Well, we’re finally here. Game Four of the Leafs’ first round series against the Boston Bruins goes tonight, with the mission alarmingly simple: go out and get the W.

With the Leafs having dropped the first two games of the series before storming back for a 4-2 victory in Game 3, their clearest path to avoiding elimination starts with sending the series back to Boston all evened up. With a looming Nazem Kadri return just around the corner, it’ll be a major test to see how the Boys in Blue can respond and hopefully get things knotted at two games a piece.

Leafs lineup

LW	C	RW
ZACH HYMAN Rating: 72.1#71 LW	AUSTON MATTHEWS Rating: 82.8#6 C	WILLIAM NYLANDER Rating: 77.2#17 RW
PATRICK MARLEAU Rating: 74.4#37 LW	TOMAS PLEKANEC Rating: 70.5#135 C	MITCH MARNER Rating: 75.5#43 RW
JAMES VAN RIEMSDYK Rating: 77.6#17 LW	TYLER BOZAK Rating: 73.6#67 C	CONNOR BROWN Rating: 70.8#93 RW
ANDREAS JOHNSSON Rating: 73.1#53 LW	DOMINIC MOORE Rating: 70.0#147 C	KASPERI KAPANEN Rating: 69.9#112 RW

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
MORGAN RIELLY Rating: 75.6#24 LD	RON HAINSEY Rating: 72.1#55 RD
JAKE GARDINER Rating: 76.1#21 LD	NIKITA ZAITSEV Rating: 71.9#61 RD
TRAVIS DERMOTT Rating: 72.7#55 LD	ROMAN POLAK Rating: 70.3#92 RD

As of right now, no changes from Game Trois.
Leo Komarov remains out with an injury.
Wouldn’t tonight be a great night for a Tomas Plekanec goal?
Wouldn’t tonight be a great night for a Travis Dermott goal?
Wouldn’t tonight be a great night for a William Nylander… okay you get the point.

Bruins lines

LW	C	RW
BRAD MARCHAND Rating: 86.0#1 LW	PATRICE BERGERON Rating: 85.2#4 C	DAVID PASTRNAK Rating: 84.5#4 RW
JAKE DEBRUSK Rating: 75.6#30 LW	DAVID KREJCI Rating: 75.9#37 C	RICK NASH Rating: 75.0#33 RW
DANTON HEINEN Rating: 73.9#44 LW	RILEY NASH Rating: 72.7#81 C	DAVID BACKES Rating: 73.0#72 RW
TIM SCHALLER Rating: 69.9#118 LW	SEAN KURALY Rating: 70.3#142 C	NOEL ACCIARI Rating: 69.4#121 RW

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
ZDENO CHARA Rating: 76.4#17 LD	CHARLIE MCAVOY Rating: 75.7#23 RD
TOREY KRUG Rating: 81.6#2 LD	KEVAN MILLER Rating: 74.1#35 RD
NICK HOLDEN Rating: 72.3#60 LD	ADAM MCQUAID Rating: 71.5#69 RD

After torching the Leafs for 9 points in the first two games, David Pastrnak (and his two linemates) were held scoreless in Game 3.
Ten different Bruins have scored so far.
Torey Krug leads the team with 12 shots on goal, but while he has five assists, has not been able to put the puck in the net.
Torey Krug also leads the Bruins in ice time, averaging 21:55 so far. The Bruins don’t really have a top pair in this series, but rather a 1a and 1b.