William Nylander dropped to Maple Leafs third line

Coach Sheldon Keefe unveiled new strains Monday for his Maple Leafs along with his forwards now all in full well being.

Notably, William Nylander is now on the third line, with David Kampf and Alex Kerfoot. Although it isn't prone to be deemed a demotion for the point-a-game Swede, extra the crew on the lookout for scoring and defence from its prime three strains.

Ondrej Kase returned from COVID to affix Auston Matthews and Michael Bunting on the highest line.

Ilya Mikheyev – who's bought a sizzling hand in scoring – moved as much as John Tavares's line, whereas Mitch Marner, who's additionally been sizzling, moved off Matthews to play with Tavares.

Wayne Simmonds, Pierre Engvall and Jason Spezza fashioned the fourth line.

The web end result seems to be a steadiness of offence and defence on all of the strains, creating mismatches when different groups attempt to line-match.

Kyle Clifford and Nick Ritchie skated as extras.

Jake Muzzin additionally had his first full follow since being identified with a concussion, although he practised in no-contact purple.

Leafs strains

Bunting-Matthews-Kase

Mikheyev-Tavares-Marner

Kerfoot-Kampf-Nylander

Simmonds-Engvall-Spezza

Extras: Ritchie, Clifford

Rielly-Brodie

Sandin-Liljegren

Dermott-Biega

Non-contact: Muzzin

Campbell

Mrazek

Scott

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