Brief Observation
There was 13 goals scored in the first two games between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Tampa Bay Lightning. That’s pretty close to league average. Tonight’s game 3 between these two teams will be a different story. The Leafs will be humming with all four lines raring to go.
A few line changes, Nylander is back up to the second line with Tavares. Holl will replace Liljegren on the 2nd paring. Spezza is in for “Wayne to many Penalties taken Simmonds” on the fourth line.
Starting Lineups
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Michael Bunting — Auston Matthews — Mitch Marner
William Nylander — John Tavares — Ondrej Kase
Ilya Mikheyev — David Kampf — Alexander Kerfoot
Pierre Engvall — Colin Blackwell — Jason Spezza
Morgan Rielly — Ilya Lyubushkin
Mark Giordano — Justin Holl
Jake Muzzin — TJ Brodie
Jack Campbell
Erik Kallgren
Scratched: Wayne Simmonds, Timothy Liljegren, Nicholas Abruzzese, Kyle Clifford, Joey Anderson
Injured: Rasmus Sandin (knee), Petr Mrazek (groin)
Lightning projected lineup
Ondrej Palat — Steven Stamkos — Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn — Anthony Cirelli — Brayden Point
Brandon Hagel — Ross Colton — Nicholas Paul
Pat Maroon — Pierre-Edouard Bellemare — Corey Perry
Victor Hedman — Erik Cernak
Ryan McDonagh — Zach Bogosian
Mikhail Sergachev — Cal Foote
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Scratched: Riley Nash, Jan Rutta
Injured: None
Quote
AUSTON MATTHEWS laid it out perfectly when talking about tonight’s game 3 in Tampa Bay.
“They came with a push and now it’s our turn to kind of push back here and make sure that we have an answer,”
Commentary
The Nylander/Tavares/ Kase combination is poised for a big game tonight!
I predict the Leafs win by a score of 4 – 2.
The second line of Nylander/Tavares/ Kase could rack up 5 pts in total.
Stay tune for a great game, enjoy!
E. Sentry Sorgini reporting for GTA Weekly News
SOURCE NHL
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