Overview
- Winnipeg enters the home game on a four-game winning streak after a 6-2 victory over Minnesota highlighted by Mark Scheifele’s goal and three assists.
- Toronto has dropped two straight, including a 6-5 overtime loss to Vegas, and slipped out of an Eastern Conference wild-card position.
- William Nylander’s availability is uncertain after he left Toronto’s last game with an apparent aggravation of a lower-body issue.
- The Maple Leafs won the season’s first meeting 6-5 on Jan. 1, when Auston Matthews recorded a hat trick, and Toronto is 1-6-1 against Winnipeg since 2022.
- Toronto is 23-16-8 with 158 goals to rank fifth in scoring, while Winnipeg is 19-22-5 with a -3 goal differential.