DENVER — The Maple Leafs stuck to the basics in a short practice on Friday.
The Leafs got away with it to start the three-game trip, beating the St. Louis Blues in overtime on Tuesday, but the Arizona Coyotes weren’t as accommodating in a 6-3 handling of the Leafs on Thursday.
“My focus is on how when we’re going at our best, we’re really connected shift to shift and play to play. There’s a lot of positive play — win a shift, the next group comes out, win a shift. We haven’t had enough of that.Neither Matt Murray nor Ilya Samsonov has been brilliant in the Leafs net this week, though Keefe acknowledged the defence corps “didn’t have a great night” against Arizona.
The Avs have lost their two games since Christmas, and could be buoyed by the possible participation of Nathan MacKinnon on Saturday. One of the NHL’s most dominant power forwards, MacKinnon has not played since Dec. 5 because of an upper-body injury.Keefe will use the same group of forwards and defencemen that lost in Arizona, though he didn’t indicate who will get the start in goal.
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