Sheldon Keefe declines further update on William Nylander, labels him ‘possibility’ for Game 3

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe declined to offer any new data on William Nylander, saying the star forward is a “possibility” for Wednesday’s Game 3 against the Boston Bruins.

“Obviously no update today, because not much happening for us here today except for getting ready to travel. But he’s a possibility for us tomorrow, I guess, is all we would say.”@TSN_Edge

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After enjoying all 82 common season video games, Nylander missed his second straight contest Monday evening because the Maple Leafs squeaked out a 3-2 Sport 2 victory to even the sequence at one recreation apiece.

Keefe and the Leafs haven’t indicated the kind of damage Nylander is coping with and haven’t issued any type of indication for when he may return to recreation motion. Nylander skated at each Sunday’s non-obligatory and through Monday’s morning skate, however didn’t take line rushes and stayed out for further work with the Leafs’ projected scratches.  

The 27-year-old Swede had 40 objectives and 58 assists for a career-best 98 factors in the course of the common season with out lacking a recreation. Nylander has 17 objectives and 40 factors in 50 profession playoff video games, together with 14 video games towards the Bruins.

After enjoying Sport 3 Wednesday night at Scotiabank Enviornment, the 2 groups will proceed their sequence with Sport 4 Saturday night.

Bruins recall Lohrei

The Bruins recalled defenceman Mason Lohrei from the AHL’s Windfall Bruins Tuesday morning.

The 23-year-old appeared in 43 video games for the Bruins in the course of the common season, recording 4 objectives and 9 assists for 13 factors. He additionally had one purpose and 15 assists in 21 video games on the AHL stage. 

Defeceman Andrew Peeke suffered an upper-body injury during Monday’s loss and was limited to 10:20 of ice time. Head coach Jim Montgomery did not have an update on the 26-year-old blueliner after the game. 

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