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Originally Posted by JackIsBack
Looking so forward to watching this game... I'm certain Toffoli is in on the Monahan line where they have him penciled in the lineup.
They said that the Backlund line has only let in 5 even strength goals all season - so with all Mangiapane's even strength goals not to mention Backlund's recent streak, that's huge for our plus/minus - hard to break up that line. Our first line... can't say much more positive there with both Gaudreau and Lindholm atop the NHL in plus/minus and Tkachuk right up there as well - they are the best or next to it line in hockey - can't touch that. So with Toffoli on our third line, hopefully it gets Monahan and Dube going, can you imagine if it does and facing our team with they way Sutter runs out four line consistently. Our forth line with Lucic, Lewis, and Ruzicka - hard and they can score too - it's a great lineup.
Source on that 5 even strength goals - the video. |
These lines should be good:
Tkachuk-Lindholm-Gaudreau: GF: 40, GA: 12, 61% xGF%
Mangiapane - Backlund - Coleman: GF: 11, GA:4 , 64% xGF%
Dube - Monahan - ???: GF: 5, GA: 12, 62.5% xGF%
Lucic-Ruzicka-Lewis: GF: 3, GA: 1, 43.5% xGF%
If Toffoli can get Dube and Monahan to turn that 62.5% xGF rate into actual goals then that would be huge. Those two have had a 3.7% on-ice shooting percentage this year which is ridiculously low, they are due for a regression to the mean here and hopefully Toffoli can help unlock that as a pure finisher.