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