The Canadian Road Trip Comes To A Close As the Bolts Face the Leafs
By: Victor Cabrera
Overview
The Lightning look to bounce back after losing 4-2 to the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday as they are hosted by the Toronto Maple Leafs. This is their second to last game and a potential second round opponent of the playoffs. Although both teams have been compared to each other Tampa has been superior through the regular season. Now for a breakdown of the two teams.
Tampa Bay Lightning
The Lightning look to finish strong but everything is set for them in the playoffs and are not very pressured in these last two games. With that said they still want to play their style and will want to stay away from the post whistle shenanigans. Callahan will draw in for Miller.
Lineup
Forwards
Palat-Stamkos-Joseph
Gourde-Point-Kucherov
Johnson-Cirelli-Killorn
Erne-Paquette-Callahan
Defense
McDonagh-Cernak
Coburn-Stralman
Sergachev-Rutta
Goalies
Vasilevskiy
Pasquale
Toronto Maple Leafs
The Leafs are playing a high level opponent they may run into during the playoffs but this game is not a measuring stick for that scenario. Both teams are playing to finish the regular season. If these two teams do meet it in the playoffs it will be after they have each battled through a playoff series. They suffer from the losses of Muzzin and Kadri in the lineup.
Lineup
Offense
Hyman-Tavares-Marner
Marleau-Matthews-Kapanen
Johnsson-Nylander-Brown
Ennis-Gauthier-Moore
Defense
Riley-Hainsey
Gardiner-Zaitsev
Rosen-Dermott
Goalies
Sparks
Andersen
Should still be an interesting game between these two rivals. Let’s enjoy the last two games before playoffs. For game updates and other news be sure to follow us on Twitter @bay_bolts