Maple Leaf vs. Senator Game Day Preview: Game 6 – Hockey Writer – Toronto Maple Leaf

This is game day. This is a big one.

Toronto Maple Leaf and Ottawa Senators continue their first-round series tonight in Game 6 of Ontario. Ice drops are set to 7:00 PM EST.

Review of Game 5

Game 5 is a game that both Maple Leaf and Leaf Country want to forget. This is exactly what fans don’t want to see them rise 3-1 in the series. They look lifeless and lack urgency throughout the game. At the point, they look like they can be late and rejoin the game. Unfortunately, in the power play, the Senators got the pass and scored 2-1, giving them a 2-0 lead. Since then, Craig Berube decided to pull the goalkeeper, scoring two goals with Ottawa twice on the empty net, and Toronto lost 4-0 and now has only a 3-2 series.

Tonight is the most important game in the series and they need to win. Berube will need to do a roster or two to reintegrate his life into the lad and make them more pressing than the last game. If there is no lineup change, he will need to find another way to inject energy and passion into the roster so they can close the series in Game 6. If they don’t, they may be retained in the first round again and lose in the first round.

Team statistics

Toronto maple leaves
Series records: 3-2

1. Mitch Marner: 1 g, 6 a, 7 p
2. William Nylander: 1 g, 5 a, 6 p
3. Auston Matthews: 1 g, 5 a, 6 p
4. John Tavares: 3 g, 2 a, 4 p
5. Matthew Knies: 3 G, 0 A, 3 P

Goalkeeper statistics:

1. Anthony Stolarz: 3-2, 2.25 GAA, .899 SV%

Ottawa Senator
Series records: 2-3

Top 5 scorers:

1. Brady Tkachuk: 3 G, 3 A, 6 P
2. Tim Stutzle: 2 g, 3 a, 5 p
3. Claude Giroux: 1 g, 3 a, 4 p
4. Adam Gaudette: 1 g, 2 a, 3p
5. Jack Sanderson: 1 g, 2 a, 3 p

Goalkeeper statistics:

1. Linus Ullmark: 2-3, 2.80 GAA, .883 SV%

Projection lineup

Only predictions are made that these lineups may change before the puck drops.

Matthew Knies – Auston Matthews – Mitch Marner
Max Pacioretty – John Tavares – William Nylander
Calle Jarnkrok – Scott Laughton – Steven Lorentz
Pontus Holmberg – Max Domi – Bobby McMann

Jake McCabe – Chris Tanev
Morgan Rielly – Brandon Carlo
Simon Benoit – Oliver Ekman-Larsson

Anthony Stolarz
Joseph Wall

Scratches: David Kampf, Nick Robertson, Mermis, Philippe Myers

Ottawa Senator:

Brady Tkachuk – Tim Stutzle – Claude Giroux
Fabian Zetterlund – Dylan Cozens – Drake Batherson
Ridly Greig – Shane Pinto – Michael Amadio
David Perron – Adam Gaudette – Nick Cousins

Jake Sanderson – Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot – Nick Jensen
Tyler Kleven – Nikolas Matinpalo

linus ullmark
Anton Fosberg

Scratches: Dennis Gilbert, Travis Hamonic

Prediction of the 6th

After starting the series with a very tight prediction, the situation turned around. I chose Maple Leaf to end the series of the last two games, but it didn’t happen. But, I don’t believe they will lose to the Senators, they are too good to achieve that. That’s why I chose the Maple Leafs to win a close game against the Senators tonight and officially enter the second round, where they will face the Florida Panthers.

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I predict that the Maple Leafs will beat Ottawa 3-1 in Game 6 tonight and will win the series.