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The Maple Leafs head coach will dress forwards Calle Jarnkrok and Pontus Holmberg for Game 6 of their second-round playoff series against the Florida Panthers with Toronto facing elimination down 3-2 on Friday.

Jarnkrok and Holmberg took a seat in Game 5 for Nick Robertson and David Kampf in the Leafs’ disastrous 6-1 loss Wednesday that pushed them to the brink of elimination.

Berube will also keep star forwards Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner together on Toronto’s top line despite the duo’s offensive struggles against tight-checking Florida. Matthews has yet to score in the series, while Marner bagged the winner in Game 2 as the Leafs built a 2-0 lead that has since evaporated with three straight losses. source

Projected lineup:

Matthew Knies – Auston Matthews – Mitch Marner
Pontus Holmberg – John Tavares – William Nylander
Bobby McMann – Max Domi – Max Pacioretty
Steven Lorentz – Scott Laughton – Calle Jarnkrok

Morgan Rielly – Brandon Carlo
Jake McCabe – Chris Tanev
Simon Benoit – Oliver Ekman-Larsson

Joseph Woll
Matt Murray

Scratched: Dakota Mermis, Philippe Myers, Nicholas Robertson, Dennis Hildeby, David Kampf, Ryan Reaves, Artur Akhtyamov

Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Anthony Stolarz (undisclosed)