Bruins @ Leafs - Apr. 19th, 7:00pm - CBC, TSN 1050

[CarltonTheBear]

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50-20-12, 112 points | 49-26-7, 105 points
BOS leads 2-1

Projected Lines

Marchand-Bergeron-Pastrnak DeBrusk-Krejci-Nash Heinen-Nash-Backes Schaller-Kuraly-Acciari Chara-McAvoy Krug-Miller Grzelcyk-McQuaid Rask ​

Hyman-Matthews-Nylander Marleau-Plekanec-Marner JvR-Bozak-Brown Johnsson-Moore-Kapanen Rielly-Hainsey Gardiner-Zaitsev Dermott-Polak Andersen​

Scratches

Brian Gionta Tommy Wingels Ryan Donato Nick Holden ​

Connor Carrick Leo Komarov Josh Leivo Matt Martin Nazem Kadri​

Game Notes

BOS
?Rask will start for the Bruins
?Defenceman Matt Grzelcyk, who missed game 3 with a lower body injury, will likely return to the line-up tonight

TOR
?Andersen will start for the Leafs
?No Leo Komarov again tonight, meaning the Leafs will ice the same line-up they used in their game 3 win
?Marner has recorded back-to-back 2 point performances against Boston now. He has 13 points against the Bruins in 7 regular season+playoff games this season. Both head coaches were praising his competitiveness yesterday

Injuries

?Brandon Carlo - Ankle - Out for season ?Anders Bjork - Shoulder - Out for season ?Matt Grzelcyk - Lower Body - Probable Thursday​

?Nathan Horton - Back - Out indefinitely ?Joffrey Lupul - Actually Injured - Out indefinitely ?Leo Komarov - Lower Body - Out Thursday​

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[Zee]

Win!

 

[Boston Leaf]

Please win

 

[herman]

Grzelyck is quite good (their Dermott, also paired with their Polak).

The Leaf Report podcast talked about Komarov a bit in their latest post-game chat. His knee is pretty bunged up.

Kapanen is bound to start potting his Grabner moments one of these days. He's already made adjustments (making fewer moves on choppy ice) to just sling it. I'd like to see him cut middle more to make Rask slide. You've got to be pretty perfect to short-side a rush chance without crossing the Royal Road.

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

Hello, Las Vegas?  I'd like to wager $1,000,000 that Kasperi Kapanen hits the goalpost on a breakaway tonight.

 

[WAYNEINIONA]

So what happens to Plekanec when Kadri comes back on Saturday?

 

[Kaberle15]

Hoping for a better result than the other series that were 2-1 last night!

Lets make it 2-2 boys! Go Leafs Go!!!

 

[Strangelove]

So what happens to Plekanec when Kadri comes back on Saturday?

I'm hoping he goes back to the fourth with Kapanen and Johnsson.

People keep forgetting that Plekanec played pretty well with those two when Komarov was injured late in the season. The weak link was Komarov, not Plekanec.

That said, if he shuts down Bergeron's line tonight and appears to be getting under his skin. I would understand if Babcock kept things rolling and stuck Kadri on a souped up fourth line Saturday.

 

[Zee]

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[Coco-puffs]

So what happens to Plekanec when Kadri comes back on Saturday?

I'm hoping he goes back to the fourth with Kapanen and Johnsson.

People keep forgetting that Plekanec played pretty well with those two when Komarov was injured late in the season. The weak link was Komarov, not Plekanec.

That said, if he shuts down Bergeron's line tonight and appears to be getting under his skin. I would understand if Babcock kept things rolling and stuck Kadri on a souped up fourth line Saturday.

Plekanec on the 2nd line is entirely for matchup purposes against the Bergeron line.  On Saturday, the game shifts back to Boston where they control the matchups (Bergeron will be put out against Matthews) and having Plekanec out there for defensive purposes over 30-goal scorer Kadri with Marner/Marleau doesn't make much sense against Boston's other lines.

Now, when the series shifts back to Toronto for Game 6, then you can consider if Plekanec is able to do a good enough job against Bergeron, loading up that 4th line (if you want to call it that- it might be our 2nd line next year) might make more sense to expose Boston's depth.

 

[Strangelove]

On another note, I managed to grab some free tickets to the game tonight.

