After a dominating 5-1 victory over Washington on Sunday evening, the Leafs had a very optional skills session yesterday with many opting to take a day off instead. Today, everyone was in attendance at practice, including Ilya Samsonov who departed after a couple of drills as he is expected to start his eighth in a row tomorrow against Boston.
On the blueline, Conor Timmins and Jordie Benn skated as extras once again as TJ Brodie was back in his usual place with Morgan Rielly who finally scored his first goal of the season Sunday evening. The remaining to pairs are unchanged as well, with Mark Giordano and Justin Holl paired together and Timothy Liljegren and Rasmus Sandin round out the third pair.
The Leafs will have to play one of, if not their best game of the season Wednesday when the Bruins visit as the Bruins are looking to snap their first and only multi-game losing streak of the season before heading into All-Star weekend.