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It’s the Leafs’ first game of 2018, and would you believe it’s also the first time they’ve played the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2018? Okay, but would you also believe it’s the first time they’ve played the Tampa Bay Lightning this season?
The NHL’s current best team comes to town for their first of four games this season against the Leafs.
Lineups via Dailyfaceoff.com
Toronto Lines
Frederik Gauthier slots in for his first lineup of the night.
Tampa Lines
Notes
- First off, their jerseys look like our jerseys and that’ll never not be silly.
- The Lightning are darn good, and barring a late-season surge from the Leafs, probably have the division all but locked up.
- Nikita Kucherov still leads the NHL in both goals (25) and points (56). Second-round pick.
- The Lightning come in hot, having won four of their past five games.
- The Leafs come in with two consecutive losses after dropping games to the Golden Knights and Avalanche.
Starting goalies
Andrei Vasilevskiy will take the net for the Lightning, while it’s expected to be Frederik Andersen for Toronto.
Vasilevskiy’s stat line: 25-5-1 W-L | 2.01 GAA | 0.935 SV% | 5 SO
Andersen’s stat line: 20-11-1 W-L | 2.71 GAA | 0.92 SV% | 3 SO
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