Mike Babcock has made it clear he’s only making lineup decisions during the final stretch with what’s best for his players ahead of the Leafs first-round series with the Bruins. (reporterchris)
TORONTO — The Montreal Canadiens are in a position where they need help to reach the playoffs. It didn’t come from theToronto started backup Garret Sparks on the second half of a back-to-back, rested Jake Muzzin and Andreas Johnsson with illnesses and tinkered with roughly a dozen different forward combinations during Tuesday’s 4-1 loss to theThe two points kept Carolina one ahead of Montreal in the Eastern Conference wild-card chase with time running short on the season.
“We’re going to worry about ourselves totally and not about who we’re playing,” he said. “It’s just the way it’s set up.”
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