The Toronto Maple Leafs are flying, and they take their exciting act on the road when they visit the Senators on Saturday night.
Currently sitting in second in the Atlantic Division, Toronto (6-1-0) boasts the best attack in the entire NHL. The Leafs flexed their muscles in a midweek 6-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings, pushing their season goal total to a whopping 34 goals after just seven games. The next best-scoring team in the league is New Jersey, which has three fewer goals than the Leafs despite having played one more game thus far into the 2017-18 campaign.
On Saturday night, Toronto takes on the team directly behind it in the division standings. The Senators (3-1-3) are coming off an overtime loss to the Devils on Thursday, and now face a hot Leafs team that will surely enjoy a sizeable contingent of traveling fans at the Canadian Tire Centre.
The first Battle of Ontario of the season could see Dominic Moore inserted into the fourth line between Matt Martin and Mitch Marner, with Eric Fehr being the odd man out. On the defensive end, Mike Babcock will likely elect to keep the same pairing as we saw against the Red Wings, with Frederik Andersen stepping back into goal in place of Curtis McElhinney.
Here is the Maple Leafs projected lineup:
Zach Hyman - Auston Matthews - William Nylander
Patrick Marleau - Nazem Kadri - Leo Komarov
James van Riemsdyk - Tyler Bozak - Connor Brown
Matt Martin - Dominic Moore - Mitchell Marner
Morgan Reilly - Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner - Nikita Zaitsev
Andreas Borgman - Connor Carrick
Frederik Andersen
Scratched: Eric Fehr, Josh Leivo, Calle Rosen
Injuries: Nathan Horton, Joffrey Lupul
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Here is the Senators' projected lineup:
Bobby Ryan - Derick Brassard - Mark Stone
Ryan Dzingel - Kyle Turris - Alex Burrows
Mike Hoffman - J-G Pageau - Tom Pyatt
Nate Thompson - Logan Brown - Christopher DiDomenico
Dion Phaneuf - Erik Karlsson
Johnny Oduya - Cody Ceci
Fredrik Claesson - Chris Wideman
Craig Anderson
Scratched: None
Injuries: Ben Harpur, Colin White, Mark Borowiecki