sens @ Maple Leafs - Mar. 15th, 7:00pm - SN, TSN 1050

[CarltonTheBear]

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Ottawa Senators 35-25-5, 75 pts​	@​	Toronto Maple Leafs 39-23-3, 81 pts​

Projected Line-ups​

Tkachuk-Stutzle-Giroux Perron-Cozens-Batherson Greig-Pinto-Amadio Highmore-Gaudette-Zetterlund Sanderson-Zub Chabot-Jensen Kleven-Matinpalo Ullmark​

Knies-Matthews-Marner Jarnkrok-Tavares-Nylander McMann-Laughton-Domi Holmberg-Kampf-Lorentz Rielly-Carlo McCabe-Tanev Benoit-OEL Woll​

Scratches​

Dennis Gilbert Travis Hamonic​

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Nick Robertson Philippe Myers​

Injuries​

Nick Cousins - Knee - Injured Reserve​

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Max Pacioretty - Undisclosed - Injured Reserve Jani Hakanpaa - Knee - Injured Reserve​

Game Notes​

OTT -Linus Ullmark (17-11-3, 2.68 GAA, .911 Sv%) will likely start for the sens -Ottawa has been one of the bigger surprise teams in the league this season. They are currently on a 5-game winning streak that's saw them jump up to a somewhat comfortable 5-point lead on the 1st wild card spot -The sens made a big splash on trade deadline day sending Josh Norris to Buffalo for Dylan Cozens. Cozens has 4 points in 4 games with his new team so far

TOR -Joseph Woll (22-12-0, 2.78 GAA, .905 Sv%) will likely start for the Leafs -The Leafs had the day off on Friday so not much to say here regarding any potential line-up decisions. All eyes will probably be on Nick Robertson at the morning skate to see if the winger will sit out for a 3rd straight game or not

Streams​

Streameast Sportsurge OnHockey NHL66​

 

[Ozzie]

 

[ZBBM]

They won't sit Matthews but at least cut his minutes. No more PK.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1900917239626223924

https://twitter.com/x/status/1900919663732642010

Well I still think Matthews for just sit for awhile, but if that's off the table then taking Marner off his line is probably the next best option. Not just to spread things out more but because that means Matthews' line will have much less defensive responsibilities and will give him slightly easier minutes to play.

 

[Guilt Trip]

Key for me is moving 88 to the third line to give him the easiest matchup. Many have said it all year....we need to spread them out over 3 lines. Let's hope it goes well because the lines have been stale. 88 should also help Laughton get going as well. Looking forward to seeing how it works out.

 

[cw]

I've been interested since the playoffs last year to see this line tried this season
Knies — Matthews — Domi

This is probably my favorite two-way line of the season:
McMann — Tavares — Marner

 

[Chris]

Good to see but what are the odds the new lines last into the third period? I guess it depends...come out on fire and dominate the game and they last, come out and struggle and they get switched back before the end of the second.

Really have no idea what to expect tonight.

 

[Ozzie]

Excited about this new mix.

Moving Knies Matthews Domi to third line status with 13mins of sheltered ice time might take pressure off AM34 and give room for Nylander Laughton Jarnkrok to shine. These boys are good enough to be L2 on most teams.