Projected lineup for tonight's Battle of Ontario, as the Leafs welcome the Sens to town
The Leafs are back at it on Wednesday night, hosting the Battle of Ontario as they welcome the Ottawa Senators to town. The Sens are 4-6-0 to begin the season and are rolling into Toronto on a 2-game losing streak, so I'm sure they'll be hungry for a win, which should make for an exciting game.
In terms of lineup decisions, Sheldon Keefe appears to like what he saw from his lineup on Monday against Tampa, as he is rolling out the same line combinations, with Matthew Knies up top with Matthews and Marner, Bertuzzi remaining on the second line, Robertson reprising his role as 3LW next to Domi and Jarnkrok, who is fresh off of a 2-goal performance, and Ryan Reaves remains in the lineup with his usual line 4 linemates.
Knies-Matthews-Marner
Bertuzzi-Tavares-Nylander
Robertson-Domi-Jarnkok
Gregor-Kampf-Reaves
One surprise that is worth mentioning is that the injured Conor Timmins finally returned to practice on Wednesday, which could indicate that he's not too far off. Sheldon Keefe stated after practice that Timmins is not going to play this week or on the upcoming trip to Sweden, but his presence at practice is encouraging nonetheless.
McCabe, Lajoie and Timmins all skated as extras on Wednesday, which means that the Benoit/Lagesson tandem that played pretty well in Tampa will get another crack at it tonight against Ottawa.
Rielly-Brodie
Giordano-Klingberg
Benoit-Lagesson
McCabe-Lajoie
Timmins
As of this point, Keefe has not named a starting goalie, so it could be either of Samsonov or Woll - though it bears mentioning that Samsonov was on for extra work with Curtis Sanford, Nik Antropov and Shane Doan, so Woll likely gets the nod tonight.
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NOVEMBRE 8 | 318 ANSWERS Projected lineup for tonight's Battle of Ontario, as the Leafs welcome the Sens to town Should the Leafs experiment with Nick Robertson in the top-6 until Tyler Bertuzzi finds his game? | ||
| Yes | 203 | 63.8 % |
| No | 85 | 26.7 % |
| Keefe should swap them each game | 30 | 9.4 % |
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