I believe the Leafs have lost the last 5 or 6 games I attended. I'm going to commit the gambler's fallacy and assume that means they're due for a win.

 

[louisstamos]

On another note, I managed to grab some free tickets to the game tonight.

I believe the Leafs have lost the last 5 or 6 games I attended. I'm going to commit the gambler's fallacy and assume that means they're due for a win.

༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

 

[Strangelove]

On another note, I managed to grab some free tickets to the game tonight.

I believe the Leafs have lost the last 5 or 6 games I attended. I'm going to commit the gambler's fallacy and assume that means they're due for a win.

༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

It's cool I've got my own positive energies - ?\_(ツ)_/?

 

[Zee]

On another note, I managed to grab some free tickets to the game tonight.

I believe the Leafs have lost the last 5 or 6 games I attended. I'm going to commit the gambler's fallacy and assume that means they're due for a win.

They lose tonight and it's all on you.

 

[azzurri63]

Great to see the win on Monday but the Leafs still need to tighten up. They were scrambling I thought at times and on the PK they have to do a better job on Pastarnak. He should of had 2 goals for sure. If they can do that I think they win. Let's do it boys.

 

[Strangelove]

On another note, I managed to grab some free tickets to the game tonight.

I believe the Leafs have lost the last 5 or 6 games I attended. I'm going to commit the gambler's fallacy and assume that means they're due for a win.

They lose tonight and it's all on you.

If they lose, I think that will constitute definitive proof that my beer stained Antropov jersey is bad luck.

 

[ZBBM]

So what happens to Plekanec when Kadri comes back on Saturday?

I'm hoping he goes back to the fourth with Kapanen and Johnsson.

People keep forgetting that Plekanec played pretty well with those two when Komarov was injured late in the season. The weak link was Komarov, not Plekanec.

That said, if he shuts down Bergeron's line tonight and appears to be getting under his skin. I would understand if Babcock kept things rolling and stuck Kadri on a souped up fourth line Saturday.

Plekanec on the 2nd line is entirely for matchup purposes against the Bergeron line.  On Saturday, the game shifts back to Boston where they control the matchups (Bergeron will be put out against Matthews) and having Plekanec out there for defensive purposes over 30-goal scorer Kadri with Marner/Marleau doesn't make much sense against Boston's other lines.

Now, when the series shifts back to Toronto for Game 6, then you can consider if Plekanec is able to do a good enough job against Bergeron, loading up that 4th line (if you want to call it that- it might be our 2nd line next year) might make more sense to expose Boston's depth.

I like your moxie.

 

[ZBBM]

On another note, I managed to grab some free tickets to the game tonight.

I believe the Leafs have lost the last 5 or 6 games I attended. I'm going to commit the gambler's fallacy and assume that means they're due for a win.

They lose tonight and it's all on you.

If they lose, I think that will constitute definitive proof that my beer stained Antropov jersey is bad luck.

My lucky Canadian Tire jersey will cancel yours out, leaving them to win or lose entirely on their own merits.

 

[Coco-puffs]

So what happens to Plekanec when Kadri comes back on Saturday?

I'm hoping he goes back to the fourth with Kapanen and Johnsson.

People keep forgetting that Plekanec played pretty well with those two when Komarov was injured late in the season. The weak link was Komarov, not Plekanec.

That said, if he shuts down Bergeron's line tonight and appears to be getting under his skin. I would understand if Babcock kept things rolling and stuck Kadri on a souped up fourth line Saturday.

Plekanec on the 2nd line is entirely for matchup purposes against the Bergeron line.  On Saturday, the game shifts back to Boston where they control the matchups (Bergeron will be put out against Matthews) and having Plekanec out there for defensive purposes over 30-goal scorer Kadri with Marner/Marleau doesn't make much sense against Boston's other lines.

Now, when the series shifts back to Toronto for Game 6, then you can consider if Plekanec is able to do a good enough job against Bergeron, loading up that 4th line (if you want to call it that- it might be our 2nd line next year) might make more sense to expose Boston's depth.

I like your moxie.

8)

 

[puckinthehead]

I have a hunch tonight's game will very chippy. Two missions: Use blazing speed, don't back down to B's physical intimidation.