Maple Leafs Head Outdoors To Try To Snap Losing Streak

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March 3, 2018 (12:19)

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"Toronto Maple Leafs 85 pts (39-20-7)
@
Washington Capitals 79 pts (36-21-7)
8 p.m. ET
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium � Annapolis, MD
TV: CBC, NBC
Radio: TSN 1050 AM

Season Series/Schedule
Date Game GWG
10/17 TOR 2 @ WAS 0 Connor Brown
11/25 WAS 4 @ TOR 2 Jakub Vrana
3/3 TOR @ WAS

Team Leaders
Maple Leafs Capitals
Mitch Marner, 53 Points Alexander Ovechkin, 71
Auston Matthews, 28 Goals Alexander Ovechkin, 39
Gardiner/Marner. 36 Assists Evgeny Kuznetnov, 42
The Maple Leafs and Washington Capitals will finally take to the great outdoors tonight. The weather has been the main story line as rain and high winds cancelled Friday's scheduled practices for both teams. It will still be very windy at puck drop, but the game is still planned to go on as schedule.
When asked about not being to get on the ice until pregame warmups, head coach Mike Babcock did not seem too concerned as he pointed out that it is the same for both teams.
"This is my fourth (outdoor game), we'll just find a way to play the best we can,» Babcock said about the unknown conditions, per Lance Hornby. «Lots of times there's not a ton of plays in these games because the ice is no good. Well, don't turn the puck over. (Move) it a different way."
There will only be one lineup change from what we saw in Tuesday night's overtime loss to the Florida Panthers as Roman Polack will return to the third defensive pairing while Connor Carrick sits.

Probable Maple Leafs
FORWARDS
Patrick Marleau - Nazem Kadri - Mitch Marner
James van Riemsdyk - Tyler Bozak - Connor Brown
Zach Hyman - Tomas Plekanec - William Nylander
Leo Komarov - Dominic Moore - Kasperi Kapanen
DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
Morgan Rielly - Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner - Nikita Zaitsev
Travis Dermott - Roman Polak
GOALTENDER
Frederik Andersen (32-16-5, 2.67 GAA, .922 save %, 5 SO)
INJURY REPORT
LW-Joffrey Lupul (sports hernia) out, C-Auston Matthews (shoulder) out

Probable Capitals Lineup
FORWARDS
Alex Ovechkin - Nicklas Backstrom - Tom Wilson
Jakub Vrana - Evgeny Kuznetsov - T.J. Oshie
Brett Connolly - Lars Eller - Andre Burakovsky
Chandler Stephenson - Jay Beagle - Devante Smith-Pelly
DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
Michal Kempny - John Carlson
Dmitri Orlov - Matt Niskanen
Brooks Orpik - Christian Djoos
GOALTENDER
Braden Holtby (28-14-4, 3.02 GAA, .908 save %, 0 SO)
INJURY REPORT
None"

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