Overview
- Practice and optional-skate reports on Saturday showed Sergei Bobrovsky in the home net and listed him as the projected starter for the 7:00 p.m. ET matchup versus Ottawa.
- Toronto enters the game 1-1 after a loss to Montreal and a win over the New York Islanders, while Ottawa will be playing its season opener at Scotiabank Arena.
- Coaches presented a Bobrovsky–Anthony Stolarz goalie pairing and published forward and defensive line combinations during recent practice sessions.
- Oddsmakers listed the game as a pick’em with FanDuel showing both teams at -110 and a 6.5 total, and betting markets highlighted rookie Gavin McKenna at +290 to score his first NHL goal.
- Bobrovsky signed a three-year, $21 million deal with Toronto on July 1 and comes off a down 2025–26 season, making his early workload and form key factors to watch for the Leafs and their young players.