Quoting: Leafsfan98
1-8 in their last 9 home games
Have to figure it out... PP is obviously another factor
And Matthews has to come back
Lets see
Issue is if Matthews comes back for Game 6 - Sheldon will change the lines, and I’d argue:
Bertuzzi - Domi - Marner
Cannot be broken up after last game.
Generated a lot of offence and good both ways: and Domi was phenomenal in the dot (which again I’ll always say it, faceoffs matter no matter what anyone else says).
And it’s hard to move Knies and Tavares apart after they both made smart plays for the game winner (Knies drives the net off a line change perfectly and Tavares doesn’t care about his own foot speed, he made the best play available to him).
I saw some Leafs Twitter discuss
Bert - Domi - Marner
Knies - Matthews - Nylander
Robertson - Tavares - Whomever
4th Line
Scratch Reaves
But I’d personally say I liked Holmbergs game and I’d run this to allow Matthews to not have to work as hard/ kill himself:
Bert - Domi - Marner
Knies - Tavares - Nylander
Robertson - Holmberg - Matthews
4th Line
Scratch Reaves
This way Matthews gets unique matchups but idk “playing him against” Geekies line will be good with the hard hitting.