GAME DAY: Maple Leafs can pounce on disappointing Predators

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Toronto Maple Leafs of Nashville Predator (25-35-8) (42-24-3)

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Time: Saturday, 7pm

TV: SportsNet/CBC

Broadcast: TSN 1050

Odds

Toronto – 150, Nashville + 130

Buzzing

After that, Toronto was the winner of the past three, likely ranked third in the Western Conference in the Atlantic Division, while Florida conducted a rigorous road test for Washington…In the last game in Nashville, Steven Stamkos scored, scored with the assistance of Jonathan Marchessault, led by Jonathan Marchessault and Philip Forsberg. However, this year’s situation has been too few since the subsequent loss to Anaheim 4-1. Hopes for the Stamkos effect and last year’s summer changes can’t move Preds out of the last place in the league’s offense… Goalkeeper Joseph Woll will seek his 25th victory, with Ilya Samsonov’s 27 seasons winning the most 27 seasons in the past three seasons…Woll’s .908 is in the .908’s .908, and he ranks 12th in the NHL.

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Nashville coach Andrew Brunette admits that nearly 20 points in the playoffs are making his team a final month hell, but hasn’t given up on them. “It’s challenging,” he told SportsNet this week. “We have a lot of people who haven’t had a time in this situation. Spiritually. It’s a consumption, but they’ll be here for a long time, or they’re on the contract for a long time. It’s important for them, it’s important that they should be our leaders. They have to set an example here, so we don’t want to have a professional here right now, we’ve had a while, we’ve had a while. Friday beat the Rangers 4-3 in New York on Thursday and 2-1 in the previous night… Toronto winger William Nylander scored 600 points in this victory, becoming the fastest Swedish player, becoming 672 games, defeating Preds forsberg (694).

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Quotation

“A back to back older guy…he did all the little things and he had the trick to scoring.” – Toronto coach Craig Berube reached 1,100 points in his career in New York on replacement captain John Tavares.

Poll

Who is your favorite anterior leaf/predator?

1. Steve Sullivan
2. Tom Fitzgerald
3. Wade Belak
4. Cody Foundation

The expected lineup of leaves

Matthew Knies – Auston Matthews – Mitch Marner

Bobby McMann – John Tavares – William Nylander

Pontus Holmberg – Max Domi – Nick Robertson

Scott Laughton – David Kampf – Steven Lorentz

defense

Jake McCabe – Chris Tanev

Morgan Rielly – Brandon Carlo

Simon Benuit Moliver Ekman-Larsson

Target

Joseph Wall

Anthony Stolarz

Injuried

Toronto

LW Max Max Pacioretty (lower body), D Jani Hakanpaa (knee).

Nashville

D Roman Josi (upper body), D Adam Wilsby (upper body), D Jeremy Lauzon (lower body).

predict

5-3 Toronto, which is harder than it looks.

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