After not blowing a 4-1 lead to the Boston Bruins on Saturday (and avoiding the re-traumatization of a legion of fans), the Leafs are sitting pretty with a five game win streak. All of the top-end players are performing, the defence has been solid, and while there are <a href="https://theleafsnation.com/2021/11/08/the-leafs-secondary-scoring-has-a-lot-more-to-give/">legitimate concerns about secondary scoring from depth players</a>, the Toronto Maple Leafs are looking like the team we all thought they'd be.

The opponent in tonight's matchup, for the first time since March 5th 2020, is the LA Kings. After a six game losing streak just after the start of the season, the Kings roll into Toronto sporting a four game win streak of their own, so someone's run of wins will end tonight. Currently wracked with a long list of injured players, and a few players in COVID protocol, the Kings do not look scary on paper, but however, keep in mind that this is Trevor Moore's first game back in Toronto since being traded to LA.

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You want more potential storylines for tonight? This is Phillip Danault's return to Scotiabank Arena for the first time since a particular Game 7 that no one wants to remember happened. Also on deck for things to watch: Tobias Bjornfot, the young defenceman was the player LA selected with the first round pick in 2019 they acquired from Toronto in the Muzzin trade. And speaking of trades between these two teams, tonight will be Jack Campbell's first time actually playing against his former team, as he was taking the backup role in the only other Leafs/Kings game that has occurred since the trade. I'd say it's the Jack Campbell revenge game, but Campbell is too sweet of a guy to concern himself with petty things like revenge. So with that, let's check out the lineups.
<h3>Lineups</h3>
<h4>Toronto Maple Leafs</h4>
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<td id="LW1"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/michael-bunting/3778/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/3778/Bunting-Michael_TOR-2022_.png" alt="Michael Bunting" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">MICHAEL BUNTING</span></a></td>
<td id="C1"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/auston-matthews/3030/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/2433/Matthews-Auston_TOR-2020_.png" alt="Auston Matthews" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">AUSTON MATTHEWS</span></a></td>
<td id="RW1"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/william-nylander/2776/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/2375/Nylander-William_TOR-2020_.png" alt="William Nylander" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">WILLIAM NYLANDER</span></a></td>
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<td id="LW2"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/alex-kerfoot/3247/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/2833/Kerfoot-Alexander_TOR-2020_.png" alt="Alexander Kerfoot" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">ALEXANDER KERFOOT</span></a></td>
<td id="C2"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/john-tavares/1018/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/1016/Tavares-John_TOR-2020_.png" alt="John Tavares" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">JOHN TAVARES</span></a></td>
<td id="RW2"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/mitchell-marner/2870/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/2475/Marner-Mitch_TOR-2020_.png" alt="Mitch Marner" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">MITCH MARNER</span></a></td>
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<td id="LW3"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/pierre-engvall/4744/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/4744/Engvall-Pierre_TOR-2020_.png" alt="Pierre Engvall" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">PIERRE ENGVALL</span></a></td>
<td id="C3"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/david-kampf/3341/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/4620/Kampf-David_TOR-2022_.png" alt="David Kampf" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">DAVID KAMPF</span></a></td>
<td id="RW3"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/ondrej-kase/3102/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/2685/Kase-Ondrej_TOR-2022_.png" alt="Ondrej Kase" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">ONDREJ KASE</span></a></td>
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<td id="LW4"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/nick-ritchie/2944/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/2552/Ritchie-Nick_TOR-2022_.png" alt="Nick Ritchie" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">NICK RITCHIE</span></a></td>
<td id="C4"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/jason-spezza/1112/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/1109/Spezza-Jason_TOR-2020_.png" alt="Jason Spezza" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">JASON SPEZZA</span></a></td>
<td id="RW4"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/wayne-simmonds/776/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/775/Simmonds-Wayne_TOR-2021_.png" alt="Wayne Simmonds" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">WAYNE SIMMONDS</span></a></td>
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<th colspan="2" scope="col" width="475">DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS</th>
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<td id="LD1"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/morgan-rielly/2319/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/1935/Rielly-Morgan_TOR-2020_.png" alt="Morgan Rielly" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">MORGAN RIELLY</span></a></td>
<td id="RD1"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/travis-dermott/3263/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/2849/Dermott-Travis_TOR-2020_.png" alt="Travis Dermott" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">TRAVIS DERMOTT</span></a></td>
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<td id="LD2"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/jake-muzzin/769/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/768/Muzzin-Jake_TOR-2020_.png" alt="Jake Muzzin" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">JAKE MUZZIN</span></a></td>
<td id="RD2"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/t-j-brodie/199/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/199/Brodie-TJ_TOR-2021_.png" alt="T.J. Brodie" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">T.J. BRODIE</span></a></td>
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<td id="LD3"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/rasmus-sandin/4806/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/4806/Sandin-Rasmus_TOR-2020_.png" alt="Rasmus Sandin" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">RASMUS SANDIN</span></a></td>
