Devils @ Leafs - Nov. 9th, 7:00pm - TSN4, TSN 1050

[CarltonTheBear]

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  6-6-1, 13 points | 10-5-0, 20 points

Projected Lines

Hall-Hischier-Palmieri Johansson-Seney-Bratt Coleman-Zajac-Anderson Boyle-Dea-Wood Mueller-Vatanen Greene-Severson Butcher-Lovejoy Schneider ​

Hyman-Tavares-Marner Marleau-Kadri-Kapanen Johnsson-Lindholm-Brown Ennis-Gauthier-Leivo Rielly-Hainsey Gardiner-Zaitsev Dermott-Ozhiganov Andersen​

Scratches

Kurtis Gabriel Drew Stafford Egor Yakovlev ​

Martin Marincin Justin Holl​

Game Notes

NJ
?Kinkaid (6-4-1, 2.58 GAA, .918 Sv%) will start for the Devils
?Kinkaid seems to have a pretty firm grip on the starters job in Jersey right now. He's started 11 games to Cory Schneider's 2. Schneider has a 4.72 GAA and .862 Sv% in 3 appearances this season. He's also coming off 2 straight seasons of below-average play. Quite the drop for someone who used to be considered a top-10 goalie
?Taylor Hall is following up his Hart trophy winning season with another good one so far: he has 15 points in 13 games
?Even more impressive maybe is the play of Kyle Palmieri right now: he has 17 points in 13 games and his 10 goals puts him 2 behind the league lead
?Eagle-eyed readers might have noticed a name missing from NJ's roster. Pavel Zacha, the 6th overall pick in 2015, was reassigned to New Jersey's AHL team recently. He had 0 points in 10 games to start the year. This is after playing 2 full seasons in the NHL. He's shown good defensive play in that time but his offensive side hasn't developed like they'd hope for such a high draft pick. The 4 players taken directly after Zacha in 2015 were: Provorov, Werenski, Meier, and Rantanen

TOR
?Andersen (8-5-0, 2.18 GAA, .929 Sv%) will likely start for the Leafs
?Leafs are on the 1st half of a back-to-back, and Babcock typically plays the starter in that situation. They'll head to Boston for Saturday night's game, so maybe Babs flips the script to play Andersen against the divisonal rival

Injuries

?Stefan Noesen - Upper Body - Injured Reserve ?Steven Santini - Jaw - Injured Reserve​

?Auston Matthews - Shoulder - Injured Reserve  ​

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[Phileas Fogg]

"The 4 players taken directly after Zacha in 2015 were: Provorov, Werenski, Meier, and Rantanen"

Ouch.

 

[Zee]

Not feeling it, Leafs coming off a bad performance despite the win and NJ desperate for a win, could be a bad combination.

 

[Arn]

Don't seem to play too well against NJ usually either

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Freddy gets the start, so Sparks will go tomorrow against Boston.

 

[Highlander]

As I get older I sometimes feel like I get stuck in time.  Were going to play the Devils?? oh man that will be tough with Brodeur in net.  Not there anymore?  Your kidding me! Really...oh ya forgot.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/1061047903240642560

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

https://twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/1061047903240642560

I?m fairly certain Bettman has Parkinson?s, I first noticed his shakes over a year ago and it looks to have gotten a bit worse. I wonder if it?s part of why he?s being put in now.

 

[cujo4ever]

Interesting to see Bettman get inducted into the HHOF while he's still commissioner. At least wait until he's finished, no? Not a big fan of his but I do like how he expects and reacts to the booing.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I?m fairly certain Bettman has Parkinson?s, I first noticed his shakes over a year ago and it looks to have gotten a bit worse. I wonder if it?s part of why he?s being put in now.

People have been saying this about him for like a decade. He just does that.

 

[lc9]

These long ceremonies can really zap the energy out of the building. Hopefully the leafs don?t get off to a slow start.

 

[herman]

DZ turnovers will wake everyone up.

 

[herman]

Yup, Marner attacking the left wing on stretch plays is the set up. Puts Hyman on his strong side to bang something in if the opportunity should present itself.

 

[lc9]

Good effort to start. 

 

[herman]

Ennis having himself quite the period already.

 

[herman]

Not a fan of that hit by Vatanen on Tavares. Good thing he flipped through the momentum.

 

[Kin]

That play by Vatanen is one of those things I really don't understand about the league. A blatantly dirty play that easily could have resulted in a star missing serious playing time but Tavares got up so 2 minutes ought to cover it.

 

[herman]

Matthews would?ve had that.

 

[Zee]

As I get older I sometimes feel like I get stuck in time.  Were going to play the Devils?? oh man that will be tough with Brodeur in net.  Not there anymore?  Your kidding me! Really...oh ya forgot.

I still remember when they had green in their jersey

 

[cujo4ever]

Ennis having himself quite the period already.

Agreed. He's been noticibly good so far.