18-13-2, 38 points | 21-8-2, 44 points
Projected Lines
Hyman-Draisaitl-Puljujarvi Foegele-McLeod-Yamamoto Benson-Turris-Kassian Perlini-Shore-Sceviour Nurse-Bouchard Keith-Ceci Koekkoek-Barrie Koskinen | Bunting-Matthews-Marner Kerfoot-Tavares-Nylander Mikheyev-Kampf-Kase Engvall-Spezza-Simmonds Rielly-Brodie Muzzin-Holl Sandin-Dermott Campbell |
Scratches
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins William Lagesson Mike Smith |
Code:
| Nick Ritchie Timothy Liljegren Alex Biega |
Game Notes
EDM
?Koskinen (12-7-1, 3.19 GAA, 0.900 Sv%) will likely start for the Oilers
?Edmonton is 2-8-2 in their last 12 games and have gone from being 1st in the league in Pts% at the beginning of December to barely holding onto the final Wild Card spot in the West
?To make matters worse McDavid (and Derek Ryan) tested positive for COVID yesterday. They await another round of test results this morning but it seems likely they'll be out for this game
?Former Leaf Zach Hyman of course makes his return to Toronto for the first time, unfortunately no crowd will be present to give him a warm welcome back
TOR
?Campbell (16-5-2, 1.86 GAA, .939 Sv%) will start for the Leafs
?The Leafs had their own COVID scare as Matthews tested positive on a rapid test but returned a negative PCR test afterward. He'll need another negative test today but if that happens he should be able to suit up tonight
?Kase missed practice yesterday after tweaking something in the gym so his status is unclear. If he's out expect Ritchie to step back into the line-up
?Muzzin and Liljegren are both off of the COVID protocol and appear 100%, Muzzin was back in his regular spot alongside Holl while Liljegren practiced as the 7D
Injuries
?Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Lower Body - Questionable ?Mike Smith - Upper Body - Questionable ?Kris Russel - Upper Body - Injured Reserve ?Connor McDavid - COVID-19 Protocol - Questionable ?Derek Ryan - COVID-19 Protocol - Questionable |
Code:
| ?Ondrej Kase - Undisclosed - Questionable ?Auston Matthews - COVID-19 Protocol - Probable |
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