GDT: 22-04-17 ISLANDERS (35-30-9) AT MAPLE LEAFS (49-20-6) 7:30

[therealkoho]

Islanders projected lineup

Anders Lee -- Brock Nelson -- Anthony Beauvillier

Zach Parise -- Mathew Barzal -- Oliver Wahlstrom

Josh Bailey -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Kyle Palmieri

Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Kieffer Bellows

Zdeno Chara -- Noah Dobson

Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock

Grant Hutton -- Andy Greene

Ilya Sorokin

Kenneth Appleby?

Scratched: Sebastian Aho, Ross Johnston

Injured: Cal Clutterbuck (shoulder), Scott Mayfield (lower body), Semyon Varlamov (illness)


Maple Leafs projected lineup

Michael Bunting -- Auston Matthews -- Mitchell Marner

Ilya Mikheyev -- John Tavares -- Alexander Kerfoot

William Nylander -- David Kampf -- Pierre Engvall

Kyle Clifford -- Colin Blackwell -- Jason Spezza

Morgan Rielly -- Ilya Lyubushkin

Mark Giordano -- Timothy Liljegren

TJ Brodie -- Justin Holl

Jack Campbell

Erik Kallgren

Scratched: Nicholas Abruzzese, Wayne Simmonds

Injured: Jake Muzzin (undisclosed), Ondrej Kase (concussion), Rasmus Sandin (knee), Petr Mrazek (groin)

This is the final game between the two teams this season. The Buds lead the seasons series 2-0 outscoring the Isles 6-1. Mitch Marner has 3 of the Leafs six goals. On Nov 21st Joseph Woll turned aside 17 shots for his first NHL shutout. On Jan 22nd Petr Mrazek faced 28 shots in the Buds 3-1 decision Zach Parise had the lone Islander tally.

Time for a little spring cleaning!

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[DarkKnight]

Could set franchise record in points and wins tonight.

 

[RealisticLeaf55]

Nylander should be back with Tavares, especially after that OT assist.

Glad to see Clifford get another game. He earned it.

Just give us 2 Matthews goals. All I ask.

 

[therealkoho]

Nylander should be back with Tavares, especially after that OT assist.

Glad to see Clifford get another game. He earned it.

Just give us 2 Matthews goals. All I ask.

While he's playing this well, I'd love to see him up with Mitch and Matty, but so tough to do because Bunts is burning it up

 

[RangerLifer]

GO LEAFS GO!

 

[Leafidelity]

Could set franchise record in points and wins tonight.

And officially eliminate the Islanders from the playoffs

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Beating Lou's current team to surpass the wins and points record set when he was GM would be sweet.

 

[Martin Skoula]

Wow I knew they were bad but I didn't realize how much. Chara on the top pair and their top scorer has a few more points than Kerfoot.

 

[Arthur Morgan]

fingers crossed Matthews closes out 60 tonight

 

[OVO16]

Islanders are poverty lmao

 

[leafsfan5]

Pain

 

[IPS]

Pain

f*** THIS LIFE

 

[Eternal Leaf]

Pain

 

[bax]

Rest him up.

 

[BayStBullies]

Time to eliminate the Islanders, hopefully Tavares gets the GWG to get in their heads.

 

[DarkKnight]

Rest him up.

For some reason he played 24 minutes against the Sens last night. Smarten up coach.

 

[crump]

Frig.

 

[notbias]

For some reason he played 24 minutes against the Sens last night. Smarten up coach.

Because OT exists......

 

[DarkKnight]

Because OT exists......

Hello, it’s still 22 for a regulation game. Why you riding him like that in a nothing game.

 

[bax]

JT and Marner will light up the Isles.

 

[Ginger Papa]

Pain

I “Liked“ your Post as a thank you for Posting this unfortunate news, not because I’m happy to read it.

How I feel:

Rest him up.

Completely agree. As much as I want to see him get 60+, I want to see him as close to 100% for you come playoff time.

For some reason he played 24 minutes against the Sens last night. Smarten up coach.

I can understand your opinion & respect it. However, I have to wonder if this was the plan all along & the ‘injury’ is a strategic excuse.

 

[bax]

I “Liked“ your Post as a thank you for Posting this unfortunate news, not because I’m happy to read it.

How I feel:
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Completely agree. As much as I want to see him get 60+, I want to see him as close to 100% for you come playoff time.

Me too. Chances are if this is minor he’ll be back in time to still get 60. But yeah playoffs have to be the main focus at this stage.

 

[PromisedLand]

matthews out so what are we looking at?

Bunting-Tavares-Marner
Mikheyev-Kerfoot-Nylander
Engvall-Kampf-Simmonds
Clifford-Blackwell-Spezza/Abruzzese

?

 

[Aashir]

Well this game lost almost all of its meaning for me…

 

[2 Slick]

Watching the Islanders play against any team is an absolute recipe for curing your insomnia if that’s something that ails you. I was going to watch because I generally watch every Toronto Maple Leafs game during the regular season and playoffs, but since Matthews isn’t going to play, then I’ll probably make better use of my time than falling asleep every two minutes.

Just for kicks, I watched the Islanders play against Montreal in Price’s first game back, talk about a snoozefest. The Islanders had like 11 shots on goal through the first two periods.

Anyway, I do hope Toronto breaks their regular season wins record with 50 and 106 points in the standings, get that home ice advantage.

Night all.