Preview and GDT: Jets at Maple Leafs (7 p.m., CBC)

by Alec Brownscombe on March 16, 2013 in Game Day - 1,384 Comments

Joffrey Lupul makes his return at a game where the Leafs need to stop the bleeding or else risk playing their way out of a playoff spot in the span of five games (should the Rangers win their back to back games Monday-Tuesday; Leafs don’t play against until Wednesday).

The Leafs will have to try to ignore the result and take the positives forward from the loss to the Pens. From the standpoint of offensive zone time generated and limiting scoring chances, the Leafs played a really solid 53 minutes, and that was pretty much the opposite of what they did against the Jets the game prior.

Tonight’s projected lineup courtesy of Jonas Siegel is after the jump.

Certainly that third line looks good on paper. Should be fun to see what Lupul and Kadri can accomplish together, though expectations should be tempered for Lupul’s first game in a month and a half.

Right-Wing	Center	Left-Wing
van Riemsdyk	Bozak	Kessel
MacArthur	Grabovski	Frattin
Lupul	Kadri	Kulemin
Komarov	McClement	Orr
Defence
Phaneuf	Gunnarsson
Liles	Holzer
Fraser	Franson
Goal
Scrivens Reimer

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