LGD: We’re finally here
By h0ckeyfan
6 years agoWell, it’s the day you’ve been waiting for. What more can we really say?
It’s a matchup where the Leafs have a 3-1 series lead in the regular season, but we all know that’s indicative of little, if nothing. We have a Bruins team who managed 112 points to the Leafs’ 105 in the regular season, but won just a single game more – 50 games compared to Toronto’s 49.
The Leafs come in as definite underdogs, but not huge ones. Winning this series is a tough task, but not an impossible one. A chance at redemption for a fanbase, but a team filled of many players who were literal children the last time these two teams met in the playoffs
On the road tonight and for Saturday’s matchup, the Leafs begin the start of a hopefully long playoff journey tonight.
Leafs Lines
| LW | C | RW |
|---|---|---|
 ZACH HYMAN Rating: 72.0#129 LW |  AUSTON MATTHEWS Rating: 83.4#11 C |  WILLIAM NYLANDER Rating: 78.2#22 RW |
 PATRICK MARLEAU Rating: 74.7#64 LW |  NAZEM KADRI Rating: 77.4#59 C |  MITCH MARNER Rating: 76.3#74 RW |
 JAMES VAN RIEMSDYK Rating: 78.5#22 LW |  TYLER BOZAK Rating: 73.2#140 C |  CONNOR BROWN Rating: 70.6#145 RW |
 LEO KOMAROV Rating: 70.0#244 LW |  TOMAS PLEKANEC Rating: 71.3#210 C |  KASPERI KAPANEN Rating: 70.3#154 RW |
| DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS | |
|---|---|
 MORGAN RIELLY Rating: 76.5#26 LD |  RON HAINSEY Rating: 72.9#74 RD |
 JAKE GARDINER Rating: 76.6#22 LD |  NIKITA ZAITSEV Rating: 72.6#81 RD |
 TRAVIS DERMOTT Rating: 73.6#60 LD |  ROMAN POLAK Rating: 70.2#133 RD |
- Andreas Johnsson is not in the lineup
- Connor Carrick is not in the lineup
- Roman Polak is in the lineup
- Leo Komarov is in the lineup
- My goodness what a damn team
Bruins Lines
| LW | C | RW |
|---|---|---|
 BRAD MARCHAND Rating: 84.2#2 LW |  PATRICE BERGERON Rating: 84.1#7 C |  DAVID PASTRNAK Rating: 80.7#10 RW |
 JAKE DEBRUSK Rating: 76.2#41 LW |  DAVID KREJCI Rating: 75.9#80 C |  RICK NASH Rating: 75.0#60 RW |
 DANTON HEINEN Rating: 74.3#78 LW |  BRIAN GIONTA Rating: 71.3#212 C |  DAVID BACKES Rating: 73.5#131 RW |
 TIM SCHALLER Rating: 70.0#184 LW |  SEAN KURALY Rating: 69.8#249 C |  TOMMY WINGELS Rating: 70.8#139 RW |
| DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS | |
|---|---|
 ZDENO CHARA Rating: 76.2#30 LD |  CHARLIE MCAVOY Rating: 76.1#39 RD |
 TOREY KRUG Rating: 80.2#5 LD |  KEVAN MILLER Rating: 73.3#67 RD |
 MATT GRZELCYK Rating: 73.0#74 LD |  ADAM MCQUAID Rating: 71.4#112 RD |
- Boston comes in with a deceptively deep lineup, including eight players who put up at least 40 points this season
- Rick Nash, who was originally questionable for game 1, appears good to go. He hasn’t played since March 17th.
- Zdeno Chara is still averaging nearly 23 minutes a night, leading the team in TOI. Age 40.
- If you haven’t heard enough of it already, watch out for that Bruins top line, which features three 30-goal scorers.
Starting goalies
Barring anything catastrophic, it’ll be Tuukka Rask lining up in net against Frederik Andersen.
Their lines for the season:
Andersen: 38-21-5 W-L | 2.81 GAA | 0.918 SV% | 5 SO
Rask: 34-14-5 W-L | 2.36 GAA | 0.917 SV% | 3 SO
Notes from the press
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