The 2026-27 campaign begins with a three game road trip, beginning tonight in the Big Smoke. The Leafs enter the game 1-1-0, with first overall pick Gavin McKenna posting two shots and no points through his first two games. The Sens are the only team left to play their season opener get their first taste of NHL action. A strong start to the season is critical in the best division in hockey and that starts at Scotiabank Arena tonight.<\/p>\n
Sens Lineup<\/p>\n
Ridly Greig misses the opener against his favourite team as he serves the first game of his two game suspension from last year’s playoffs. Newcomer Andr\u00e9 Burakovsky will also miss the opener due to an upper body injury sustained after taking a hit from Arber Xhekaj in the team’s final preseason game. Hoyt Stanley was loaned to Belleville yesterday so it looks like Jake Sanderson will be good to go. Artem Zub remains on the sidelines with injuries but Warren Foegele will play so the lines will look like this with Zetterlund on the second line in place of Burakovsky.<\/p>\n
Lines this morning #Sens<\/a><\/p>\n Foegele-Stutzle-Batherson Sanderson-Matinpalo Ullmark No Burakovsky or Zub today.<\/p>\n \u2014 Jackson Starr (@Jackson_Starr_) October 3, 2026<\/a> The Leafs are coming off a 2-1 win over the New York Islanders on Wednesday and look to be running the same lineup in tonight’s game. Sergei Bobrovsky is expected to start in goal. Easton Cowan leads the team with three points in two games and William Nylander leads the team in goals with two. The Leafs are running the following lines. <\/p>\n #Leafs<\/a> lines at practice (10\/02\/26): <\/p>\n Marchenko – Matthews – Roslovic McCabe – Tanev Bobrovsky
Eklund-Cozens-Burakovsky
Amadio-Pinto-Giroux
Cousins-Halliday-Hodgson<\/p>\n
Chabot-Spence
Kleven-Yakemchuk
Crotty-Greig (extra)<\/p>\n
Ersson<\/p>\n
\nLeafs Lineup<\/p>\n
McKenna – Tavares – Nylander
Cowan – Paul – Sissons
Duhaime – Blueger – Groulx
MacEwen<\/p>\n
Rielly – Raddysh
OEL – Stecher
Blankenburg <\/p>\n
Stolarz#PassionNeverSleeps<\/a><\/p>\n