<td id="RD3"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/timothy-liljegren/3215/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/2805/Liljegren-Timothy_TOR-2020_.png" alt="Timothy Liljegren" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">TIMOTHY LILJEGREN</span></a></td>
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No changes from Saturday. Justin Holl sits out once again.
<h4>Los Angeles Kings</h4>
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<td id="LW1"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/adrian-kempe/3152/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/2747/Kempe-Adrian_1.png" alt="Adrian Kempe" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">ADRIAN KEMPE</span></a></td>
<td id="C1"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/anze-kopitar/759/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/758/KopitarAnze.png" alt="Anze Kopitar" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">ANZE KOPITAR</span></a></td>
<td id="RW1"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/dustin-brown/740/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/739/BrownDustin.png" alt="Dustin Brown" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">DUSTIN BROWN</span></a></td>
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<td id="LW2"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/alex-iafallo/3304/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/2888/Iafallo-Alex.png" alt="Alex Iafallo" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">ALEX IAFALLO</span></a></td>
<td id="C2"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/phillip-danault/2236/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/1846/Danault-Philip_LAK-2022_.png" alt="Phillip Danault" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">PHILLIP DANAULT</span></a></td>
<td id="RW2"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/andreas-athanasiou/2938/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/2547/Athanasiou-Andreas_LAK-2021.png" alt="Andreas Athanasiou" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">ANDREAS ATHANASIOU</span></a></td>
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<td id="LW3"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/carl-grundstrom/3291/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/2875/Grundstrom-Carl_LAK_.png" alt="Carl Grundstrom" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">CARL GRUNDSTROM</span></a></td>
<td id="C3"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/rasmus-kupari/4800/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/4800/Kupari-Rasmus_LAK-2022_.png" alt="Rasmus Kupari" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">RASMUS KUPARI</span></a></td>
<td id="RW3"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/trevor-moore/3294/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/2878/Moore-Trevor_LAK-2020_.png" alt="Trevor Moore" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">TREVOR MOORE</span></a></td>
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<td id="LW4"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/brendan-lemieux/2833/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/2434/Lemieux-Brendan_LAK-2021_.png" alt="Brendan Lemieux" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">BRENDAN LEMIEUX</span></a></td>
<td id="C4"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/blake-lizotte/27482/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/27482/Lizotte-Blake_LAK-2020_.png" alt="Blake Lizotte" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">BLAKE LIZOTTE</span></a></td>
<td id="RW4"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/arthur-kaliyev/29140/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/29140/Kaliyev-Arthur_LAK-2022_.png" alt="Arthur Kaliyev" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">ARTHUR KALIYEV</span></a></td>
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<th colspan="2" scope="col" width="475">DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS</th>
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<td id="LD1"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/alexander-edler/1464/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/1460/Edler-Alex_LAK-2022_.png" alt="Alexander Edler" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">ALEXANDER EDLER</span></a></td>
<td id="RD1"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/kale-clague/4491/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/4491/Clague-Kale_LAK-2022_.png" alt="Kale Clague" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">KALE CLAGUE</span></a></td>
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<td id="LD2"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/olli-maatta/2426/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/1792/Maatta-Olli_LAK_.png" alt="Olli Maatta" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">OLLI MAATTA</span></a></td>
<td id="RD2"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/matt-roy/4512/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/4512/Roy-Matt_LAK-2020_.png" alt="Matt Roy" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">MATT ROY</span></a></td>
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<td id="LD3"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/tobias-bjornfot/30612/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/30612/Bjornfot-Tobias_LAK-2020_.png" alt="Tobias Bjornfot" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">TOBIAS BJORNFOT</span></a></td>
<td id="RD3"><a class="player-link" href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/players/news/mikey-anderson/25509/" rel="follow" data-wpel-link="internal"><img class="jersey-image" src="https://api.dailyfaceoff.com/uploads/player/jersey/25509/Anderson-Mikey_LAK-2021_.png" alt="Mikey Anderson" width="110px" height="auto" />
<span class="player-name">MIKEY ANDERSON</span></a></td>
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With five regulars out of their lineup, the Kings look less formidable on paper than they are in actuality. Keep in mind that it is (mostly) this lineup that has secured them their current winning streak.
<h3>Starting Goaltenders</h3>
We have a battle of former teammates confirmed tonight, as it will be Campbell vs. Jonathan Quick. Campbell, as we all know, has been stellar throughout the start of the season, as well as for his entire tenure as a Leaf. He comes into tonight's contest with a .936 save percentage and a 6-2-1 record.

Quick's record of 2-3-1 would suggest that he's struggling, which would be understandable, as he is a player who's on the back end of his career and has been regressing over the last number of seasons, but he is still sporting a .915 save percentage, so I would suggest that individually, he's been ok, while his team, missing two key defencemen, have been struggling to keep the puck out in front of him.

Tonight's game begins at 7:30 pm and will be broadcast nationally on Sportsnet.

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