Tonight’s lineups

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ABOUT THE LEAFS

Toronto had its six-game winning streak go down in flames Thursday night in a 7-1 defeat in Dallas. That ended the Leafs’ longest win streak since 2005-06.

In the seven games prior to Thursday’s trouncing, Toronto’s top line of Phil Kessel, James van Riemsdyk (above right) and Tyler Bozak (above left) had combined for 14 goals and 30 points.

If you are expecting a soft game tonight at the MTS Centre, you’d be well advised to think again. Through Thursday’s games, the Leafs led the NHL in recorded hits, 1,768, and were third in fighting majors, with 33.

In something of a reversal of his personal history, Leafs coach Randy Carlyle has seen his team excel at the shootout this season. Toronto is 9-4, the best mark in the NHL apart from Pittsburgh’s meagre 4-0.

In some cases, it’s splitting hairs, but tonight’s game features two of the youngest teams in the league. As of early in the week, Winnipeg was the youngest at an average age of 26.6, while Toronto was tied for third at 27.0.

WINNIPEG JETS

31 Ondrej Pavelec

35 Al Montoya

2 Adam Pardy

5 Mark Stuart

7 Keaton Ellerby

8 Jacob Trouba

9 Evander Kane

12 Olli Jokinen

14 Anthony Peluso

16 Andrew Ladd

17 James Wright

18 Bryan Little

22 Chris Thorburn

25 Zach Redmond

26 Blake Wheeler

27 Eric Tangradi

33 Dustin Byfuglien

39 Toby Enstrom

40 Devin Setoguchi

44 Zach Bogosian

55 Mark Scheifele

59 Eric O’Dell

67 Michael Frolik

 

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS

34 James Reimer

45 Jonathan Bernier

2 Mark Fraser

3 Dion Phaneuf

4 Cody Franson

8 Tim Gleason

11 Jay McClement

12 Mason Raymond

15 Paul Ranger

19 Joffrey Lupul

21 James van Riemsdyk

24 Peter Holland

28 Colton Orr

36 Carl Gunnarsson

37 Carter Ashton

40 Troy Bodie

41 Nikolai Kulemin

42 Tyler Bozak

43 Nazem Kadri

44 Morgan Rielly

51 Jake Gardiner

81 Phil Kessel

 

— Tim Campbell