ROUND TWO LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
As Game 1 kicks off a busy week for the Panthers and Leafs, the Leafs held what is likely to be their only full practice on Sunday to fine-tune things before puck drop.
Unlike their former bench boss Sheldon Keefe, current head coach Craig Berube was hesitant to make any major changes to his lineup after the Leafs lost Game 4 and Game 5, despite many believing he should have. At practice on Sunday, Berube continued with the status quo as the Leafs appear set to roll out the same lineup for Game 1 against Florida on Monday. source
Matthew Knies – Auston Matthews – Mitch Marner
Max Pacioretty – John Tavares – William Nylander
Bobby McMann – Max Domi – Pontus Holmberg
Steven Lorentz – Scott Laughton – Calle Jarnkrok
Morgan Rielly – Brandon Carlo
Jake McCabe – Chris Tanev
Simon Benoit – Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Anthony Stolarz
Joseph Woll
Scratched: Dakota Mermis, Philippe Myers, Nicholas Robertson, David Kampf, Ryan Reaves, Artur Akhtyamov
Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body)
Status report: Tkachuk did not practice Sunday but will play. … Ekblad is serving the last of a two-game suspension the defenseman received from the NHL Department of Player Safety for his hit on Lightning forward Brandon Hagel in Game 4. … The Maple Leafs will use the same 18 skaters they have since Pacioretty entered the lineup for Game 3 against the Senators.
Maybe not…