Rangers @ Leafs - Oct. 18th, 7:00pm - SN, Fan 590

[CarltonTheBear]

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1-1-1, 3 points | 2-1-0, 4 points

Projected Lines

Lafreni?re-Zibanejad-Kreider Panarin-Chytil-Goodrow Blais-Rooney-Gauthier Hunt-McKegg-Reaves Lindgren-Fox Miller-Trouba Nemeth-Lundkvist Shesterkin ​

Ritchie-Matthews-Marner Bunting-Tavares-Nylander Kerfoot-Kampf-Kase Spezza-Engvall-Simmonds Rielly-Brodie Muzzin-Liljegren Dermott-Sandin Campbell​

Scratches

Morgan Barron Jarred Tinordi Libor Hajek ​

Michael Amadio Justin Holl​

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Game Notes

NYR
?Shesterkin (1-0-1, 1.98 GAA, .931 Sv%) will likely start for the Rangers
?An American team?!

TOR
?Campbell (2-0-0, 0.86 GAA, .968 Sv%) will likely start for the Leafs
?Auston Matthews took part in practice on Sunday and is expected to make his season debut after missing the first 3 games recovering from his wrist injury
?Holl was absent from that practice because he was still feeling ill, although the good news is he has tested negative for COVID
?Muzzin was also absent but that was described as a maintenance day

Injuries

?Kaapo Kakko - Upper Body - Injured Reserve ?Ryan Strome - COVID-19 Protocol - Out​

?Auston Matthews - Wrist - Probable Monday ?Justin Holl - Illness - Questionable Monday ?Petr Mrazek - Groin - Injured Reserve ?Ilya Mikheyev - Thumb - Injured Reserve​

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[Kin]

That Rangers line-up is pretty top heavy.

 

[rdowdall]

What happened to Kappo Kakko?

 

[herman]

What happened to Kappo Kakko?

https://twitter.com/DaveyUpper/status/1449533780428042247
NYR24; Gonna go with concussion that hasn't been declared yet, just from the look of his head contact on that second hit.

 

[L K]

The last time we played an American team they eliminated us from playoff contention. 

This is probably the most important must win game of the year.

Nice of Matthews to feel like he might be ready to try playing hockey again.  It's amazing how much better the roster looks like Matthews slots back in and Tavares and Kerfoot move down the lineup.

 

[OldTimeHockey]

Any word on the backup goalie?

 

[Frank E]

Any word on the backup goalie?

There's a kid on the local pee wee team that had a good start to his season, and apparently Dubas is making an ATO pitch to him at 3:30pm when he gets home from school.

 

[herman]

Any word on the backup goalie?

After playing short a roster player, the Leafs became eligible to call up a player on emergency basis (Hutchinson).
https://twitter.com/LeafsPR/status/1449746085795205124

In other lineup news,
Matthews is set to make his season debut
Muzzin, who took a maintenance day from practice, is good to go
Holl, who missed last game with cold symptoms, has tested negative for COVID and is playing tonight
Liljegren is a health scratch

 

[Zee]

Leafs lineup looks a hell of a lot better with Matthews in.

 

[disco]

Go Leafs Go!

 

[cujo4ever]

Finally a team other than the habs/sens.

GO LEAFS GO!

 

[Bullfrog]

Well, they didn't score, but that PP was beautiful.

 

[L K]

This team sometimes looks phenomenal and this start is one of them.  No goals yet but the forecheck and pressure have been awesome

 

[Bullfrog]

Ritchie looking good today.

 

[herman]

Not scoring yet, but this has been the best series of shifts from the Leafs up and down the lineup (twice) this season.

 

[herman]

Dermott looking good this period

 

[CarltonTheBear]

This Matthews guy is pretty good.

 

[herman]

Every line has received a speed injection

 

[herman]

That?s a good goal

 

[azzurri63]

Campbell should of had that.