The Toronto Maple Leafs continued their 2025-26 in season with a different date against their rivals in Ontario, the Ottawa senators. These two teams come from their first pre-season match in which the Maple Leafs won 4-2 in a match in which the senators dressed more of their regulars.
Tonight, however, dress the maple leaves one Very NHL-High Line-UpWhile the senators are expected to dress more Rookies and margin players in what their last meeting will be in the previous season. Maple Leafs fans will see Auston Matthews, William Nylander and John Tavares for the first time.
This type of setup is not surprising. On the most recent edition of 32 Thoughts The PodcastElliTe Friedman spoke about why there are certain prescales matches with a lot of NHL talent.
“But you dress your players, and I agree with this. If you are going to pay at home fans for those tickets and exhibition hockey, you have an obligation, an obligation as a home team to give them the best possible schedule that you can. And if that means that you go out with a schedule that is not your regular selection, I am well with that.”
That is why you see the Maple Leafs a line -up dressing tonight that is very close to their opening night schedule. In the meantime, the senators are still playing a few NHL players, but more of those who insist on a place in the team, similar to what happened on Sunday, but in reverse.
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The Maple Leafs are just less than a week in the training camp and already have many injuries to deal with. Before the game on Sunday it was reported that defender Simon Benoit has to deal with a problem with the upper body and remains. Nicolas Roy has worked an injury in the lower body, that Craig Berube described as “Just swallowed up a bit,” although he is back on the ice and skating.
There are also personal things that are being treated. Max Domi is gone to the funeral of his grandfather and did not practice with the team. As for Joseph Woll, It was announced today To take leave to tackle a personal family issue. At the moment there is no timeline for his return and the organization asks everyone to respect his privacy.
Projected Line -ups
(Subject to change before Puck Drop)
Toronto Maple Leafs
Matthew Knies – Auston Matthews – Mattias Maccelli
Bobby McMann – John Tavares – William Nylander
Dakota Joshua – Luke Haymes – Nicholas Robertson
Steven Lorentz – Scott Laughton – Easton Cowan
Morgan Rielly – Brandon Carlo
Jake McCabe – Chris Tanev
Oliver Ekman-Larsson-Ben Danford
Denis Hildreby
Artur Akhtyamov
Ottawa Senators
Arthur Kaliyev – Dylan Cozens – Fabian Zetterlund
Nick Cousins - Shane Pinto – Michael Amadio
Olle Lyckell – Stephen Halliday – Tyler Boucher
Xavier Bourgault – Garrett Pilom – Hayden Hodgson
Jake Sanderson – Carter Yakemchuk
Tomas Hamara – Artem Zub
Donovan Sebrango – Nikolas Matinpalo
Leevi Merilainen
Hunter Shepard
Puck Drop is set at 7:00, where the Maple Leafs wants to improve to 2-0 in the preseason. Although many fans do not think that hockey is really important for the season until the second week, the line -up of tonight gives players such as Robertson, Cowan and Danford another chance to get into game action. More specifically, it gives them an opportunity with almost the full NHL schedule. This can be a big night for all three and can help decide where they start the 2025-26 season.
There are also other names to look at. Maccelli skates alongside Matthews and bends on the top line. This can be a make-or-break game for him. If he doesn’t have a good night, he could lose the chance to start the season in that place. Finally, the goalkeepers. With Woll on leave, someone will have to support Anthony Stolarz. That fight comes down to Hildreby and Akhtyamov, and tonight another big test could be for both.
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