3 Keys: Canadiens at Maple Leafs, Game 2 of first round

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  • The Toronto Maple Leafs will look to even the Stanley Cup First Round against the Montreal Canadiens in Game 2 at Scotiabank Arena on Saturday.
  • The Maple Leafs lost captain John Tavares when he sustained a concussion and knee injury in the first period of a 2-1 loss in Game 1 on Thursday.
  • Coach Sheldon Keefe said the Maple Leafs will need to have a next-man-up mentality in Tavares' absence.
  • The Canadiens blueprint for the series was to clog up the neutral zone, play a physical game and not engage in a run-and-gun style that is advantageous to the speedy Maple Leafs.
  • "We did a lot of good things last game, but I think we can still be better," Canadiens forward Nick Suzuki said.
  • Galchenyuk is projected to skate on the second line with William Nylander and Nick Foligno, who moves from wing to center.
  • Engvall will play left wing on the third line with right wing Ilya Mikheyev and Alexander Kerfoot, who shifts from wing to center.
  • Jesperi Kotkaniemi, a healthy scratch for the Canadiens in Game 1, will be the center on the fourth line between Paul Byron and Artturi Lehkonen.
  • Maple Leafs power play against Canadiens penalty killing.
  • Maple Leafs projected lineup
  • Injured: John Tavares (concussion/knee), Ben Hutton (illness)
  • … Keefe said Foligno volunteered to shift from wing to center after Tavares was injured in Game 1
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