Maple Leafs reveal lineup with Matthews back on Saturday.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have revealed their lineup with captain Auston Matthews back on Saturday.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are set to take on Atlantic Division rivals the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night for Hockey Night in Canada and there will be fairly significant changes for both teams coming into tonight's game.
The big news for the Maple Leafs will of course be the return of star forward and team captain Auston Matthews, who has been sidelined for weeks with what remains a mysterious and intentionally undisclosed injury. Matthews will not be the only returning Leaf tonight however with forward Matthew Knies also being activated for tonight's game after dealing with an injury of his own.
Here is a look at the Leafs ahead of today's game against the Lightning with both Matthews and Knies back in the lineup:
Knies-Matthews-W.Nylander
Holmberg-Tavares-Marner
Robertson-Minten-Lorentz
Grebenikin-Dewar-A.Nylander
Rielly-OEL
McCabe-Tanev
Benoit-Timmins
Woll
The Lightning on the other hand will see one of their top stars come out of the lineup this evening with multiple reports that star forward Nikita Kucherov will miss tonight's game.