DJ Smith will have a little extra help behind the bench today too.
A best guess at how Coach Alfie will line ’em up based on the morning skate that happened while you were snoozin’.
Tkachuk-Norris- Tarasenko
Joseph-Stützle-Giroux
Kubalik-Jarventie- Batherson
Highmore-Chartier- Kelly
Sanderson-Zub
Chychrun-Bernard Docker
Brannstrom-Hamonic
Puck drop is scheduled for just after 2:00 PM at the Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. TSN5, RDS and TSN1200 have the main broadcast options. Some friendly Swedish pirates will be offering up a wide variety of illegala internetströmmar.
If you’re planning to travel to the game in person, you should have left yesterday. If you’re planning to watch it on television, you’ll want to start with the fake and dramatic coughing around 11 AM to give yourself sufficient time to make it home from the office.
Wondering how these teams match-up but looking for an authentic Swedish experience? The HUVUD2HUVUD table has you covered.
| HUVUD2HUVUD |  |
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|---|---|---|
| Registrera | 8-5-2 (18 pts) | 6-7-0 (12 pts) |
| Mål för | 3.67 (4th) | 3.85 (3rd) |
| Mål mot | 3.27 (18th) | 3.38 (21st) |
| Maktspel | 22.2% (10th) | 21.8% (12th) |
| Straff döda | 78.9% (16th) | 75.0% (23rd) |
| Skott för | 30.5 (19th) | 33.0 (7th) |
| Skott mot | 30.1 (14th) | 29.7 (10th) |
| ledande målskyttar | Larkin-17 pts DeBrincat-15 pts Compher-11 pts Raymond-11 pts Seider-11 pts |
Stutzle-17 pts Giroux-15 pts Chychrun-12 pts Joseph-12 pts Tkachuk-12 pts |
| startmålvakt | James Reimer 2-2-1 1.80 GAA, .933 sv% |
Joonas Korpisalo 4-4-0 3.10 GAA, .907 sv% |
