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Grubauer will start in Winnipeg on Tuesday.

Grubauer will be back between the pipes for the Kraken's penultimate game of the season on Tuesday after Joey Daccord got the nod in Sunday's 4-1 loss to the Blues. After struggling mightily throughout the first few months of the 2023-24 campaign, Grubauer turned his season around after returning from a lower-body injury in mid-February. The 32-year-old netminder owns a 9-6-1 record and a .915 SV% across his last 18 appearances. He draws a difficult matchup tonight with the Kraken being +185 underdogs in Winnipeg.

Philipp Grubauer
McMann (lower body) will miss the Maple Leafs' final two games and is questionable for the beginning of the playoffs.

McMann was limited to only 4:10 time-on-ice before exiting Saturday's 5-4 loss to the Detroit Red Wings with a lower-body injury. McMann has 24 points (15G / 9A) in 56 games this season but has only one point in his last eight games.

Bobby McMann
McMann (lower body) missed practice Monday after leaving Saturday's game early.

McMann was limited to only 4:10 time-on-ice before exiting Saturday's 5-4 loss to the Detroit Red Wings with a lower-body injury. McMann has 24 points (15G / 9A) in 56 games this season but has only one point in his last eight games.

Bobby McMann
The Maple Leafs have assigned Matt Murray to Toronto (AHL) on an LTIR conditioning loan.

Murray has not played this season after undergoing hip surgery in October. Murray could see some game action with the Marlies during his loan and if all goes well, provides the Maple Leafs with added goaltending depth for the postseason. But he'll be behind Ilya Samsonov, Joseph Woll, and Martin Jones on the depth chart, so he very likely won't see any games with the Maple Leafs this season.

Matt Murray
Stephenson (personal) returned to practice on Friday and is expected to suit up vs. Minnesota.

Stephenson most recently played on a line with Tomas Hertl and Michael Amadio but will not play on Wednesday to attend the birth of his child. The 29-year-old Stephenson has 47 points (16G / 31A) in 73 games this season. Brendan Brisson has been sent down to the AHL, indicating that Stephenson is poised to return to the Golden Knights lineup on Friday.

Chandler Stephenson