Two Of The Hottest Teams In The NHL Square Off In Pittsburgh

PUBLICATION

February 17, 2018 (12:00)

SHARE THIS STORY

"Toronto Maple Leafs 75 pts (35-19-5)
@
Pittsburgh Penguins 70 pts (33-22-4)
7 p.m. ET
PPG Paints Arena � Pittsburgh, PA
TV: CBC
Radio: TSN 1050 AM

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

Team Leaders
Maple Leafs Penguins
Auston Matthews, 47 Points Malkin/Kessel/Crosby, 66
Auston Matthews, 26 Goals Evegeni Malkin, 32
Mitch Marner, 32 Assists Sidney Crosby, 47

The Toronto Maple Leafs are in Pittsburgh tonight for their second meeting with the Penguins tonight. The Leafs got two goals from Tyler Bozak along with goals from James van Riemsdyk and Connor Brown in a 4-3 victory in their first contest.
Mike Babcock held an optional skate this morning that was attended by defense Jake Gardiner, who missed Friday's morning skate after leaving Wednesday's win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. He confirmed after today's skate that he is good to go and will play tonight.
Gardiner is good to go, plays tonight !!#tmltalk
— Paul Hendrick (@HennyTweets) February 17, 2018

Tonight's game will feature two of the hottest teams in the league. The Leafs have five straight wins and are 9-1-0 over their last 10 games while the Penguins have won three in a row and are 8-1-1 over their last 10 games. They are also undefeated in their last 10 games on home ice.

Probable Maple Leafs Lineup
FORWARDS
Zach Hyman - Auston Matthews - William Nylander
Patrick Marleau - Nazem Kadri - Mitch Marner
James van Riemsdyk - Tyler Bozak - Connor Brown
Leo Komarov - Dominic Moore - Kasperi Kapanen
DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
Morgan Rielly - Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner - Nikita Zaitsev
Travis Dermott - Roman Polak
GOALTENDER
Frederik Andersen (29-15-4, 2.66 GAA, .922 save %, 4 SO)
INJURY REPORT
LW-Joffrey Lupul (sports hernia) out

Probable Penguins Lineup
FORWARDS
Zach Aston-Reese - Sidney Crosby - Conor Sheary
Carl Hagelin - Evgeni Malkin - Bryan Rust
Jake Guentzel - Riley Sheahan - Phil Kessel
Dominik Simon - Carter Rowney - Ryan Reaves
DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
Brian Dumoulin - Kris Letang
Olli Maatta - Justin Schultz
Ian Cole - Jamie Oleksiak
GOALTENDER
Matt Murray (21-12-2, 2.85 GAA, .908 save %, 1 SO)
INJURY REPORT
D-Matt Hunwick (upper-body) day-to-day, RW-Patric Hornqvist (lower-body) out, LW-Tom Kuhnhackl (lower-body) out"

MUST READ