16-8-2, 34 points | 13-12-4, 30 points
Projected Lines
Donskoi-MacKinnon-Rantanen Nieto-Kadri-Compher Nichushkin-Bellemare-O?Connor Kamenev-Jost-Tynan Girard-Rosen Zadorov-Makar Cole-Graves Grubauer | Johnsson-Matthews-Nylander Mikheyev-Tavares-Spezza Hyman-Kerfoot-Kapanen Engvall-Gauthier-Timashov Rielly-Ceci Muzzin-Holl Dermott-Barrie Hutchinson |
Scratches
Andre Burakovsky Mark Barberio |
Code:
| Nic Petan Nick Shore Martin Marincin |
Game Notes
COL
?Grubauer (9-5-2, 2.86 GAA, .911 Sv%) will likely start for the Avalanche
?Colorado has successfully weathered a pretty tough injury storm early in the season. They missed Rantanen for 16 games and Landeskog has been out for 15. Rantanen returned on the weekend and scored 4 points in just over 10 minutes of play before being removed from the game for precautionary reasons. He's considered good to go for this game though
?MacKinnon is unsurprisingly leading the way with 42 points in 26 games. That puts him 5th in the league in points. He was recently named the NHL's 2nd star of the month for November with a ridiculous 25 points in 14 games
?Cale Makar leads all rookies in points this season with 26 in 26 games. Friendly reminder that he's a defenceman
?Kadri will play his first NHL game in Toronto as a member of the opposing team. The former Leaf is 5th on Colorado in scoring with 20 points in 26 games. So far he seems to be fitting in very nicely with his new team
?Rosen has found his way into the NHL after recording 8 points in 13 games for Colorado's AHL team. Don't read too much into his "top pairing" status on the lines though, he's averaged just 15:23 in the 3 games he's played since the call-up
TOR
?Hutchinson (0-5-1, 4.55 GAA, .876 Sv%) will likely start for the Leafs
?The Leafs will look to rebound after an embarrassing loss, particularly in the final few minutes fo the game, to the Flyers on Tuesday. They'll have to do that playing in front of Hutchinson though, who of course is still looking for his first win of the season
?The potential return of Mitch Marner could provide the boost the team needs to make that happen. He's eligible to be taken off LTIR but is still questionable at this point. His status will likely be confirmed in the morning
Injuries
?Andre Burakovsky - Upper Body - Day to day ?Matt Calvert - Head - Day to day ?Gabriel Landeskog - Leg - Day to day ?Erik Johnson - Lower Body - Injured Reserve ?Colin Wilson - Lower Body - Injured Reserve |
Code:
| ?Trevor Moore - Shoulder - Injured Reserve ?Mitch Marner - Ankle - Questionable Wednesday |
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