So about half an hour before the game starts, we hear that Timothy Liljegren will not play in the WJC due to his ankle injury, and Zach Hyman will not play in tonight’s game vs Florida because of his own ankle injury.
...It’s hard to start the recap off on the right foot when there are no working feet left.
Oh and then like 5 minutes before the game, Igor Ozhiganov was announced as missing the game due to illness with Martin Marincin taking his place. The end result is this lineup:
#Leafs line in the first period:
Marleau-Matthews-Kapanen
Johnsson-Tavares-Marner
Brown-Kadri-Nylander
Lindholm-Gauthier-Ennis— Kristen Shilton (@kristen_shilton) December 21, 2018FIRST PERIOD
All I want for Christmas is a Willy hat trick.