Sheldon Keefe on managing matchups in the playoffs: “In general, because Matthews and Marner are two of our best defensive players, I don’t get too concerned about going best-on-best with them”

#Leafs lines during practice Apr. 16/23

Bunting-Matthews-Marner
Tavares-O'Reilly-Nylander
Kerfoot-Acciari-Jarnkrok
AstonReese-Kampf-Lafferty
Knies, Simmonds (on another pad)

McCabe-Brodie
Giordano-Holl
Rielly-Schenn
Gustafsson-Liljegren@BodogCA @RinkWideTOR

— David Alter (@dalter) April 16, 2023

What do you like about Ryan O’Reilly in the second-line center spot with John Tavares on the wing?

Keefe: He’s got a skill set to be able to play with those guys offensively, but defensively, he is able to take on a lot of the load there. It makes it so you can play that line against anybody.