Leafs @ Blue Jackets - Oct. 31st, 7:00pm - SNO, TSN 1050

[CarltonTheBear]

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4-4-1, 9 points | 4-5-0, 8 points

Projected Lines

Lupul-Kadri-Kessel JVR-Bozak-Clarkson Komarov-Santorelli-Winnik Panik-Holland-Frattin Phaneuf-Franson Gardiner-Robidas Rielly-Polak Bernier ​

Hartnell-Johansen-Atkinson Foligno-Wennberg-SKille Dano-Chaput-Tropp Cracknell-Gibbons-Boll Tyutin-Johnson Erixon-Savard Murray-Prout McElhinney​

Scratches

Stuart Percy Carter Ashton ​

Cody Goloubef Sean Collins​

Line-up Notes

TOR
?Bernier likely starts for Toronto, although confirmation will come in the morning
?Percy was called up from the Marlies, likely just as insurance with the back-to-back
?No line changes at practice on Thursday, although it's within the realm of possibility that Ash... haha jk he's probably sitting

CBJ
?Curtis McElhinney (2 GS, 0-1, 4.83 GAA, .863 SA%) likely starts for Columbus
?Injury problems continue to get worse, as the Blue Jackets lost Letestu and Wisniewski in their last game
?Looking on the bright side, Nick Foligno will likely return from his neck injured, which he incurred after a freak collison with a linesman
?Despite missing training camp, Ryan Johansen has a point in all 9 games so far this season

Injuries

?Brandon Kozun - Lower Body - Injured Reserve ?David Booth - Foot - Injured Reserve​

?Nick Foligno - Neck - Probable Friday ?Artem Anisimov - Upper Body - Doubtful Friday ?Mark Letestu - Groin - Injured Reserve ?Matt Calvert - Upper Body - Injured Reserve ?Sergei Bobrovsky - Finger - Injured Reserve ?James Wisniewski - Finger - Injured Reserve ?Brandon Dubinsky - Lower Body - Injured Reserve ?Boone Jenner - Hand - Injured Reserve ?Nathan Horton - Back - Injured Reserve​

Statistical Leaders

Kessel - 5 Bozak - 4 JVR - 4 Bozak - 6 Komarov - 6 Kessel - 5 Kessel - 10 Bozak - 10 JVR - 6 Winnik - +3 Phaneuf - 23 Bozak - 54.8%   Phaneuf - 21:55 Reimer - 2 Reimer - 2.62 Reimer - .914​

G A P +/- PIM FO% TOI/G W GAA SA%​

5 - Johansen 4 - Atkinson 3 - Foligno 9 - Hartnell 7 - Johansen 6 - Foligno 12 - Johansen 10 - Hartnell 9 - Foligno +2 - Tyutin 26 - Boll 58.8% - Letestu 23:54 - Johnson 4 - Bobrovsky 2.81 - Bobrovsky .908 - Bobrovsky​

Season Overview

4 4 1 (24th)          9 (13th)      2.78 (18th)      2.78 (19th)  16.2% (9th)  85.3% (11th)      31.1 (20th)      31.2 (18th)  49.2% 2-0-1 4-4-1 Won 1​

W L OT P G/G GA/G PP% PK% S/G SA/G FO% A | H L10 Streak​

4 5 0 8          (27th) 2.78      (14th) 3.33      (23rd) 18.4%  (16th) 78.6%  (24th) 30.2      (15th) 31.2      (21st) 50.9%  (13th) 2-2-0 4-5-0 Lost 3​

Streaks

Bozak - 4 pts in 3 GP​	HOT​	12 pts in last 9 GP - Johansen 6 pts in last 5 GP - Hartnell ​
Kadri - 0 pts in last 6 GP Lupul - 0 pts in last 5 GP     Phaneuf - 0 pts in last 5 GP​	COLD  ​

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1 pt in last 6 GP - Johnson
0 pts in last 5 GP - Skille​

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Stream Options

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[Chev-boyar-sky]

Would be nice to see them take advantage of the injury to Bob.

I'll be hoping for a big game from Kadri and Lupul, to get them going. If they start scoring (somewhat consistently), the Leafs will be a much harder team to defend against.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Sure hope they show up against Columbus better than last season.  Those were some of the worst performances of the season.

 

[Highlander]

what a train wreck of injuries, agreed that Kadri and Lupul if scoring regularly that it will open it up for everyone else. Lets hope we win and get a streak going.

 

[LittleHockeyFan]

working tonight. Will miss this one. Argh! They said they'd be playing Wednesday and Saturday nights so I told work to not schedule me for those nights....and this is like the 4th Thursday or Friday night game now, thanks a bunch 

anyway, no bears tonight... (I bet not everyone's sad about that   )

 

[Stickytape]

Sometimes these badly injured teams are harder to play than they seem, as they're stocked with guys who might not be as talented, but who you can bet are going to play their hearts out.  It's a good opportunity to build a winning streak, but the Leafs have to be ready to at least match the energy.  Should be a good one to watch!

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Bernier starts tonight, meaning Reimer likely goes against Chicago tomorrow.

 

[dappleganger]

Happy Halloween from your Captain:

 

[mc]

Happy Halloween from your Captain:

The spider on the right had no trouble getting around him.

 

[Highlander]

He is better suited as the Penguin or Frankensteiner

 

[louisstamos]

He is better suited as the Penguin or Frankensteiner

This guy?

 

[Chev-boyar-sky]

He is better suited as the Penguin or Frankensteiner

He would be a great Frankenstein. He's too ugly to be spiderman (even though your not supposed to see his face).

 

[Deebo]

Hendrick says "looks like Stuart Percy will be in the lineup", maybe they are going with 7D.

 

[L K]

Hendrick says "looks like Stuart Percy will be in the lineup", maybe they are going with 7D.

What a stupid notion.  The 7d thing just creates confusion in the defence pairings.  And while Percy was a pleasant surprise he was not so good that he was absolutely a necessity to get in the lineup. 

 

[Highlander]

Phaneuf was originally wearing a traffic cone but someone pointed out that is his normal outfit

 

[Chev-boyar-sky]

Phaneuf was originally wearing a traffic cone but someone pointed out that is his normal outfit

Nice one.

 

[Stickytape]

He is better suited as the Penguin or Frankensteiner

He would be a great Frankenstein. He's too ugly to be spiderman (even though your not supposed to see his face).

I hate to be that guy, but this is Frankenstein:

And this is Fankenstein's monster:

Besides, I hear Phaneuf is dressing up as a $7M, top-pairing NHL defenseman tonight, if you can believe that.

 

[louisstamos]

Plus, he's kinda done it before:

 

[Stickytape]

Wow, nice find!

 

[Deebo]

No Lupul in the warm-up, per Siegel