With 18 games to go, the Maple Leafs are two points behind the Florida for first place in the Atlantic (with a game in hand), and wouldn’t you know it, they play them tonight with an opportunity to get a leg up on a reeling Panthers team (7:00 p.m. EST, TSN4). source
Matthew Knies — Auston Matthews — Mitch Marner
Calle Jarnkrok — John Tavares — William Nylander
Bobby McMann — Scott Laughton — Max Domi
Pontus Holmberg — David Kampf — Steven Lorentz
Morgan Rielly — Brandon Carlo
Jake McCabe — Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Simon Benoit — Phippe Myers
Anthony Stolarz
Joseph Woll
Scratched: Nicholas Robertson
Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Max Pacioretty (tightness), Christopher Tanev (upper body)
Status report: Tanev participated in the Maple Leafs optional morning skate, which will be a game-time decision; the defenseman missed six games. … If Tanev plays, Myers would be scratched.
