The Maple Leafs hope to make it 3-0-0 in the 2024-25 season series against the Lightning tonight at Scotiabank Arena (7:30 p.m. EST, Amazon Prime).
Three of Toronto’s forward lines and all three defense pairings will look different than they did to start the game in Montreal. source
Matthew Knies — Auston Matthews — Mitch Marner
Bobby McMann — Pontus Holmberg — William Nylander
Max Domi — Fraser Minten — Nicholas Robertson
Steven Lorentz — David Kampf — Connor Dewar
Morgan Rielly — Jake McCabe
Oliver Ekman-Larsson — Chris Tanev
Simon Benoit — Conor Timmins
Joseph Woll
Dennis Hildeby
Scratched: Ryan Reaves, Philippe Myers
Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Calle Jarnkrok (lower body), Anthony Stolarz (lower body), John Tavares (lower body), Max Pacioretty (upper body)
Status report: Pacioretty, a forward, is day to day after getting injured during a 7-3 win against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. Minten, who had been a healthy scratch the past two games since being recalled from Toronto of the American Hockey League, will replace Pacioretty. … Benoit will return after being scratched the previous two games.
Let’s goooooooooooooo!
Mid second - Woll definitely 1st star.
100%! Nylander’s playing at such a high level right now too.
Willy scores!
Me right now:
Great start - nice opener by AM. I don’t know if that is a good thing or not. It seems, recently, when the Leafs score first they then give up.
BEAUTY by Knies from Marner.
Sooooooooooo close on that Michigan attempt!
Good effort. Should’ve shut it down at 3-1 but I’ll take it!