Maple Leafs at Panthers preview

MAPLE LEAFS (14-8-0) at PANTHERS (7-11-2)
7 p.m. ET; SNO, FS-F, NHL.TV

Toronto coach Mike Babcock wasn't happy with his team's effort against the NHL's last-place team, so he's shaking up his lines; however, he wouldn't specify his changes after the morning skate.
Florida had 52 shots on goal in a 3-2 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday and lost the final two games of a three-game California trip. The Panthers called up rookie forward Henrik Haapala from Springfield of the American Hockey League; he's expected to play on the second line with Vincent Trocheck and Nick Bjugstad.

Players to watch

Maple Leafs forward Nazem Kadri has four goals and four assists during a seven-game point streak. He has 20 points (seven goals, 13 assists) in 20 games against Florida.
Panthers center Aleksander Barkov has 14 points (four goals, 10 assists) in Florida's nine home games.

They said it

"Wow, 23 minutes, really? That [stinks]. You do [want ice time], but 23 [minutes] a night for 82 games, it's got to wear on you after a while. Obviously, he's a great player and you want him out there as much as possible, but you also have to monitor your minutes and make sure fatigue doesn't set in. Because once that [happens], your brain stops working.'' -- Toronto forward Nazem Kadri on Barkov averaging 22:47 of ice time this season, most among forwards
"I'm very excited and they tell me I'm playing so it's nice. … Maybe eight years ago [with Barkov] we played on same junior team; then we played four years together and he came here.'' -- Panthers rookie Henrik Haapala, a longtime friend of Barkov, on making his NHL debut

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Zach Hyman -- Auston Matthews -- William Nylander
James van Riemsdyk -- Patrick Marleau -- Mitchell Marner
Connor Brown -- Nazem Kadri -- Leo Komarov
Matt Martin -- Tyler Bozak -- Nikita Soshnikov
Morgan Rielly -- Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner -- Nikita Zaitsev
Frederik Andersen
Curtis McElhinney
Scratched:Josh Leivo, Dominic Moore, Roman Polak
Injured:None

Panthers projected lineup

Jonathan Huberdeau -- Aleksander Barkov -- Evgenii Dadonov
Henrik Haapala -- Vincent Trocheck -- Nick Bjugstad
Jamie McGinn -- Jared McCann -- Colton Sceviour
Micheal Haley -- Chase Balisy -- Connor Brickley
Keith Yandle -- Aaron Ekblad
Mike Matheson -- Mark Pysyk
Ian McCoshen -- MacKenzie Weegar
Roberto Luongo
James Reimer
Scratched:Dryden Hunt, Alexander Petrovic
Injured:Radim Vrbata (face), Derek MacKenzie (upper body)

Status report

MacKenzie remains on injured reserve but is skating. Vrbata is day-to-day.

Stat pack

The Maple Leafs have won 11 times when scoring the first goal of the game, tying them with the Tampa Bay Lightning for the most in the League. Toronto has scored first in 15 of its 22 games, most in the NHL. … The Panthers have three forwards averaging more than one point per game: Barkov, Huberdeau and Trocheck each has 21 points (1.05 per game).