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The Ottawa Senators faceoff with the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena in their third and final meeting of the regular season. Could there be more in the upcoming postseason?
Toronto and Ottawa upgraded at the trade deadline; with the Senators riding a five game win streak into this contest. The Leafs have the same last 10 as their provincial rival with stronger stats beside goaltending.
Projected Lineups
Toronto Maple Leafs
Matthew Knies -- Auston Matthews -- Max Domi
Bobby McMann -- John Tavares -- Mitch Marner
William Nylander -- Scott Laughton -- Calle Jarnkrok
Steven Lorentz -- Pontus Holmberg -- Nicholas Robertson
Morgan Rielly -- Brandon Carlo
Jake McCabe -- Chris Tanev
Simon Benoit -- Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Anthony Stolarz
Joseph Woll
Scratched: David Kampf, Phillippe Myers
Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Max Pacioretty (tightness)
Ottawa Senators
Brady Tkachuk -- Tim Stutzle -- Claude Giroux
David Perron -- Dylan Cozens -- Drake Batherson
Ridly Greig -- Shane Pinto -- Michael Amadio
Matthew Highmore -- Adam Gaudette -- Fabian Zetterlund
Jake Sanderson -- Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot -- Travis Hamonic
Tyler Kleven -- Nikolas Matinpalo
Linus Ullmark
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Dennis Gilbert
Injured: Nick Cousins (knee), Nick Jensen (undisclosed)
Predicted Final Score
OTT — 3
TOR — 2
More to come…