The Toronto Maple Leafs could be rather shorthanded for their season opener against the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday night.
With Auston Matthews already sidelined, Mitch Marner will be a game-time decision, Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe told reporters Wednesday morning, according to TSN's Kristen Shilton.
Keefe noted that the forward had a positive optional morning skate.
Wayne Simmonds tripped up Marner at practice on Tuesday, according to Shilton, and Marner left the ice not much later. Keefe said after the practice that pulling Marner was "precautionary" and he'd be re-evaluated Wednesday.
Marner paced the Maple Leafs last season with 67 points in 55 games. Toronto was eliminated by its Montreal rivals in the first round of last year's playoffs.
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