
William Nylander is at the moment listed as questionable for Sport 2 within the opening spherical of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Toronto Maple Leafs ahead is coping with an undisclosed harm that brought on him to overlook Sport 1.
Nylander participated in an optionally available morning skate with the crew on Sunday after not suiting up for Saturday’s 5-1 loss.
In line with NHL.com’s Amalie Benjamin, this was reportedly the primary time that Nylander returned to the ice since taking part in in Toronto’s regular-season finale final Wednesday.
Nylander was one of many Maple Leafs’ best forwards as he completed second on the crew with 98 factors (40 objectives & 58 assists). Again in January 2024, Nylander signed an eight-year, $92 million contract extension with the crew.
The Maple Leafs shall be seeking to get Nylander again within the lineup after tallying only one objective in Sport 1. Ahead David Kampf scored the crew’s lone objective within the third interval of that contest.
“It is a playoff sequence,” Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe stated after the loss. “You have obtained to have the ability to bounce again. You have obtained to have the ability to transfer on and also you make your changes and also you get again at it. That is actually it. You’ll be able to’t get too labored up about it. Whether or not the sport finishes the way in which it did final evening or whether or not we lose the sport in time beyond regulation, we’re nonetheless down 1-0.”
The Maple Leafs have misplaced its final 5 video games and are winless of their final eight contests towards Boston.