The Bruins are seemingly missing half of their roster, which is pretty terrifying for a one-line team. The Leafs, meanwhile, may be playing their last Matthews and Nylander-less game of the season tonight. Exciting times!

At A Glance

Record: 16-8-0 (4th)

5v5 CF%: 49.94 (18th)

PDO: 100.035 (2nd)

Goal Differential: +22 (3rd)

Record: 13-6-4 (7th)

5v5 CF%: 50.95 (12th)

PDO: 100.015 (7th)

Goal Differential: +10 (9th)

The Bruins are nipping at the heels of the Leafs in the Atlantic Division standings, and this logjam of a division doens’t look like it’ll be widening any time soon. The Bruins are by and large not as dominant of a team as some thought they’d be, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t dangerous – healthy or not.

Leafs Lines

LW	C	RW	Forwards
ZACH HYMAN Rating: 73.1#55 LW	JOHN TAVARES Rating: 81.6#10 C	MITCH MARNER Rating: 78.7#15 RW	FL1 Rating Rating: 77.81#17 FL1
PATRICK MARLEAU Rating: 73.7#44 LW	NAZEM KADRI Rating: 77.1#36 C	KASPERI KAPANEN Rating: 74.0#43 RW	FL2 Rating Rating: 74.93#8 FL2
ANDREAS JOHNSSON Rating: 72.0#84 LW	PAR LINDHOLM Rating: 72.1#111 C	CONNOR BROWN Rating: 69.5#107 RW	FL3 Rating Rating: 71.18#25 FL3
TYLER ENNIS Rating: 71.0#96 LW	FREDERIK GAUTHIER Rating: 69.9#167 C	JOSH LEIVO Rating: 72.6#62 RW	FL4 Rating Rating: 71.16#10 FL4

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS	Defense
MORGAN RIELLY Rating: 79.0#6 LD	RON HAINSEY Rating: 73.4#36 RD	DL1 Rating Rating: 76.23#9 DL1
JAKE GARDINER Rating: 76.3#17 LD	MARTIN MARINCIN Rating: 70.9#82 RD	DL2 Rating Rating: 73.61#17 DL2
TRAVIS DERMOTT Rating: 73.9#40 LD	IGOR OZHIGANOV Rating: 72.4#48 RD	DL3 Rating Rating: 73.13#6 DL3

Take that second pairing with a grain of salt. Nikita Zaitsev is ill, but Mike Babcock still expects him to play. Meh.

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Mike Babcock says he assumes Nikita Zaitsev will play vs. Boston. But he’s sick. “Some guys miss when they’re sick, [but] Z’s ultra-competitive.”

4:20 PM · Nov 26, 2018

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Bruins Lines

LW	C	RW	Forwards
BRAD MARCHAND Rating: 82.0#5 LW	JAKOB FORSBACKA KARLSSON Rating: 73.0#81 C	DAVID PASTRNAK Rating: 84.0#3 RW	FL1 Rating Rating: 79.69#9 FL1
DANTON HEINEN Rating: 72.5#72 LW	DAVID KREJCI Rating: 74.3#58 C	JAKE DEBRUSK Rating: 76.9#19 RW	FL2 Rating Rating: 74.56#12 FL2
ANDERS BJORK Rating: 70.9#98 LW	JOAKIM NORDSTROM Rating: 69.4#176 C	NOEL ACCIARI Rating: 68.9#184 RW	FL3 Rating Rating: 69.78#30 FL3
CHRIS WAGNER Rating: 69.4#128 LW	COLBY CAVE Rating: 73.0#79 C	DAVID BACKES Rating: 71.8#79 RW	FL4 Rating Rating: 71.43#8 FL4

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS	Defense
JOHN MOORE Rating: 71.4#86 LD	KEVAN MILLER Rating: 73.7#34 RD	DL1 Rating Rating: 72.57#26 DL1
TOREY KRUG Rating: 80.3#2 LD	CONNOR CLIFTON	DL2 Rating Rating: 80.34#1 DL2
JEREMY LAUZON	MATT GRZELCYK Rating: 72.2#54 RD	DL3 Rating Rating: 72.19#14 DL3

The “made up name” joke has been beaten to death, but holy shit, how does this team ever win games?

No Bergeron. No McAvoy. No Chara. Don’t mess this up, Leafs.

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