BREAKING: Maple Leafs Announce the Starting Goalie for Tonight's Game
The Toronto Maple Leafs are set to face the Vegas Golden Knights tonight and extend their seven-win streak. Head coach Sheldon Keefe announced who'll be the starting goalie trusted to hold off the Golden Knights as they look to bounce back from their tough 7-3 loss against the Leafs from last week.
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Joseph Woll, the Leafs' rookie goaltender, was called up from the Marlies after his short conditioning stint. Fans were looking forward to see if he would play tonight, and they finally got an answer.
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Coach Keefe announced that Ilya Samsonov will play and Martin Jones will be backing him up.
Samsonov has won nine out of his last 11 games in his best streak of the season.
Woll hasn't been activated yet, and we won't see him in a game until the Leafs do activate him.
The Leafs have two games left this week, against the Coyotes on Thursday and the Rangers on Saturday.
Do you think Woll will play later this week?
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| POLL |
27 FEVRIER | 275 ANSWERS BREAKING: Maple Leafs Announce the Starting Goalie for Tonight's Game Do you think Woll will play later this week? |
| Yes | 200 | 72.7 % |
| No | 75 | 27.3 % |
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