Toronto looking for its second three-game winning streak of the season going into Saturday’s game against the St. Louis Blues
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Matthew Knies tries to carry the puck past Seattle Kraken defenseman Jamie Oleksiak at Scotiabank Arena, on Oct. 31.The Toronto Maple Leafs’ top two lines have done their share of the heavy lifting of late, with the reconfigured second trio accounting for 14 points during the team’s two-game winning streak, while the top unit has put up seven of its own.
As might be expected on a team that has rediscovered its groove after a three-game losing string last week, their contributions haven’t gone unnoticed. The 6-foot-3, 227-pound American power forward – like Matthews, a native of Arizona – certainly had to have his wits about him on Thursday, staying alert and keeping his stick on the ice as Matthews and Marner worked a quick tic-tac-toe play to put the puck on his stick to open the scoring against Seattle.
But ultimately, as William Nylander was only too quick to tell the media on Thursday before scoring twice in the 4-1 win over the Kraken, it’s not Marner or Matthews who dole out the ice time. That would be head coach Craig Berube, and while Knies doesn’t get as much as that trio of stars, he is right behind them with the fourth-most minutes among Leafs forwards this season, with an average of 17 minutes 20 seconds a game.
At 6 foot 2 and 217 pounds, the 35-year-old former captain of the Montreal Canadiens led the way physically on Thursday night, dishing out a team-high seven hits, one more than his fellow bash brother, Knies. No one else in blue and white had more than two.
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