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Toronto Maple Leafs

With centre Auston Matthews absent from practice with an upper-body injury, William Nylander shifted to centre on a line with Zach Hyman and Connor Brown during Friday's practice. Head coach Mike Babcock confirmed he will play there Saturday against the Boston Bruins.

"And if things go good Willie's just going to stay there," Babcock said. 

Kasperi Kapanen moved up from the third line to skate on the wing beside Tyler Bozak and James van Riemsdyk, while Josh Leivo took Kapanen's spot on the fourth line as the practised three-on-three. 

Marleau-Kadri-Marner
Hyman-Nylander-Brown
JvR-Bozak-Kapanen
Komarov-Moore-Leivo
Martin

Martin later drew in to replace Brown on Nylander's line, while Leivo also saw time with Patrick Marleau and Mitch Marner:

Hyman-Nylander-Martin
Leivo-Marleau-Marner

After practice, Leafs head coach Mike Babcock said he wasn't sure which forward would draw in with Matthews set to miss Saturday's game.

"I haven’t decided who is going in, Marty or Leivs," Babcock said. "We’ll look at that today and decide based on the pre-scout of Boston. We’ll see what can help us the best. Whoever gets in, you just have to grab it and you play real well."

Matthews is set to undergo an MRI on Friday for what is believed to be a shoulder injury. He left Thursday's shootout win over the New York Islanders late in the third period and did not return. 

Matthews is officially considered day-to-day, though Babcock said he would be "out for a bit."

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens centre Phillip Danault missed practice Friday morning for a therapy day, the team announced.

Danault returned earlier this week against the Philadelphia Flyers. He missed over a month after taking a Zdeno Chara slapshot to the head.

In 45 games this season, the 24-year-old has eight goals and 16 assists.

Logan Shaw, Andrew Shaw and Ales Hemsky all practised in non-contact jerseys. Head coach Claude Julien later confirmed that neither A. Shaw or Hemsky will play Saturday against the Tampa Bay Lightning. 

 

Here were their lines at practice according to TSN's John Lu:

Pacioretty-Drouin-Lehkonen

Galchenyuk-De La Rose-Hudon

Byron-Plekanec-Gallagher

Deslauriers-Froese-Carr

 

Mete-Petry

Alzner-Juulsen

Morrow-Benn

Schlemko

 

Niemi

Lindgren

Winnipeg Jets

Here were the Jets lines Friday morning according to TSN 1290's Brian Munz. 

Connor-Scheifele-Wheeler

Perrault-Little-Roslovic

Laine-Copp-Ehlers

Petan-Hendricks-Armia

 

Morrissey-Myers

Enstrom-Byfuglien

Chiarot-Kulikov


 

Hellebuyck

Hutchinson

Vancouver Canucks

Forward Sam Gagner will return Friday night against the Vegas Golden Knights after missing the last seven games with an ankle injury according to Jeff Paterson of TSN 1040 Vancouver. 

Anders Nilsson will make his fourth straight start, while defenceman Philip Holm will make his NHL debut. 

New York Islanders

The Islanders announced that they have placed forward Alan Quine on the injured reserve list with a lower-body injury. 

In 21 games so far this season, he has three assists. 

TSN Game Notes

Wild (73P) at Rangers (59P) - 7PM

MIN 1-0-0 vs NYR in 17-18, winning at home. NYR won 3 of past 4 at home vs MIN (lost last)

NYR (27-29-5):

lost 5 straight, outscored 22-10, PP 4/13

Zuccarello (2G, 3A) last 7GP

MIN (33-20-7):

won 2 straight, both on road, 9GF, PP 0/3

Staal (5G, 3A) last 8GP

Penguins (74P) at Hurricanes (64P) - 730PM

CAR 2-1-0 vs PIT in 17-18, 1-0-0 at home. PIT has won 3 of past 4 in CAR (lost last)

CAR (27-23-10):

0-2-1 last 3GP, 4GF, PP 0/8

Teravainen (1G, 6A) last 11GP

PIT (35-22-4):

won 5 straight, outscoring opponent 23-10, PP 2/8

Malkin (3G, 4A) 4 game PT streak

Jets (79P) at Blues (72P) - 8PM

STL 2-1-0 vs WPG in 17-18, 1-0-0 at home, shutout win.WPG won 4 of last 5 in STL (lost last)

STL (34-23-4):

0-3-1 last 4GP, 7GF, PP 3/14

Schenn (1G, 1A) last 5GP

WPG (35-16-9):

coming off a 6-3-1 home stand, 25GA, PK 27/33 (last road game Jan 25)

Wheeler (3G, 8A)  6 game PT streak

Sharks (74P) at Blackhawks (60P) - 830PM

SJ 2-1-0 vs CHI in 16-17, 0-1-0 in CHI. CHI 9-1-1 last 11GP at home vs SJ

CHI (26-27-8):

2-2-0 on home stand, 12GF, PP 2/12

Kane (2G, 2A) last 3GP

SJ (33-20-8):

2-1-0 last 3GP on road, 6GF, PP 0/8

Burns (0P) last 3GP

Canucks (53P) at Knights (84P) - 1030PM

VGS 1-0-0 vs VAN in 17-18, winning in VAN

VGS (40-16-4):

4-2-0 on home stand, 23GF, PP 4/15

Marchessault (1G, 4A) last 4GP

VAN (23-30-7):

2-6-1 last 9GP, 26GF, PP 4/25

Boeser (1A) last 3GP