Leafs @ Islanders - Oct. 21st, 7:00pm - TSN4, TSN 1050

[CarltonTheBear]

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2-3-1, 5 points | 4-1-0, 8 points

Projected Lines

JVR-Bozak-Kessel Lupul-Kadri-Winnik Komarov-Santorelli-Clarkson Panik-Holland-Frattin Phaneuf-Franson Gardiner-Robidas Rielly-Polak Bernier ​

Conacher-Tavares-Okposo Bailey-Nielsen-Strome Kulemin-Nelson-Clutterbuck Martin-Cizikas-McDonald Leddy-Boychuk Hickey-Hamonic De Haan-Visnovsky Halak​

Scratches

Stuart Percy Carter Ashton Brandon Kozun ​

Eric Boulton Brian Strait Matt Donovan    ​

Line-up Notes

TOR
?Bernier likely starts Tuesday so Reimer can play in Ottawa
?Any line-up changes regarding Percy or maybe Ashton won't be known until the morning skate or maybe even the pre-game skate

NYI
?Halak will likely start for the Islanders
?Hamonic left practices twice on Monday, likely because of an injury he suffered in Saturday's game against Pittsburgh. His status for Tuesday is unclear
?Visnovsky will likely make his season debut after missing New York's first 5 games

Injuries

?Brandon Kozun - Lower Body - Injured Reserve ?David Booth - Foot - Injured Reserve​

?Mikhail Grabovski - Concussion - Out indefinitely ?Michael Grabner - Hernia - Injured Reserve ?Matt Carkner - Upper Body - Injured Reserve ?Lubomir Visnovsky - Back - Probable Tuesday ?Travis Hamonic - Upper Body - Questionable Tuesday​

Statistical Leaders

Bozak - 3 Kessl- 2 JVR - 2 Komarov - 4 Bozak - 3 Kessel - 3 Bozak - 6 Kessel - 5 Komarov - 4 Phaneuf - +1 Phaneuf - 10 Bozak - 51.1%     Phaneuf - 23:03 Reimer - 2 Reimer - 2.87 Bernier - .906​

G A P +/- PIM FO% TOI/G W GAA SA%​

4 - Nelson 2 - Tavares 2 - Okposo 7 - Tavares 5 - Okposo 5 - Strome 9 - Tavares 8 - Nelson 7 - Okposo +4 - Boychuk 23 - Hamonic 57.1% - Nielsen 23:09 - Boychuk  3 - Halak 2.70 - Halak .913 - Halak​

Season Overview

2 3 1 (20th)          5 (18th)      2.50 (20th)      3.17 (13th)  20.8% (14th)  86.4% (14th)      30.3 (24th)      33.7 (24th)  47.8% 1-0-1 2-3-1 Lost 2​

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

4 1 0 8          (8th) 3.80      (2nd) 3.00      (19th) 28.6%  (5th) 58.5%  (30th) 32.8      (8th) 30.4      (19th) 48.1%  (23rd) 2-0-0 4-1-0 Lost 1​

Streaks

​	HOT​	9 pts in last 5 GP - Tavares 8 pts in last 5 GP - Nelson 7 pts in last 5 GP - Okposo​
Kadri - 0 pts in last 3 GP       Rielly - 0 pts in last 4 GP​	COLD  ​

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0 pts in last 3 GP - Conacher​

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Stream Options

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http://vaughnlive.tv/leafstreamer
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[Arn]

Actually kind of looking forward to seeing how the new fangled Islanders play.

Shame Grabovski is out, though.

 

[Boston Leaf]

this game seems like a crapshoot

 

[freer]

Actually kind of looking forward to seeing how the new fangled Islanders play.

Shame Grabovski is out, though.

It mean he won't score a bunch of goals against us. I have a awful feeling about this game.

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

Facing the Islanders, a rested Ottawa in a back-to-back, and Boston in the next 3 games, I think I'm going to have to be thrilled with as much as 3 points in those 3 games.  Not expecting it, though.

 

[Highlander]

Just read about them in the Globe. Looks like a good bunch of talented young kids whom are hungry to win.  And the addition of Leddy and Boychuk right before the season started was an excellent move making me wonder why the Leafs can't pull off those kind of deals.
Also the additon of good goaltending with Halak doesnt hurt either.
I have a feeling we are going to get pasted.

 

[Stickytape]

I've been looking forward to seeing the Islanders play, especially with 67% of the old MGK line in action. Shame about Grabbo.

I have a bad feeling about this game, too.

 

[Coco-puffs]

Just read about them in the Globe. Looks like a good bunch of talented young kids whom are hungry to win.  And the addition of Leddy and Boychuk right before the season started was an excellent move making me wonder why the Leafs can't pull off those kind of deals.

The teams that traded Leddy/Boychuk did so because they need cap space.  The Islanders didn't send any cap dollars back in those deals.  The Leafs couldn't have done that because we were already against the cap.

 

[bustaheims]

Facing the Islanders, a rested Ottawa in a back-to-back, and Boston in the next 3 games, I think I'm going to have to be thrilled with as much as 3 points in those 3 games.  Not expecting it, though.

This could be a really ugly week for the team.

 

[Andy007]

Can somebody find and dispose of the provocative pictures Franson has of one or more members of the Leafs coaching staff? I don't know if I can watch another game with him on the top pairing. He is a perpetual anti-Lasik surgery ad.

 

[Bullfrog]

#freeAshton

 

[Redleaf]

A must win for some early going respectibility?

 

[Peter D.]

Leafs pull this one out on the Island 3-2. 

 

[Arn]

Facing the Islanders, a rested Ottawa in a back-to-back, and Boston in the next 3 games, I think I'm going to have to be thrilled with as much as 3 points in those 3 games.  Not expecting it, though.

This could be a really ugly week for the team.

But could be a step towards the end of Randy?

 

[Deebo]

Bernier starts.

 

[Bill_Berg]

Facing the Islanders, a rested Ottawa in a back-to-back, and Boston in the next 3 games, I think I'm going to have to be thrilled with as much as 3 points in those 3 games.  Not expecting it, though.

This could be a really ugly week for the team.

But could be a step towards the end of Randy?

It's too early. They need to wait until the 50-60 game mark so they can bring in an interim guy before hiring Babcock in the off season. They fire Randy at the 15-20 game mark and it's tougher to sell an interim guy.

 

[ZBBM]

Snow > Nonis.

 

[Highlander]

The interim guy will be Horachek aided by Spott.  I can almost hear the bagpipes playing some Scottish lament which translates into By Randy see you in Sudbury.

 

[bustaheims]

But could be a step towards the end of Randy?

It certainly could be, yes. They're not likely to let him go before December or so, but, he could absolutely have his fate basically sealed before then.

 

[Crucialness Key]

#FreeStuartPercy