LGD: Cowtown meets Hogtown
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The Toronto Maple Leafs take on the Calgary Flames in a game that can mean a lot to both teams, who are in the thick of playoff pushes within their divisions. Here’s what’s about to go down.
The Maple Leafs
Toronto Maple Leafs lines courtesy of Daily Faceoff
| LW | C | RW |
|---|---|---|
 James van Riemsdyk |  Tyler Bozak |  Mitchell Marner |
 Leo Komarov |  Nazem Kadri |  William Nylander |
 Zach Hyman |  Auston Matthews |  Connor Brown |
 Matt Martin |  Frederik Gauthier |  Nikita Soshnikov |
| Defensive Pairings | |
|---|---|
 Jake Gardiner |  Connor Carrick |
 Martin Marincin |  Nikita Zaitsev |
 Matt Hunwick |  Roman Polak |
Morgan Rielly isn’t injured, he’s alt-healthy.
The Flames
Calgary Flames lines courtesy of Daily Faceoff
| LW | C | RW |
|---|---|---|
 Matthew Tkachuk |  Mikael Backlund |  Michael Frolik |
 Johnny Gaudreau |  Sean Monahan |  Alex Chiasson |
 Kris Versteeg |  Sam Bennett |  Troy Brouwer |
 Lance Bouma |  Matt Stajan |  Freddie Hamilton |
| Defensive Pairings | |
|---|---|
 Mark Giordano |  Dougie Hamilton |
 T.J. Brodie |  Dennis Wideman |
 Brett Kulak |  Deryk Engelland |
Calgary has a lot of players from the Toronto area in the lineup tonight, though none of them are on the shortlist to be poached at free agency for the Dynasty years.
Starting Goaltenders
Brian Elliott will start for the Flames. He allowed three goals in 26 shots in a relief session on Saturday. In 22 appearances this year, he’s posted a 0.893 and had an 8-11-2 record.
In goal for the Leafs is Frederik Andersen. His January numbers still aren’t great, but 25 of 27 on Saturday, even if it ended in a shootout loss, is pretty solid stuff. Calgary hasn’t exactly been a juggernaut this year offensively, so he won’t be too hard-pressed.
What To Look Out For
Four million reminders about geographical location. In fact, the Leafs should just run a Hyman-Marner-Brown line the entire night just to even out the broadcast. Also, the Leafs are on a losing skid and they lost to Calgary last the two teams faced each other, so clearly this is the night for motivation, right? Puck drop is at 7:30 and you can catch this game on TSN.
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