Leafs facing possible roster changes for tonight's Game 4
The Leafs are in a very good position at the moment, up 2-1 in the series over the Tampa Bay Lighting with home ice recovered for the remainder of the series after stealing Game 3 from the Bolts on Saturday night. However, their performance was lacking something for much of Saturday's game, which led some to wonder whether or not some changes were warranted.
Following the Leafs' morning skate on Monday, Sheldon Keefe revealed to the media that the Leafs could indeed have some changes coming tonight. There were a number of players banged up in Game 3, and Keefe did do a lot of line juggling in-game. However, Keefe also told the media that he does not plan to reveal anything until game time.
With Michael Bunting set to serve the final game of his suspension tonight, he is ruled out. Wayne Simmonds has been skating with the team as an extra, and with the abundance of rough stuff in Game 3, it wouldn't be a shock to see Keefe dress the Wayne Train to help deter some of the Lightning's on-ice antics from the likes of Pat Maroon and Corey Perry, among others.
In all likelihood, if everyone is healthy enough to play, we'll see the same players that we saw from Games 2 and 3 in the lineup, albeit in different line combinations. Keefe had split up Matthews and Marner for a few shifts in Game 3 and he also moved Matthew Knies higher up in the lineup, so these are possibilities for tonight's game as well.
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24 AVRIL | 617 ANSWERS Leafs facing possible roster changes for tonight's Game 4 Will the Leafs win Game 4 and take a 3-1 series lead home tonight? | ||
| Yes | 524 | 84.9 % |
| No | 93 | 15.1 % |
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