Maple Leafs @ Penguins - Nov. 26th, 7:00pm - CBC, Fan 590

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Toronto Maple Leafs
12-5-5, 29 points​

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Pittsburgh Penguins
11-7-3, 25 points​

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[td]Bunting-Matthews-Nylander
Jarnkrok-Tavares-Marner
Kerfoot-Holmberg-Simmonds
ZAR-Kampf-Engvall

Giordano-Holl
Sandin-Liljegren
Mete-Hollowell

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[td]Guentzel-Crosby-Rakell
Zucker-Malkin-Rust
McGinn-Carter-Heinen
Poehling-Blueger-Archibald

Pettersson-Letang
Joseph-Petry
Dumoulin-Rutta

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Nicholas Robertson
Denis Malgin
Conor Timmins[/td]
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Kasperi Kapanen
Chad Ruhwedel[/td]
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?Morgan Rielly - Knee - Injured Reserve
?Jake Muzzin - Neck - Injured Reserve
?TJ Brodie - Oblique - Injured Reserve
?Jordie Benn - Upper Body - Injured Reserve
?Ilya Samsonov - Knee - Injured Reserve[/td]
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TOR
?Erik Kallgren (2-2-4, 2.87 GAA, .891 Sv%) will start for the Maple Leafs
?No confirmations, but don't be surprised if any or even all of Toronto's scratches on Friday find their way into the line-up on the 2nd half of this back to back

PIT
?Casey DeSmith (3-4-1, 2.88 GAA, .909 Sv%) will likely start for the Penguins
?Pittsburgh is also playing their 2nd game in 2 days. They're coming off a 4-1 victory over the Flyers, which was their 5th straight win

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[Guilt Trip]

Tough one for sure. Hope the effort is there and we can pull another win out. Go Leafs Go

 

[Redleaf]

Not sure why Murray played the weaker Wild team and Kallgren gets the pens , but hopefully that decision pays off. Go Leafs !

 

[Guilt Trip]

Not sure why Murray played the weaker Wild team and Kallgren gets the pens , but hopefully that decision pays off. Go Leafs !

That's the way it usually goes 99% of the time...The #1 plays the 1st game of a B2B.

 

[Bender]

Not super confident about this one considering they have a full squad...

 

[bustaheims]

https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/1596542751004557312

 

[Redleaf]

Not sure why Murray played the weaker Wild team and Kallgren gets the pens , but hopefully that decision pays off. Go Leafs !

That's the way it usually goes 99% of the time...The #1 plays the 1st game of a B2B.

Right but it doesn?t mean it?s the correct approach. I guess the thinking is they should win at least the 1st of the back to backs this way, but it also gives the stronger opponent a better chance of winning.

 

[Frank E]

Not sure why Murray played the weaker Wild team and Kallgren gets the pens , but hopefully that decision pays off. Go Leafs !

That's the way it usually goes 99% of the time...The #1 plays the 1st game of a B2B.

Right but it doesn?t mean it?s the correct approach. I guess the thinking is they should win at least the 1st of the back to backs this way, but it also gives the stronger opponent a better chance of winning.

I remember reading around here a while back that the math adds up for this approach.  The idea is that you hope for a split on back to backs, so give yourself the best chance to win the first game.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/1596628935621898240
That?s funny because I have felt the Leafs have been lacking in this department; they could be so much better at generating rush opportunities, but it would cost them their volume scoring chance suppression (especially with a short-staffed D-corps).

 

[ZBBM]

If Matthews has a big game, we win.  Otherwise, nope.

 

[lamajama]

Some very nice pre-game reflections on Borje.

 

[ZBBM]

STREAKKKKKKKKKKKKK

OMG what a nice goal

Haha Sid is not happy

 

[Guru Tugginmypuddah]

#16!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

 

[L K]

What the heck happened there and what a move by Marner to still get in all alone

 

[ZBBM]

What the heck happened there and what a move by Marner to still get in all alone

Not only was it the world's worst change, the instant replay wasn't kind to Petry.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/tictactomar/status/1596659594738425856
Okay Sullivan is right about the quick strike offense

 

[ZBBM]

Mete didn't need to do that.

 

[Guilt Trip]

Not a good play by Willy there.

 

[ZBBM]

I wonder if Crosby hurt himself pounding on the bench after the goal.

 

[L K]

Big save Kallgren