The Canadian and the Maple Leafs will cross swords three times in the next four days. For the first of two games in 24 hours at the Bell Centre, Martin St-Louis appears to have opted to play against a stronger team.
The Habs held an optional practice session. However, the following trios are known to be sent into battle.
Joel Armia – Sean Monahan – Josh Anderson
Tanner Pearson – Jake Evans – Brendan Gallagher
Joshua Roy – Owen Beck – Jesse Ylönen
Jan Mysak – Mitchell Stephens – John Parker Jones
It looks like this on the blue line:
Jordan Harris – Logan Mailloux
Arber Xhekaj – Gustav Lindstrom
Nicolas Beaudin – Justin Barron
Cayden Primeau and Strauss Mann will share the work in front of the net.
As for the Maple Leafs, here is the list of players who will be traveling to today’s game:
Tyler Bertuzzi – Pontus Holmberg – Noah Gregor
Matthew Knies – Fraser Minten – Sam Lafferty
Nicholas Robertson – David Kampf – Ryan Reaves
Nick Abruzzese – Logan Shaw – Max Ellis
Mark Giordano – Timothy Liljegren
William Lagesson – Conor Timmins
Spencer Sova – Mikko Kokkonen
Matteo Pietroniro
Ilya Samsonov
Keith Petruzzelli