Toronto Maple Leafs @ Winnipeg Jets

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About the Leafs

Expectations are high for a Toronto squad that finished 40-27-15 to grab the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference a year ago. The Leafs faced Washington in the first round, but lost the best-of-seven series 4-2.

C Auston Matthews, the 2016 first-overall draft pick who went right before Jets’ RW Patrik Laine, had a monster rookie season, scoring 40 goals and adding 29 assists. He was named the Calder Trophy winner as the league’s top first-year player. He’ll centre a line with another hotshot sophomore, William Nylander and Zach Hyman.

Former Jets D Ron Hainsey and F Eric Fehr will be in the lineup for Toronto. Hainsey, 36, won a Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins last season and signed a two-year deal with the Leafs during the off-season. Fehr, who hails from Winkler, played most of the season with Pittsburgh before being dealt to Toronto in March.

G Frederik Andersen was 33-16-4 last season and will get the lion’s share of the work guarding the Leafs cage in ‘17-18. He posted a stellar 2.67 goals-against average and .918 save percentage.

 

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS

31 Frederik Andersen G

35 Curtis McElhinney G

2 Ron Hainsey D

8 Connor Carrick D

11 Zach Hyman C

12 Patrick Marleau C

15 Matt Martin LW

16 Mitch Marner C

20 Dominic Moore C

22 Nikita Zaitsev D

23 Eric Fehr C

25 James van Riemsdyk LW

28 Connor Brown RW

29 William Nylander C

32 Josh Leivo LW

34 Auston Matthews C

42 Tyler Bozak C

43 Nazem Kadri C

44 Morgan Reilly D

47 Leo Komarov C

51 Jake Gardiner D

52 Martin Marincin D

55 Andreas Borgman D

Head coach: Mike Babcock

Assistant coaches: Jim Hiller, D.J. Smith, Andrew Brewer

Goalie coach: Steve Briere

 

WINNIPEG JETS

35 Steve Mason G

37 Connor Hellebuyck G

3 Tucker Poolman D

5 Dmitry Kulikov D

7 Ben Chiarot D

8 Jacob Trouba D

9 Andrew Copp C

13 Brandon Tanev LW

16 Shawn Matthias LW

17 Adam Lowry C

18 Bryan Little C

19 Nic Petan C

26 Blake Wheeler RW

27 Nikolaj Ehlers LW

29 Patrik Laine RW

33 Dustin Byfuglien D

39 Toby Enstrom D

40 Joel Armia RW

44 Josh Morrissey D

55 Mark Scheifele C

56 Marko Dano LW

57 Tyler Myers D

85 Mathieu Perreault

Head coach: Paul Maurice

Assistant coaches: Charlie Huddy, Jamie Kompon, Todd Woodcroft

Goalie coach: Wade Flaherty

— Jason Bell