Leafs practice notes: Jarnkrok, Myers re-enter lineup, Woll projected to start vs. Predators

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube made a few changes to his lineup during Friday’s practice. Whether it will ultimately be enough for a major change is an entirely different matter.Calle Jarnkrok was placed on the fourth line, alongside Max Domi and Scott Laughton via lines posted by David Alter of The Hockey News. Jarnkrok has recorded four goals in 21 games, but hasn’t scored since a November 1 contest against the Philadelphia Flyers.

Matias Maccelli joined Lorentz among the extras. Berube previously indicated that he wants to get Maccelli into a game sometime soon, as the forward has been a healthy scratch for the entire month of December.

Philippe Myers was re-inserted into the lineup, alongside Morgan Rielly. Henry Thrun and Chris Tanev skated among the extras. Myers has recorded one assist in 14 games.

Joseph Woll is the projected starter for Saturday’s game against the Nashville Predators. Woll has recorded a 5-3-1 record with a .927 save percentage and 2.39 goals against average this season.

Toronto is coming off an embarrassing 4-0 loss to the Washington Capitals, where the power play could not convert during five opportunities. Matthew Knies, Auston Matthews and Wiliam Nylander remained on the top line, after Berube said their performance wasn’t close to good enough against the Capitals. Matthews and Nylander both did not record a shot at 5-on-5 in one of the most listless performances of their shared tenures with the club.“The power play has actually been getting better, but tonight it got awful in my opinion,” Berube said after Thursday’s game. “I thought the other unit did some good things, they had a couple of opportunities and just misfired, didn’t go in, had some good chances. But, our top unit didn’t execute, didn’t win any battles then they needed to, just couldn’t make plays.”Maple Leafs’ projected lineup vs. Predators

Matthew Knies-Auston Matthews-William Nylander

Nick Robertson-John Tavares-Easton Cowan

Dakota Joshua-Nicolas Roy-Bobby McMann

Max Domi-Scott Laughton-Calle Jarnkrok

Morgan Rielly-Philippe Myers 

Jake McCabe-Troy Stecher 

Simon Benoit-Oliver Ekman-Larsson

Joseph Woll (projected starter)

Dennis Hildeby 

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