No Matthews means the lineup remains untouched from Sunday’s 3-2 win over Utah outside of a goalie swap (Anthony Stolarz starts tonight vs. his former team). The challenge is clearly different and more significant tonight on the road, away from last change and with the Panthers’ calibre of depth up front.
If Paul Maurice hard matches Aleksander Barkov and Sam Reinhart against the Tavares-Marner line, it creates a tall task in the matchups for the Leafs‘ makeshift middle six lines, one of which features three forwards who were all in the AHL just a little over a week ago.