The Toronto Maple Leafs will rest star forwards Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner, while Jack Campbell will serve as the backup to Erik Kallgren when the team plays in their final regular season game at home against the Boston Bruins on Friday.
“It’s really all about Monday,” Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe, who referenced the date for the start of Game 1 of their playoffs schedule which has yet to be announced.
Matthews recorded his 60th goal of the season during the team’s 3-0 win against the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday. The previous week, the forward missed three games with an undisclosed injury.
When he returned against the Tampa Bay Lightning last week, Matthews said the injury was something he was going to have to continue to work through.
Matthews finished the 2021-22 regular season with franchise record 60 goals and he became the first Maple Leafs player to record over 100 points (106) in a season since Doug Gilmour accomplished the feat during the 1992-93 season.
Marner will finish three points short of the century club, but recorded career highs in goals (35) and points (97).
”Talking with our team here I’d say we have a pretty good awareness how this year has been, it’s obviously been tough on everyone’s body …
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Author: David Alter / The Leafs Nation