7:00 pm at Scotiabank Arena
TV/Streaming: CBC
Opponent’s Site: Winging it in Motown
Justin Holl is in Sheldon Keefe’s doghouse as the Leafs get set to host the Red Wings on Saturday night. The 29-year-old defenseman is a healthy scratch in place of Timothy Liljegren, with Travis Dermott moving up to play with Morgan Rielly against the rebuilding Red Wings. The result of this means Jake Muzzin and TJ Brodie are being paired together, likely in an attempt to get Jake Muzzin back in the right direction because the 32-year-old been quite, uhh, worrying so far.
Sheldon Keefe on blue-line blender:
"The D pairs & D core has not played well enough.