Hurricanes @ Leafs - Dec. 23rd, 2:00pm - SNO, Fan 590

[CarltonTheBear]

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22-12-2, 46 points | 19-14-4, 42 points

Projected Lines

Svechnikov-Staal-Foegele Niederreiter-Aho-Teravainen Dzingel-Haula-Necas McGinn-Wallmark-Martinook Slavin-Hamilton Edmundson-Pesce Gardiner-van Riemsdyk Mrazek ​

Hyman-Tavares-Marner Nylander-Matthews-Kapanen Engvall-Kerfoot-Mikheyev Moore-Gauthier-Spezza Rielly-Barrie Muzzin-Holl Dermott-Ceci Andersen​

Scratches

Haydn Flery ​

Dmytro Timashov​

Game Notes

CAR
?Mrazek (14-7-2, 2.62 GAA, .903 Sv%) will likely start for the Hurricanes
?Mrazek hasn't been able to match his last season save percentage of .914 this season. And Reimer has been very good behind him with an 8-5-0 record and 2.31 GAA and .927 Sv%. Mrazek is still considered the starter at this point but Reimer is getting more starts than usual lately. Wouldn't be a big surprise if the ex-Leaf got the start here
?Carolina's other ex-Leaf, Jake Gardiner, isn't having quite as good of a season. He has just 8 points in 36 games and is a clear 5th among defencemen in ice-time
?The Hurricanes are being lead offensively by 4 players: Svechnikov and Teravainen both have 36 points in 36 games, while Dougie Hamilton has 35 points and Aho has 34. No one else have over 20

TOR
?Andersen (18-8-3, 2.52 GAA, .919 Sv%) will likely start for the Leafs
?The Leafs are currently on a season high winning streak of 4 games
?Nylander and Kapanen are both coming off a game that saw them benched for most of the 2nd period and dropped to the 3rd line for the 3rd period. The Leafs didn't practice on Sunday so there's no way to tell yet if that line juggling from Saturday will stick
?Note that this is a 2pm start time as the Leafs continue their successful tradition of having afternoon games that attempt to fill the arena with younger fans. If you missed the adorable video hyping up the game please go and watch it here

Injuries

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?Andreas Johnsson - Leg - Injured Reserve​

Stream Options

https://www.reddit.com/r/NHLstreams
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[CarltonTheBear]

For those of you who clearly don't read the game notes (Zee), note that this is a 2pm start. Also watch this:

https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1208907648562860032

 

[ZBBM]

I can almost guarantee it'll be anything but EPIC.

It'd be good if they could pull off a win to go into the short break on the streak.

 

[hockeyfan1]

Jake Gardiner on the reason he didn?t sign with Montreal (thus missing out on a bigger payday):

When Gardiner didn?t sign until early September ? on a bargain four-year deal with the Carolina Hurricanes ? there were plenty of theories around the league as to why.

The one that didn?t get talked about was that Gardiner had decided he no longer wanted to play under a bright spotlight, after his disheartening year in Toronto.

He actually turned down a lucrative contract ? believed to be more than $5-million a season ? from the Montreal Canadiens...

Gardiner?s experience in 2018-19 was so difficult, he explained, that he couldn?t picture going to the Leafs? hated rival and absorbing all of the pressure that went with that. He didn?t like the idea of signing a big deal and potentially disappointing another hockey hotbed.

?(The Montreal decision) was definitely tough,? he added. ?That was basically kind of crunch time. They wanted to know if I was going to sign there or not. Ultimately I, honestly, especially playing for Toronto, all of those years, basically going to their enemy or rival or whatever you want to call it, was one part of the decision.?

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[herman]

Is it just going to be Arn + whoever is 'working' from home on the thread today?

 

[Bullfrog]

I'm self-employed, so I'll probably hang around. I'm in the office, but that's what multiple monitors are for.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I'm self-employed, so I'll probably hang around. I'm in the office, but that's what multiple monitors are for.

I brought my iPad to work for this reason.

 

[disco]

Go Leafs Go! Win it for them keedz.

 

[bustaheims]

Is it just going to be Arn + whoever is 'working' from home on the thread today?

If I can find a stream that I can use at work, I'll probably listen/watch. It's not like there's much to do around the office right now.

 

[Bullfrog]

I brought my iPad to work for this reason.

It's Dec 23, it's not like people are expecting us to be productive anyway.

 

[Bender]

Is it just going to be Arn + whoever is 'working' from home on the thread today?

I work in an office with a TV right behind me so I'll be glancing over from time to time

 

[Arn]

Is it just going to be Arn + whoever is 'working' from home on the thread today?

My first day off work for my Christmas holidays, on at a sociable hour AND it?s on a tv channel here which all means I can watch it on the recently installed 80inch projector screen.

Best Christmas Eve eve ever!

 

[Bender]

Hurricanes seem like a surprisingly good team, especially when they get half decent goaltending. Really hoping Reims doesn't get the start lol.

 

[Zee]

Can't wait to watch this game tonight at 7pm!

 

[Bullfrog]

Make sure to invite some friends over!

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Really hoping Reims doesn't get the start lol.

Reimer's starting :'(

 

[ZBBM]

I'm self-employed, so I'll probably hang around. I'm in the office, but that's what multiple monitors are for.

Right on brother!

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Do Matthews and Svechnikov pull off dueling lacrosse goals today? Definitely seems like the time for it.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/LeafsPR/status/1209172150575349762

Well that Moore news, combined with that "bump" he took at practice last week, is a bit concerning.

Wonder if Bracco actually suits up as Timashov is still available to take his line-up spot.

 

[herman]

Wow what