"All of Steven Lorentz, Max Domi, and Henry Thrun were healthy scratched, while Matias Maccelli, Calle Jarnkrok, and Philippe Myers returned to the lineup. Further, all the lines were shaken up. Easton Cowan was elevated to play with Auston Matthews and Matthew Knies (although we could debate if that's even a promotion at this point), William Nylander was back with John Tavares and Maccelli, and Nick Robertson was moved next to Nic Roy and Bobby McMann, leaving a fourth line of Dakota Joshua - Scott Laughton - Jarnkrok."
"Roy scored just over a minute and a half into his 400th career NHL game. New linemate Nick Robertson made a nice play to skate through the neutral zone after he fooled a Nashville player in the Leafs' zone to recover the puck. After gaining the line, Robertson stopped up and ripped a far-side pass to the trailing McMann, who had an easy play to slide it over to Roy."
"For the first half of the first period, anyway, the Leafs' defense was active, the team skated the puck into the zone a bit more than usual, and they generally controlled the play. However, as the period progressed, Nashville began to tilt the ice the other way. The only real reason the Leafs took a lead into the first intermission is that Joseph Woll made a collection of really good saves."
The Maple Leafs scratched Steven Lorentz, Max Domi and Henry Thrun while bringing Matias Maccelli, Calle Jarnkrok and Philippe Myers back and reshuffling all forward lines. Easton Cowan joined Auston Matthews and Matthew Knies; William Nylander skated with John Tavares and Maccelli; Nick Robertson was paired with Nic Roy and Bobby McMann. Nic Roy scored early in his 400th game on a Robertson-McMann sequence. The Leafs controlled play in the early portion of the first period and Joseph Woll made several strong saves. Nashville gradually tilted play and erased the lead early in the second on a power-play point shot that deflected in front.
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