While the Leafs worked Ilya Mikheyev into a full practice yesterday and put him back on a line with John Tavares — a very good sign for the first year NHLer’s prospects of a possible return prior to the playoffs — it will still be a few more weeks minimum before he’s back in game action. With Mikheyev taking regular line rushes, there are no clear indications of the changes that might come to the forward lines tonight, but there’s reason to expect a few tweaks after an uneven performance in San Jose.
On the back-end, considering he was back practicing with the second powerplay unit, we’ll likely see Rasmus Sandin back in the lineup tonight.