38-26-6, 82 points | 40-22-7, 87 points
Projected Lines
Benn-Seguin-Radulov Roussel-Faksa-Pitlick Elie-Spezza-Ritchie Shore-Dickinson-Janmark Lindell-Klingberg Hamhuis-Pateryn Methot-Johns Lehtonen | Hyman-Nylander-Marner Marleau-Kadri-Komarov JVR-Bozak-Brown Johnsson-Plekanec-Kapanen Rielly-Hainsey Gardiner-Polak Rosen-Carrick Andersen |
Scratches
Gemel Smith Juluis Honka Ben Bishop |
Code:
| Nikita Zaitsev Travis Dermott Matt Martin Dominic Moore Josh Leivo |
Game Notes
DAL
?Lehtonen (12-9-2, 2.31 GAA, .918 Sv%) will start for the Stars
?Dallas lost 4-2 to Montreal last night. Lehtonen was in net for the Stars, and they'll be using him in both games of the back-to-back. With Bishop injured Hitchcock is hesitant to turn to 34-year old career AHLer Mike McKenna
?The Stars' top line, along with Klingberg, has been doing the majority of the scoring for the team. All 4 are in the top-45 point leaders in the league. Their next highest scorer is ranked 190th
?Dallas and Colorado both have 82 points and occupy the final 2 wild card spots in the West. The 3 teams behind them are all within 3 points, so it's a very tight race for the final spots
TOR
?Andersen (33-18-5, 2.76 GAA, .919 Sv%) will likely start for the Leafs
?The flu bug seems to have hit the Leafs, as both Zaitsev and Dermott are questionable to play because of it. Calle Rosen was recalled on an emergency basis if Dermott can't go
?Andreas Johnsson was also called up and will make his NHL debut at the age of 23. Johnsson has been one of the top players in the AHL this season. He's scored 54 points in 54 games, with 25 of those coming in his last 16 games
?Matthews watch: Auston remained in a red no-contract jersey at practice so he will continue to sit. Best case at this point is probably a return on Saturday
Injuries
?Martin Hanzal - Back - Injured Reserve ?Marc Methot - Hand - Questionable Wednesday ?Ben Bishop - Knee - Day to day |
Code:
| ?Nathan Horton - Back - Out indefinitely ?Joffrey Lupul - Actually Injured - Out indefinitely ?Auston Matthews - Shoulder - Injured Reserve ?Nikita Zaitsev - Flu - Questionable Wednesday ?Travis Dermott - Flu - Questionable Wednesday |
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