Maple Leafs Wrap Up Season Series With Penguins

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March 10, 2018 (1:11 PM)

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"Toronto Maple Leafs 85 pts (39-22-7)
vs
Pittsburgh Penguins 82 pts (39-25-7)
7 p.m. ET
Air Canada Centre � Toronto, ON
TV: CBC
Radio: Sportsnet 590 AM

Season Series/Schedule
Date Game GWG
12/9 TOR 4 @ PIT 3 Tyler Bozak
2/17 TOR 3 @ PIT 5 Olli Maata
3/10 PIT @ TOR

Team Leaders
Maple Leafs Penguins
Mitch Marner, 54 Points Evgeni Malkin, 84
Auston Matthews, 28 Goals Evgeni Malkin, 38
Marner/Nylander/Gardiner, 36 Assists Sidney Crosby, 51

Phil Kessel and the Penguins will make their one and only appearance to the Air Canada Centre tonight after these two teams split the first two games in Pittsburgh. Tyler Bozak has had a nice season series versus the Penguins with three goals, including a game winner, and five points.
The Maple Leafs enter tonight's game on a four-game losing streak and have not looked good in their last two outings. The Penguins have won three straight and have seven wins in their last 10 games, despite being without goaltender Matt Murray and forwards Bryan Rust and Dominik Simon.
The Leafs will be happy to be home as they are undefeated in their last nine games at the Air Canada Centre. The Penguins are three games below .500 on the road this season, so hopefully this will add up to the end of the current losing streak.
Mike Babcock made one change to the lineup from what we saw in Buffalo earlier in the week. Matt Martin is back in the press box, while Josh Leivo will suit up for just the third time since New Year's Eve.

Probable Maple Leafs lineup
FORWARDS
Zach Hyman - William Nylander - Mitchell Marner
Patrick Marleau - Nazem Kadri - Leo Komarov
James van Riemsdyk - Tyler Bozak - Connor Brown
Josh Leivo - Tomas Plekanec - Kasperi Kapanen
DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
Morgan Rielly - Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner - Nikita Zaitsev
Travis Dermott - Roman Polak
GOALTENDER
Frederik Andersen (32-18-5, 2.78 GAA, .919 save %, 5 SO)
INJURY REPORT
LW-Joffrey Lupul (sports hernia) out, C-Auston Matthews (shoulder) out

Probable Penguins Lineup
FORWARDS
Jake Guentzel - Sidney Crosby - Connor Sheary
Carl Hagelin - Evgeni Malkin - Patric Hornqvist
Riley Sheahan - Derrick Brassard - Phil Kessel
Tom Kuhnhackl - Josh Jooris - Carter Rowney
DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
Brian Dumoulin - Kris Letang
Jamie Oleksiak - Justin Schultz
Olli Maata - Chad Ruhwedel
GOALTENDER
Tristan Jarry (13-5-2, 2.66 GAA, .914 save %, 2 SO)
INJURY REPORT
G-Matt Murray (concussion) out, LW-Bryan Rust (upper-body) out, LW-Dominik Simon (lower-body) out"

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