Puck drop: 7:30 p.m. EST | TV: Sportsnet | Radio: TSN1050 | Location: Lucan, ON
The John Tavares era unofficially begins tonight in Lucan, Ontario.
Leafs fans will get their first look at Tavares in his #91 Leafs silks — complete with the letter A on his sweater — as he’ll center his projected opening-night line in between Mitch Marner and Zach Hyman. The Tavares-Marner duo has been skating together in pre-camp informal skates and has played together in a couple of training camp scrimmages thus far; tonight is an opportunity to continue the process of building familiarity and on-ice chemistry against real-ish opposition.