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Toronto Maple Leafs Intrasquad Game: Team White vs. Team Blue — Preview, Projected Lines & TV Info

Here is how the logistics will break down:

Team Rosters (with jersey numbers)

Game Rules

  • The game will be refereed by an NHL officiating crew
  • There will be three 20-minute periods, with a shootout at the end of the first and second periods
  • The teams will play a five-minute, sudden death three-on-three overtime period regardless of the score after regulation
  • The starting goalies will play 40 minutes each

Forward Lines

  • The first and fourth lines — Thornton – Matthews – Marner & Barabanov – Spezza – Simmonds — will play for Team Blue
  • The second and third lines — Vesey – Tavares – Nylander and Mikheyev – Engvall – Hyman — will play for Team White

Defense Pairs

  • The first and fourth pairings — Rielly – Brodie & Sandin – Dermott — will play for Team Blue
  • The second and third pairings — Muzzin – Holl & Lehtonen – Bogosian — will play for Team White

Goaltenders

  • Jack Campbell plays two periods for Team White
  • Frederik Andersen plays two periods for Team Blue
  • Aaron Dell switches teams and plays one period for each squad

Coaching

  • Sheldon Keefe, Dave Hakstol, and Manny Malhotra will coach one period for each team in the first and second period, then split up for the third

NHL Lines

Joe Thornton – Auston Matthews – Mitch Marner (Team Blue)
Jimmy Vesey – John Tavares – William Nylander (Team White)
Ilya Mikheyev – Pierre Engvall – Zach Hyman (Team White)
Alex Barabanov – Jason Spezza – Wayne Simmonds (Team Blue)

Morgan Rielly – TJ Brodie (Team Blue)
Jake Muzzin – Justin Holl (Team White)
Mikko Lehtonen – Zach Bogosian (Team White)
Rasmus Sandin – Travis Dermott (Team Blue)

Storylines to Watch

  • The emphasis on practicing the shootout, in both training camp this week and in tonight’s intrasquad game, likely has a lot to do with the number of points the team has left on the table in this category over the past few seasons, including a 1-5 record in shootouts in 2019-20.