Panthers @ Maple Leafs - Mar. 13th, 7:00pm - TSN, Fan 590

[CarltonTheBear]

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Florida Panthers 40-22-3, 83 pts​	@​	Toronto Maple Leafs 39-22-3, 81 pts​

Projected Line-ups​

Verhaeghe-Barkov-Reinhart Samoskevich-Bennett-Rodrigues Luostarinen-Lundell-Boqvist Greer-Sturm-Nosek Forsling-Jones Mikkola-Kulikov Balinskis-Schmidt Bobrovsky​

Knies-Matthews-Marner Jarnkrok-Tavares-Nylander McMann-Laughton-Domi Holmberg-Kampf-Lorentz Rielly-Carlo McCabe-OEL Benoit-Myers Stolarz​

Scratches​

Jonah Gadjovich​

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Nick Robertson​

Injuries​

Brad Marchand - Upper Body - Injured Reserve Matthew Tkachuk - Groin - Injured Reserve Aaron Ekblad - PED - Suspension​

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Chris Tanev - Upper Body - Injured Reserve Max Pacioretty - Undisclosed - Injured Reserve Jani Hakanpaa - Knee - Injured Reserve​

Game Notes​

FLA -Sergei Bobrovsky (27-14-2, 2.63 GAA, .907 Sv%) will likely start for the Panthers -Florida is coming off a tough 3-2 loss on Tuesday against Boston that saw them blow a 2-0 lead with the Bruins scoring 3 unanswered goals in the 3rd period

TOR -Anthony Stolarz (13-6-3, 2.33 GAA, .921 Sv%) will start for the Leafs -Chris Tanev continues to be stuck in the day to day phase of his injury. He once again practiced as the 7D on Wednesday so unless he feels much better in the morning it's expected he'll miss his 7th straight game with an upper body injury

Streams​

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[Guilt Trip]

Should be a fun game. Go Leafs Go. Hopefully Stolarz rebounds like Woll did.

 

[Redleaf]

Should be fun, but the way the Leafs have faltered recently, it'll be a small miracle if they pull off the win tonight.

 

[L K]

Back from a road trip so first game home can sometimes be a let-down game but the team has also had some rest after an extended stretch of games. This isn't a must-win game but its a game they probably need to win. They need to take 2 of 3 from Florida if they want a shot at the division.

 

[Al14]

Expecting another loss, hopeful to be surprised !!!

 

[bustaheims]

Back from a road trip so first game home can sometimes be a let-down game but the team has also had some rest after an extended stretch of games. This isn't a must-win game but its a game they probably need to win. They need to take 2 of 3 from Florida if they want a shot at the division.

Against a lesser opponent, I'd absolutely expect a let down game, no question. But, against a team they need to measure themselves against, I would hope they'd come out with their A game.

 

[Bill_Berg]

Against a lesser opponent, I'd absolutely expect a let down game, no question. But, against a team they need to measure themselves against, I would hope they'd come out with their A game.

Like San Jose?

 

[bustaheims]

Like San Jose?

Yup, classic trap game the Leafs fell right into.

 

[cw]

TSN is suggesting Tanev may play tonight

 

[CarltonTheBear]

TSN is suggesting Tanev may play tonight

Game-time decision, per Berube.

 

[dappleganger]

Listen to all you Debbie Downers. Leafs need to win this game. The players need to be pumped up for this game. This isn't 'just another game'. The Panthers are squarely in the Leafs path to the Stanley Cup, they need to bring it all tonight.

 

[Zee]

Game-time decision, per Berube.

I'm a game-time decision to watch

 

[L K]

Listen to all you Debbie Downers. Leafs need to win this game. The players need to be pumped up for this game. This isn't 'just another game'. The Panthers are squarely in the Leafs path to the Stanley Cup, they need to bring it all tonight.

I don't need them to win this game. I just need them to play well.

No team is going 16-0 in the playoffs. You can lose to good teams, but this has to be a statement game where they deserve to come away with points (even if they don't)

 

[dappleganger]

Agreed LK.

 

[bustaheims]

I don't need them to win this game. I just need them to play well.

No team is going 16-0 in the playoffs. You can lose to good teams, but this has to be a statement game where they deserve to come away with points (even if they don't)

Yup. Just gotta bring their A game. As long as they look like they're capable of beating the Panthers, that's a good performance. Obviously, the points would be best, though.

 

[Guru Tugginmypuddah]

27-0 Leafs or it will be an unmitigated disaster.

 

[cabber24]

2 games post deadline and I hate Scott Laughton. I don't actually hate him but I don't believe Berube intends to be anything other then a two line team.

Tkachuk and Marchand are out so FLD is not even close to their full throttle.