Sergei Bobrovsky is set to get the net for Toronto’s home pre-season matchup against the Montreal Canadiens tomorrow, as confirmed by head coach Jim Hiller.
The Leafs also had a notable change in camp Monday: Morgan Rielly rejoined the main group after skating in a red sweater yesterday with a different unit while working back from a “viral condition.” With Rielly back in the mix, Ben Danford was moved to the second group.
Rielly put together an 11-goal, 36-point season in 78 games last year and averaged 21:08 of ice time.
Toronto’s lines and pairings in camp were listed as:
Knies-Matthews-Roslovic
McKenna-Tavares-Nylander
Cowan-Paul-Sissons
Joshua-Blueger-Duhaime
Lorentz
OEL-Raddysh
McCabe-Tanev
Rielly-Andrae
Stecher-Blankenburg
Bobrovsky
Stolarz
Elsewhere around the league, the Anaheim Ducks said Ryan Poehling will miss practice Friday and is day-to-day with a lower-body injury. Poehling, 27, scored 11 goals and set a career high with 36 points in 75 games last season, his first with Anaheim.
He also had four goals and one assist in 11 playoff games. Defenceman Ian Moore is sidelined for two-to-four weeks with a lower-body injury after posting 12 points in 67 games last season.
In Montreal, Group B hit the ice first, and TSN’s Kenzie Lalonde reported several lineup combinations. Kirby Dach was centering Alexandre Texier and Zachary Bolduc, while Phillip Danault skated with Josh Anderson and Florian Xhekaj. Jake Evans lined up between Alex Newhook and Brett Berard.
On defence, Mike Matheson and Noah Dobson were together again, and rookies Adam Engstrom and David Reinbacher formed a pair. Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield, Ivan Demidov, Juraj Slafkovsky and Lane Hutson remained together from last season. Free agent addition Chris Kreider also took a rep on the penalty kill with second-year forward Oliver Kapanen.
In Edmonton, Jason Dickinson appeared to be hurt during practice after leaving the ice, though he later came back to test it out and eventually joined a few drills. He did not take part in the team scrimmage. Dickinson was acquired last season on March 4 from the Chicago Blackhawks and signed a five-year, $20 million extension with the Oilers on June 21.
The Ottawa Senators held a scrimmage in camp, with TSN’s Claire Hanna reporting that Tim Stutzle centered Drake Batherson and Andre Burakovsky on the top line. Dylan Cozens had William Eklund and Fabian Zetterlund on his wings.
The Winnipeg Jets were also listed among the day’s camp updates.
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