The Battle For Last is taking place in the Hockey Capita of the World tonight when the Blue Jackets head north to the Air Canada Center to take on the Toronto Maple Leafs. Puck drop is at 7'clock tonight.
Both teams have been battling tremendous difficulty for different reasons this season. With the Jackets, an early loosing streak got them down early, followed up with a three month absence to the number one netminder in Sergei Bobrovsky. For the Leafs, they put themselves in a losing position since tanking in December of 2014 to get Connor McDavid. They lost coach Randy Caryle, general manager Dave Nonis, and players including Dion Phaneuf, Phil Kessel. Down the final stretch here, both teams are looking for better draft positioning. For Columbus, they seem content no matter where they fall. For the Maple Leafs, they are looking at 30th and nowhere else.
Projected Lineups
Boone Jenner - Brandon Dubinsky - Cam Atkinson
Scott Hartnell - Alex Wennberg - Brandon Saad
Matt Calvert - William Karlsson - Oliver Bjorkstrand
Nick Folgino - Gregory Campbell - Jared Boll
Ryan Murray - Seth Jones
Cody Goloubef - David Savard
Dean Kukan - Dalton Prout
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched:
Injured: Jack Johnson (shoulder), David Clarkson (back), Curtis McElhinney (knee), Rene Borque (unknown), Fedor Tyutin (unknown),
Toronto Maple Leafs
Tobias Lindberg - Tyler Bozak - PA Parenteau
Colin Greening - William Nylander - Kasperi Kapanen
Brooks Laich - Frederik Gauthier - Michael Grabner
Sam Carrick - Byron Forese - Brad Boyes
Morgan Reilly - Martin Marincin
Jake Gardiner - Frank Corrado
Andrew Campbell - TJ Brennan
Jonathan Bernier
Garett Sparks
Injured: Nathan Horton (back), Leo Komarov, James can Reimsdyk, Joffery Lupul, Matt Hunwick, Viktor Loov, Milan Michalek, Stephan Robidas
Enjoy the games tonight. More to come…
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