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Pittsburgh Penguins 24-29-9, 57 pts | vs. | Toronto Maple Leafs 37-20-2, 76 pts |
Projected Line-ups |
Rakell-Crosby-Rust Beauvillier-Malkin-Glass Heinen-Hayes-Tomasino Bemstrom-Lizotte-Acciari Joseph-Letang Grzelcyk-Karlsson Shea-Desharnais Blomqvist | Knies-Matthews-Marner Holmberg-Tavares-Nylander McMann-Domi-Robertson Lorentz-Kampf-Reaves Rielly-OEL McCabe-Myers Benoit-Timmins Woll |
Scratches |
Bokondji Imama Ryan Graves Vladislav Kolyachonok | | Alex Steeves Marshall Rifai Chris Tanev |
Injuries |
Pierre-Olivier Joseph - Upper Body - Questionable Michael Bunting - Abdomen - Injured Reserve | | Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Undisclosed - Questionable Max Domi - Undisclosed - Questionable Steven Lorentz - Undisclosed - Questionable Chris Tanev - Upper Body - Out Max Pacioretty - Undisclosed - Injured Reserve Conor Dewar - Upper Body - Injured Reserve Calle Jarnkrok - Lower Body - Injured Reserve Jani Hakanpaa - Knee - Injured Reserve |
Game Notes |
| PIT -Joel Blomqvist (4-9-0, 3.63 GAA, .890 Sv%) will start for the Penguins -Pittsburgh is coming off a close 3-2 loss to the Boston Bruins on Saturday afternoon -The playoffs may be out of reach for Pittsburgh but don't tell that to Evgeni Malkin, who has 3 goals and 7 points in 5 games since returning from a lower-body injury that kept him out for 6 games prior to the 4 Nations break |
| TOR -Joseph Woll (20-11-0, 2.63 GAA, .910 Sv%) will start for the Leafs -Toronto's line-up could look a little different in this one as OEL, Domi, and Lorentz all missed practice on Saturday for "maintenance" reasons and Berube said they are all a little "banged up". Their playing status won't really be known until before the game -The team could also be seeing some injured players coming back soon. Pacioretty and Dewar are probably ready whenever the team has a spot for them. Jarnkrok's season debut is also imminent at this point as he skated in the 3C position at practice with Domi missing and also took reps on the PP2 unit |
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