Keefe Reveals New Lines At Practice.
"The Toronto Maple Leafs are coming off three straight wins against the Vancouver Canucks but have a bigger test on the table Wednesday when they play the Montreal Canadiens. With the Vancouver Canucks struggling, head coach Sheldon Keefe decided to play 11 forwards and 7 defenseman against the Canucks and not stress too much about new lines with Wayne Simmonds out and Joe Thornton not nearing a return. Thornton still isn't ready to play yet and with Montreal providing a bigger test, Keefe revealed some new lines on Tuesday. The Matthews line of course stays together however John Tavares and William Nylander will be joined by a new winger.Ilya Mikheyev found himself on the right wing of the second line while the third line will feature Alex Kerfoot, Jimmy Vesey and Pierre Engvall. On the fourth line Nic Petan was skating Jason Spezza and Travis Boyd. A couple of changes on the power play units as well. Check out all the lines below:Hyman - Matthews - Marner
Nylander - Tavares - Mikheyev
Vesey - Kerfoot - Engvall
Petan - Boyd - SpezzaPP1
Rielly
Matthews - Petan - Marner
Hyman
PP2
Brodie
Nylander - Tavares - Spezza
Mikheyev
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