I know, I am too, but let’s slow things down a little here. The Leafs (43-22-7) enter their final ten games of the regular season tonight as they pay visit to the Tampa Bay Lightning (49-19-4). While technically not a playoff game, it’ll be the Leafs’ first against a team that has clinched a playoff spot this season. It could also be a little sneak peek at Round 1 or 2 for the boys in blue and white… err, both teams, that is.

Leafs Lines

PATRICK MARLEAU	NAZEM KADRI	MITCH MARNER
ZACH HYMAN	WILLIAM NYLANDER	ANDREAS JOHNSSON
JAMES VAN RIEMSDYK	TYLER BOZAK	CONNOR BROWN
JOSH LEIVO	TOMAS PLEKANEC	KASPERI KAPANEN

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
MORGAN RIELLY	RON HAINSEY
JAKE GARDINER	ROMAN POLAK
TRAVIS DERMOTT	CONNOR CARRICK

No Zaitsev, Komarov or Matthews for the Leafs. Auston made headlines over the weekend, as is Toronto tradition, for showing up to practice without his red non-contact jersey. However, he will miss his 20th game of the season tonight as he remains on the road to recovery.

Lightning Lines

LW	C	RW
J.T. MILLER	STEVEN STAMKOS	NIKITA KUCHEROV
ONDREJ PALAT	BRAYDEN POINT	TYLER JOHNSON
ALEX KILLORN	YANNI GOURDE	ADAM ERNE
CHRIS KUNITZ	ANTHONY CIRELLI	RYAN CALLAHAN

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
VICTOR HEDMAN	ANTON STRALMAN
RYAN MCDONAGH	DAN GIRARDI
BRAYDON COBURN	MIKHAIL SERGACHEV

The Lightning are fully healthy, meanwhile, save for Eric Condra. This is very much a look at the team the Leafs could be drawing in the Stanley Cup Playoffs early next month.

Starting Goalies

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Frederik Andersen ready to start tonight, Babcock confirms

3:28 PM · Mar 20, 2018

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Fredward Andersen is back for the Leafs. A good sign, but here’s to hoping the Leafs don’t burn him out down this final stretch before things start to count.

Unsurprisingly, the Leafs draw Andrei Vasilevskiy and his .922 save percentage on the other end. This could be a fun little goalie duel tonight.

Notes

The Leafs are 1-1-1 against the Lightning this season. They most recently saw a comeback effort fall short on February 26th, losing 4-3 in the shootout.
Nikita Kucherov is four shy of 40 goals and seven points off of 100 on the season. Naturally, he’ll have a career night and hit both tonight in all likelihood.
The Leafs can match their point total from last season (95) with a win tonight. That’s with 9 more games left to be played. This team has certainly stepped it up/

Puck drop is at 7:30pm ET on TSN4.

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