Leafs @ Wild - Nov. 13th, 7:30pm - TSN, SN 590

[CarltonTheBear]

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  11-6-0, 22 points | 10-4-4, 24 points 

Projected Lines

Lupul-JVR-Kessel Raymond-Kadri-Clarkson     Ashton-McClement-Kulemin    McLaren-Smithson-Orr  Gunnarsson-Phaneuf Gardiner-Franson Fraser-Ranger Bernier​

Parise-Koivu-Coyle Niederreiter-Granlund-Pominville Cooke-Brodziak-Fontaine Mitchell-Konopka-Heatley Suter-Brodin Spurgeon-Scandella Prosser-Dumba Backstrom ​

Scratches

Troy Bodie John-Michael Liles Morgan Rielly ​

Keith Ballard Clayton Stoner      ​

Line-up Notes

?With a win against the Wild already under his belt, odds are Reimer gets the start UPDATE: Bernier starts ?Orr returned to practice on Tuesday, and will likely return to the line-up ?With no changes to the defence pairs at practice on Tuesday, expect Rielly and Liles to once again sit ?Carlyle had Lupul back on the top line and Kadri with Raymond and Clarkson at practice Monday​

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?Harding will likely start for Minnesota UPDATE: Backstrom starts
?Defenceman Clayton Stoner practiced with his club on Monday and may return to the line-up after missing one game with a lower-body injury
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Injuries

?Tyler Bozak - Hamstring - Injured Reserve ?Dave Bolland - Ankle - Out indefinitely ?Colton Orr - Undisclosed - Day to day​

?Mike Rupp - Knee - Injured Reserve ?Keith Ballard - Upper Body - Out indefinitely ?Clayton Stoner - Leg - Day to day ​

Statistical Leaders

Kessel - 10 Franson - 10 Kessel - 19 Phaneuf - +9 Orr - 51 McClement - 53.8% Phaneuf - 24:18 Bernier - 7 Bernier - 2.17 Reimer - .942​

G A P +/- PIM FO% TOI/G W GAA SA%​

11 - Pominville 11 - Suter 15 - Parise +8 - Pominville 32 - Konopka 65.7% - Konopka  29:22 - Suter 9 - Harding 1.22 - Harding .947 - Harding​

Season Overview

11 6 0 22 51 40 21.7% 83.8% 26.7 36.5 45.6% 5-4-0 5-5-0 Lost 1​

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

10 4 4 24 48 40 23.9% 78.3% 28.9 24.2 55.1% 7-1-2 7-1-2 Won 1​

Stream Options

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[LittleHockeyFan]

sadly, the GameDayBears get a night off because I'm working.

Go Leafs!

 

[Bullfrog]

Does Heatley really play on the 4th line? ouch.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Does Heatley really play on the 4th line? ouch.

Recently, yeah. 1 point in his past 7 games. 4 points in 18 games this season.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Does Heatley really play on the 4th line? ouch.

Recently, yeah. 1 point in his past 7 games. 4 points in 18 games this season.

Yeah he's fallen on tough times.  Those are at Clarkson levels.

8)

 

[bustaheims]

Yeah he's fallen on tough times.  Those are at Clarkson levels.

8)

Man, I hope Clarkson has at least 4 points by his 18th game . . .

 

[bustaheims]

markhmasters: Harding under the weather so Backstrom starts v Leafs; Stoner expected back in lineup with Dumba to come out

markhmasters: 3 shutouts in 6 starts v Wild RT @jonasTSN1050: Jonathan Bernier looks to be the starter tonight in Minnesota.

 

[CaptainObvious]

Go Leafs!

 

[bustaheims]

jonasTSN1050: Morgan Rielly practicing with second PP unit this morning. Wonder if he gets back in tonight vs. Wild.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

jonasTSN1050: Morgan Rielly practicing with second PP unit this morning. Wonder if he gets back in tonight vs. Wild.

I just hope he's not practicing it with Ranger then.

 

[Frank E]

jonasTSN1050: Morgan Rielly practicing with second PP unit this morning. Wonder if he gets back in tonight vs. Wild.

I just hope he's not practicing it with Ranger then.

I've missed the past couple of games, but I had thought that Ranger was coming along nicely previous to these.

Is this not the case now?

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I've missed the past couple of games, but I had thought that Ranger was coming along nicely previous to these.

Is this not the case now?

That wasn't meant to be a shot at Ranger. I just meant that if Rielly was playing with him it would mean Gardiner is sitting, which would be insane.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I'm just speculating, but if Rielly does play I think it will be as the 7th defenceman. Maybe McLaren sits.

edit: And 10 minutes after I post that Hendrick tweets this:

Paul Hendrick ‏@HennyTweets 9m
Ashton, mclaren and bodie all came off late which might indicate that coach carlyle goes with 7 D tonight. #TMLtalk

 

[freer]

Please play a full game. We need to some confidence going in to BUF on friday. Leafs 3 -1

 

[nutman]

I expect a win, nothing less.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Oh good, the Sabres are putting John Scott back in the lineup.

EDIT: I think I just came from the future.  In any event, ignore that.  Saw a John Scott/Leafs tweet, mind exploded.

 

[iwas11in67]

Factoid: At 11-6 the Leafs would be out of the playoffs if they were in the western conference.

Leafs win tonight!

 

[louisstamos]

Factoid: At 11-6 the Leafs would be out of the playoffs if they were in the western conference.

I think that speaks a lot to the West's Domination of the Eastern Conference so far this year...although, the Leafs are one of the few teams that have a winning record against the west at 6-3 (the Lightning is the only other team with a winning record at 6-0).

 

[L K]

I'm just speculating, but if Rielly does play I think it will be as the 7th defenceman. Maybe McLaren sits.

edit: And 10 minutes after I post that Hendrick tweets this:

Paul Hendrick ‏@HennyTweets 9m
Ashton, mclaren and bodie all came off late which might indicate that coach carlyle goes with 7 D tonight. #TMLtalk

At this point in the year, there really isn't a reason not to go with 7-Dmen given that Carlyle insists on playing a guy for 2 minutes a night otherwise.  It prevents Phaneuf from playing 27 minutes and then being incapable of skating.  It gives you an option when the team is down so that you can have offense from the back-end and it means you aren't benching Rielly for absolutely no reason.

 

[Arn]

Clarkson to score tonight.