Maple Leafs Host Stars As They Go For 11th In A Row At Home

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March 14, 2018 (12:53)

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"Toronto Maple Leafs 87 pts (40-22-7)
vs
Dallas Stars 82 pts (38-26-6)
7 p.m. ET
Air Canada Centre � Toronto, ON
TV: Sportsnet
Radio: TSN 1050 AM

Season Series/Schedule
Date Game GWG
1/25 TOR 4 @ DAL 1 Zach Hyman
3/14 DAL @ TOR

Team Leaders
Maple Leafs Stars
Mitch Marner, 56 Points Tyler Seguin, 65
Auston Matthews, 28 Goals Tyler Seguin, 36
Mitch Marner, 37 Assists John Klingberg, 50

The Maple Leafs are back in action tonight as they attempt to sweep the two-game season series from the Dallas Stars. Nazem Kadri scored a pair of goals in a 4-1 win in Dallas back in January. Auston Matthews and Zach Hyman also scored with Curtis McElhinney making 39 saves.
Frederik Andersen will get the start in goal tonight. Auston Matthews will miss yet another game up front, while the flu will keep Nikita Zaitsev out on the back end. Travis Dermott missed yesterday's practice with an illness, but he appears to be good to go tonight.
Andreas Johnsson will make his NHL debut tonight as Mike Babcock decided to give the Marlies leading scorer a look as Josh Leivo, Matt Martin and Dominic Moore will all take a seat.
The Stars currently find themselves in the second wild card spot in the Western Conference two points ahead of the Anaheim Ducks and Calgary Flames. They missed a chance to move up a spot with a 4-2 loss at the lowly Montreal Canadiens last night.

Probable Maple Leafs lineup
FORWARDS
Zach Hyman - William Nylander - Mitchell Marner
Patrick Marleau - Nazem Kadri - Leo Komarov
James van Riemsdyk - Tyler Bozak - Connor Brown
Andreas Johnsson - Tomas Plekanec - Kasperi Kapanen
DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
Morgan Rielly - Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner - Roman Polak
Travis Dermott - Connor Carrick
GOALTENDER
Frederik Andersen (33-18-5, 2.76 GAA, .919 save %, 5 SO)
INJURY REPORT
LW-Joffrey Lupul (sports hernia), C-Auston Matthews (shoulder) out, D-Nikita Zaitsev (illness) out

Probable Stars Lineup
FORWARDS
Jamie Benn - Tyler Seguin - Alexander Radulov
Devin Shore - Jason Dickinson - Mattias Janmark
Antoine Roussel - Radek Faksa - Tyler Pitlick
Remi Elie - Jason Spezza - Brett Ritchie
DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
Esa Lindell - John Klingberg
Dan Hamhuis - Greg Pateryn
Marc Methot - Stephen Johns
GOALTENDER
Kari Lehtonen (12-9-2, 2.31 GAA, .918 save %, 1 SO)
INJURY REPORT
C-Martin Hanzal (back) out, G-Ben Bishop (knee) out"

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