Maple Leafs Look To Make Franchise History Versus Sabres

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March 26, 2018 (3:19 PM)

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"Toronto Maple Leafs 97 pts (45-23-7)
vs
Buffalo Sabres 58 pts (23-40-12)
7 p.m. ET
Air Canada Centre � Toronto, ON
TV: TSN4
Radio: TSN 1050 AM

Season Series/Schedule
Date Game GWG
3/5 TOR 3 @ BUF 5 Ryan O'Reilly
3/15 TOR 5 @ BUF 2 Connor Carrick
3/26 BUF @ TOR
4/2 BUF @ TOR

Team Leaders
Maple Leafs Sabres
Mitch Marner, 64 Points Jack Eichel, 54
James van Riemsdyk, 34 Goals Jack Eichel, 22
Mitch Marner, 44 Assists Ryan O'Reilly, 33

The Buffalo Sabres will make their first visit to the Air Canada Centre this evening before returning for the series finale in a week. The Leafs spit the pair of games in Buffalo earlier this month, outscoring them 8-7.
The Maple Leafs held an optional skate this morning so we can expect the same lineup we have seen the past two games. That means Roman Polak will remain in the lineup while Connor Carrick, who had the game winning goal in Buffalo 11 days ago, will be out.
Patrick Marleau will play in his 700^th consecutive regular season game, the second longest active streak in the NHL behind Keith Yandle. Marleau has a goal and three points against the Sabres this season.
A win tonight will extend the Leafs franchise-record home winning streak to 14 games. It will also tie the Leafs record for wins in a season with 45 and home wins with 26.

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 (35-19-5, 2.80 GAA, .918 save %, 5 SO)
INJURY REPORT
LW-Joffrey Lupul (sports hernia) out, RW-Leo Komarov (lower-body) out

Probable Sabres Lineup
FORWARDS
Scott Wilson - Ryan O'Reilly - Sam Reinhart
Zemgus Girgensons - Jack Eichel - Kyle Okposo
Benoit Pouliot - Evan Rodrigues - Nicholas Baptiste
Jordan Nolan - Johan Larsson - Jason Pominville
DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
Rasmus Dahlin - Rasmus Ristolainen
Brendan Guhle - Casey Nelson
Josh Gorges - Victor Antipin
GOALTENDER
Robin Lehner (14-26-9, 2.99 GAA, .909 save %, 3 SO)
INJURY REPORT
D-Zach Bogosian (lower-body) out, D-Jake McCabe (shoulder) out, C-Kyle Crisuolo (upper-body) out, C-Joseph Josefson (lower-body) out"

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