The Leafs will be without Anthony Stollarz as they take on The Bastard Sam Bennett and the Florida Panthers, while the Winnipeg Jets and Dallas Stars clash in Game One of their series.
LAST NIGHT'S ACTION
CAROLINA HURRICANES 2 WASHINGTON CAPITALS 1 (OT) (Canes lead series 1-0)
The Capitals almost got away with it. Logan Thompson had just over 50 minutes of shutout hockey against a Carolina team that was outshooting them by a 2-1 margin before Logan Stankoven scored to tie things up and send it to OT. It wouldn't take long though, as Jaccob Slavin ripped one past Thompson for the 2-1 win and a 1-0 series lead.
EDMONTON OILERS 4 VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS 2 (Oilers lead series 1-0)
Mark Stone and the Golden Knights jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period and then... did nothing. A late goal from Corey Perry, followed by a Leon Draisaitl score in the first minute of the third tied it. That set the stage for Zack Hyman's game winner with less than 5 minutes to go. Vegas managed just 17 shots on goal as they surrendered home ice advantage to the Oilers.
TONIGHT'S ACTION
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (1-0) vs FLORIDA PANTHERS (0-1)
SCOTIABANK ARENA, TORONTO, ON
4:00 PM PST/ 7:00 PM EST
TV: SPORTSNET, CBC
How are both of these teams going to respond to the events of Game One is the big story here. Will the Leafs keep their composure, and try not to do anything to Sam Bennett after his sucker punch to the head of G Anthony Stollarz led the Leafs goaltender to be rushed to hospital during Game One. There was also Matthew Tkachuk attempting to hit Mitch Marner knee on knee at the end of regulation. It's pretty obvious what the game plan of the Panthers is, can the Leafs not only try and avoid losing anyone else to cheap shots, but also not get suckered into retaliation penalties, and give goaltender Joseph Woll the kind of defensive help he'll need to head to Florida with a 2-0 series lead? And if he can't get it done, the Leafs have Matt Murray as their backup and dear god, let's hope it doesn't come to that. The Panthers will be getting Aaron Ekblad back from suspension tonight, too.
Eastern Conference Second Round, Game 2
7 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, ESPN
Toronto leads best-of-7 series 1-0
Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart
Evan Rodrigues -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Brad Marchand
Mackie Samoskevich -- Nico Sturm -- Jesper Boqvist
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola -- Seth Jones
Nate Schmidt -- Dmitry Kulikov
Sergei Bobrovsky
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Tomas Nosek, Jonah Gadjovich, Jaycob Megna, A.J. Greer, Uvis Balinskis
Injured: None
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Matthew Knies -- Auston Matthews -- Mitch Marner
Max Pacioretty -- John Tavares -- William Nylander
Bobby McMann -- Max Domi -- Pontus Holmberg
Steven Lorentz -- Scott Laughton -- Calle Jarnkrok
Morgan Rielly -- Brandon Carlo
Jake McCabe -- Chris Tanev
Simon Benoit -- Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Joseph Woll
Matt Murray
Scratched: Dakota Mermis, Philippe Myers, Nicholas Robertson, Max Pacioretty, David Kampf, Ryan Reaves, Artur Akhtyamov, Dennis Hildeby
Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Anthony Stolarz (undisclosed)
WINNIPEG JETS (0-0) vs DALLAS STARS (0-0)
CANADA LIFE CENTRE, WINNIPEG MB
6:30 PM PST/ 9:30 PM EST
TV: SPORTSNET, CBC
With both of these teams coming off crazy, come from behind Game Seven victories, which one of them is going to suffer the emotional let down? Maybe both? Neither? With the confidence boost that win gave Connor Hellebuyck and the Jets, and getting Mark Scheifele back in the lineup tonight, which should help, but they'll still likely be without Josh Morrissey and Logan Stanley. For the Stars, Jason Robertson is a game time decision, but Miro Heiskanen is definitely still out, but should return at some point in this series.
Western Conference Second Round, Game 1
9:30 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, ESPN
Stars projected lineup
Mikael Granlund -- Roope Hintz -- Mikko Rantanen
Jamie Benn -- Matt Duchene -- Tyler Seguin
Mason Marchment-- Wyatt Johnston -- Jason Robertson
Oskar Back -- Sam Steel -- Evgenii Dadonov
Thomas Harley -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Esa Lindell -- Cody Ceci
Lian Bichsel -- Alexander Petrovic
Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Mavrik Bourque, Colin Blackwell, Mathew Dumba, Brendan Smith
Injured: Miro Heiskanen (knee), Nils Lundkvist (shoulder)
Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Gabriel Vilardi
Nikolaj Ehlers -- Vladislav Namestnikov -- Cole Perfetti
Nino Niederreiter -- Adam Lowry -- Mason Appleton
Brandon Tanev -- Morgan Barron -- Alex Iafallo
Haydn Fleury -- Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg -- Neal Pionk
Colin Miller -- Luke Schenn
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Dominic Toninato, David Gustafsson, Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Ville Heinola
Injured: Josh Morrissey (undisclosed), Rasmus Kupari (concussion), Logan Stanley (undisclosed)
GAME DAY BATTLE HYMN
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Fuck Trump. Punch fascists. Enjoy the games.
