Back-to-back games are tough in any league — and it may have taken it's toll on the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The Maple Leafs, fresh off a 4-3 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday, will take on the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday night in Toronto. But when the Leafs take the ice at the Air Canada Centre, they may be shorthanded.
Coach Mike Babcock said multiple players, including star center Auston Matthews, were "bumped and bruised" following the game against the Penguins, and that Matthews would be a game time decision.
The Oilers, though, are in the same boat. Edmonton beat the Montreal Canadiens 6-2 on Saturday night, thanks to two goals from Juhjar Khaira. They've now won three of their last five games, and bounced back from Wednesday's loss to the Philadelphia flyers.
The Maple Leafs have won their last three games against the Oilers, and are on a two game win streak.
The last time the two teams played, Toronto edged Edmonton 6-4.
"That may have been our best 40 minutes of the year," Edmonton's Ryan Strome said of that first matchup. "If we can just build off that and remember that feeling… We've got to create our own luck off the start. We can't wait for something to happen, good or bad. We've got to dictate the play. We know we're capable, it's just that consistency. Hopefully we can find that early tonight"
Here's what you need to know before the game:
Here is the Oilers' projected lineup:
Milan Lucic -- Connor McDavid -- Jesse Puljujarvi
Patrick Marron -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Michael Cammalleri
Nathan Walker -- Leon Draisaitl -- Ryan Strome
Jujhar Khaira -- Mark Letestu -- Zack Kassian
Darnell Nurse -- Kris Russell
Oscar Klefbom -- Matt Benning
Yohann Auvitu -- Brandon Davidson
Laurent Brossoit
Nick Ellis
Scratched: Eric Gryba, Anton Slepyshev, Drake Caggiula
Injured: Cam Talbot (upper body), Adam Larsson (upper body), Andrej Sekera (torn ACL)
Here is the Maple Leafs' projected lineup:
Zach Hyman -- Auston Matthews -- Connor Brown
Patrick Marleau -- Nazem Kadri -- Leo Komarov
James van Riemsdyk -- Tyler Bozak -- Mitchell Marner
Matt Martin -- Dominic Moore -- William Nylander
Morgan Rielly -- Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner -- Nikita Zaitsev
Andreas Borgman -- Roman Polak
Curtis McElhinney
Frederik Andersen
Scratched: Josh Leivo, Nikita Soshnikov, Connor Carrick
Injured: None