Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Mitch Marner (USA Today Sports)
The Toronto Maple Leafs are in town for a 7pm game against the Vegas Golden Knights. Here are some notes for tonight's tilt:
Vegas will be looking for their first home win in their last five home games.
Toronto is holding down 2nd place in the Eastern Conference and have gone 5-1-0 in their last six games.
Vegas has lost six of their last eight and seven of their last 10 games. On Tuesday the Golden Knights lost to the Arizona Coyotes by a score of 5-2 with Marc-Andre Fleury in net.
Brandon Pirri and Nate Schmidt were the goal scorers for the Vegas Golden Knights in their loss to the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday night.
Tyler Ennis (broken ankle) is the lone Maple Leaf on the Injury Report and he may be back in the lineup tonight.
Vegas is expected to remain without defenseman Nick Holden and center Ryan Carpenter.
Toronto may have the deepest forward corps in the NHL, highlighted by Auston Matthews, John Tavares, Mitchell Marner, and William Nylander.
Team Leaders (VGK):
Goals: Jonathan Marchessault (19) Assists: Alex Tuch (24) Points: Alex Tuch (40)
Team Leaders (TOR):
Goals: John Tavares (33) Assists: Mitch Marner (47) Points: Marner (67)
Projected Lineups:
Vegas: 81-Marchessault - 71-Karlsson - 19-Smith 67-Pacioretty - 26-Stastny - 89-Tuch 73-Pirri - 21-Eakin - 24-Lindberg 28-Carrier - 41-Bellemare - 75-Reaves
3-McNabb - 88-Schmidt 27-Theodore - 5-Engelland 15-Merrill - 6-Miller
29-Fleury
Toronto: Hyman - Tavares - Marner Marleau - Matthews - Kapanen Lindholm - Gauthier - Brown Johnsson - Kadri - Nylander
Hainsey-Reilly Zaitsev-Muzzin Dermott-Gardner
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