"With key stars sidelined, the Toronto Maple Leafs again found timely offense from their promising power forward duo. The injury news was not promising before Toronto faced the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday at Scotiabank Arena, but it didn't matter to two players. The Maple Leafs were not deterred by the pregame news that Auston Matthews and defenseman Chris Tanev would join William Nylander as injury scratches before they faced the Devils. Instead, Bobby McMann and Matthew Knies played starring roles in an important victory."
"The recent firing of assistant coach Marc Savard and the addition of Steve Sullivan to the Maple Leafs' bench have rejuvenated a season-long struggling power play. The man-advantage hot streak continued against the Devils. McMann kick-started the Leafs' offense, scoring a power-play goal during the team's second opportunity of the first period. After the first unit had multiple chances to score, McMann received a pass from Nick Robertson just inside the Devils' blue line and confidently buried a wrist shot blocker-side on Jacob Markstrom."
Auston Matthews, William Nylander and defenseman Chris Tanev were scratched with injuries before the game against the New Jersey Devils. Bobby McMann and Matthew Knies stepped into starring roles, contributing important goals and physical play while helping sustain Toronto's four-game points streak. The Maple Leafs faced added urgency in divisional matchups while positioned near the bottom of the Eastern Conference before puck drop. The firing of assistant coach Marc Savard and addition of Steve Sullivan rejuvenated a struggling power play. McMann scored a power-play goal and later assisted on a second-unit power-play goal by Nicolas Roy.
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