The Maple Leafs remain without Auston Matthews coming out of the holiday break as they look to snap a two-game losing slide against a bottom-feeding Red Wings team seeking a new-coach bump tonight in Detroit (7:00 p.m. EST, Sportsnet Ontario). source
Max Pacioretty — John Tavares — Mitch Marner
Matthew Knies — Pontus Holmberg — William Nylander
Bobby McMann — Max Domi — Nicholas Robertson
Steven Lorentz — Connor Dewar — David Kampf
Morgan Rielly — Phillippe Myers
Jake McCabe — Chris Tanev
Simon Benoit — Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Joseph Woll
Dennis Hildeby
Scratched: Ryan Reaves, Conor Timmins
Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Calle Jarnkrok (lower body), Anthony Stolarz (lower body), Auston Matthews (upper body)
Status report: Matthews, a center who has missed the past two games, will miss at least two more games, Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube said.
Man, Marner with a natural hatty!
Is it possible that Matthews is out because Marner’s using a Tavares-esque amulet to steal his powers??? 👽