Maple Leafs Go For Season Sweep Of Islanders

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March 30, 2018 (3:18 PM)

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"Toronto Maple Leafs 99 pts (46-24-7)
@
New York Islanders 74 pts (32-35-10)
7 p.m. ET
Barclays Center � Brooklyn, NY
TV: TSN4
Radio: TSN 1050 AM

Season Series/Schedule
Date Game GWG
1/31 NYI 0 @ TOR 5 Kasperi Kapanen
2/22 NYI 3 @ TOR 4 OT Tyler Bozak
3/30 TOR @ NYI

Team Leaders
Maple Leafs Islanders
Mitch Marner, 67 Points John Tavares, 79
James van Riemsdyk, 35 Goals Anders Lee, 39
Mitch Marner, 46 Assists Mathew Barzal, 58

The Toronto Maple Leafs punched their ticket to the Stanley Cup playoffs after the Ottawa Senators beat the Florida Panthers in overtime Thursday night. This marks the first time that the Maple Leafs have made the postseason in consecutive seasons since 2003 and 2004.
The Leafs mathematically still have a chance for either first or second place in the Atlantic Division, but realistically they will remain in third place. As of now, they will play the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round, but that could change as they are only one point behind the Boston Bruins for the Atlantic lead.
This will be the Maple Leafs lone trip to Brooklyn this year as these two team close out their regular season series. The Islanders will look to avoid the season series sweep after losing both games in Toronto earlier this year. Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner both have a pair of goals against New York this season.
Frederik Andersen who starts tonight, has a .952 save percentage in his two wins over the Islanders this season. He's given up just three goals on 63 shots.

Probable Maple Leafs Lineup
FORWARDS
Zach Hyman � Auston Matthews � William Nylander
Patrick Marleau � Nazem Kadri � Mitch Marner
James van Riemsdyk � Tyler Bozak � Connor Brown
Andreas Johnsson � Tomas Plekanec � Kasperi Kapanen
DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
Morgan Rielly � Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner � Nikita Zaitsev
Travis Dermott � Roman Polak
GOALTENDER
Frederik Andersen (36-20-5, 2.81 GAA, .917 save %, 5 SO)
INJURY REPORT
LW-Joffrey Lupul (sports hernia) out, RW-Leo Komarov (lower-body) out

Probable Islanders Lineup
FORWARDS
Anders Lee � John Tavares � Josh Bailey
Anthony Beauvillier � Mathew Barzal � Jordan Eberle
Andrew Ladd � Brock Nelson � Tanner Fritz
Ross Johnston � Chris Wagner � Cal Clutterbuck
DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
Thomas Hickey � Ryan Pulock
Brandon Davidson � Adam Pelech
Dennis Seidenberg � Scott Mayfield
GOALTENDER
Chris Gibson (2-2-2, 3.42 GAA, .917 save %, 0 SO)
INJURY REPORT
Nikolay Kulemin (upper-body) out, D-Calvin de Haan (upper-body) out, LW-Shane Prince (upper-body) out, G-Thomas Greiss (lower-body) out, C-Alan Quine (lower-body) out, C-Casey Cizikas (upper-body) out, D-Nick Leddy (undisclosed) out, D-Johnny Boychuk (undisclosed) out"

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