Leafs centre Auston Matthews will sit out a game for the first time in his career when Toronto meets the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday night at the Air Canada Centre. Matthews, who missed practice Tuesday, played in all 82 games in his rookie season last year and all 16 of the Leafs’ games to this point in the current season. Babcock is likely to keep the lines he had in practice Tuesday, with the centres being Patrick Marleau, Nazem Kadri, Tyler Bozak, and Dominic Moore. Marleau is moving from the wing to centre, a position he played for much of his career with San Jose. Toronto also recalled centre Fredrik Gauthier from the Marlies on Tuesday, but Gauthier will likely be a scratch for the game against Minnesota.

Source: thestar November 08, 2017 16:52 UTC