As David Alter reported in The Daily Face-Off this morning, the Toronto Maple Leafs’ line combinations and defensive pairings for the game tonight against the St. Louis Blues are the following.
Forward Units
| LW | C | RW |
|---|---|---|
|
Michael Bunting |
Auston Matthews |
Mitch Marner |
|
Alexander Kerfoot |
John Tavares |
William Nylander |
|
Ilya Mikheyev |
David Kampf |
Pierre Engvall |
|
Kyle Clifford |
Jason Spezza |
Wayne Simmonds |
Notes: With both Nick Ritchie and Ondrej Kase out, the team’s forward lines look a bit different that they’ve been. Mitch Marner jumps back into his old spot on the first line with center Auston Matthews and left-winger Michael Bunting.
Pierre Engvall comes back on the right of center David Kampf and left-winger Ilya Mikheyev. The third line promises to have an offensive edge to it as well as be vigorous on the penalty kill.
Defensive Pairings
|
Morgan Rielly |
T.J. Brodie |
|
Jake Muzzin |
Timothy Liljegren |
|
Rasmus Sandin |
Travis Dermott |
Notes: With Justin Holl out, Timothy Liljegren jumps into the shutdown pairing with Jake Muzzin.
| 1st Powerplay Unit | ||
|---|---|---|
|
John Tavares |
William Nylander |
Auston Matthews |
|
Mitch Marner |
Morgan Rielly |
Notes: Marner takes his place, as usual, on the first-unit powerplay.
| 2nd Powerplay Unit | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Wayne Simmonds |
Michael Bunting |
Jason Spezza |
|
Ilya Mikheyev |
Rasmus Sandin |
Notes: Mikheyev will continue to get time on the second-unit powerplay
| 1st Penalty Kill Unit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
David Kampf |
Mitch Marner |
Jake Muzzin |
T.J. Brodie |
Notes: Marner jumps back into his usual spot on the penalty kill. He’s valuable there.
| 2nd Penalty Kill Unit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Alexander Kerfoot |
Ilya Mikheyev |
Morgan Rielly |
Timothy Liljegren |
Notes: It’s nice to see Liljegren and Morgan Rielly on the penalty kill.
| Goalies | |
|---|---|
|
Jack Campbell |
Notes: Newly-named NHL All-Star Jack Campbell will start in goal again tonight.
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