Crap crap crap crap crap

 

[Zee]

Well we all wanted Freddie to get more rest during the season right?! 

Not like this, not like this..

 

[Redleaf]

Who?s playing goal today, Kapenen? 8)

 

[Phileas Fogg]

Heh, I finally get tickets, and I get to see Hutchinson.

 

[cujo4ever]

GO LEAFS GO!

Good opportunity to see what we have in Hutch.

 

[Arn]

Heh, I finally get tickets, and I get to see Hutchinson.

Make an I *heart* TMLFans banner so we can spot you on the TV

 

[WAYNEINIONA]

Lets hope Hutch is ready to go and wins his first start for the Leafs.

 

[ZBBM]

Babcock likes day games, wants more of them.  Not me.

I agree with Babcock....

 

[ZBBM]

If he had just kept Curtis "Ironhead" McElhinney we wouldn't be having this problem.

Nice going, Boy Wonder.

 

[Highlander]

I remember seeing Hutch play some AHL games against the Marlies last year. Thought he was pretty solid and has quite a few NHL games under his belt. Sparks should be ready to go after today.

 

[Highlander]

Just read that Hutch grew up in Barrie and it was his childhood dream to play for the Leafs. Thats a lot of motivation.

 

[Guru Tugginmypuddah]

Just read that Hutch grew up in Barrie and it was his childhood dream to play for the Leafs. Thats a lot of motivation.

Well, it's sort of like giving an enema to a dead person, it can't hurt. 

 

[Highlander]

hey the dude is only 28 and has been over .900 since Bantam, time a lot of goalies start to find their way at 28. Lets hope he plays great. Minnesota has been on the rocks since losing their big D guy.