Toronto Maple Leafs winger Matthew Knies was absent from Thursday’s morning skate ahead of their game against the Vegas Golden Knights.

Viewers in the Leafs region can watch the game on TSN4, TSN.ca and the TSN App with coverage beginning at 9pm ET/6pm PT.

The 23-year-old American has 12 goals and 26 assists over 43 games this season, his fourth in Toronto.

In other lineup news, forward Nick Robertson, who missed Tuesday’s blowout loss to the Utah Mammoth after blocking a shot against the Colorado Avalanche a night prior, returned to the ice on Thursday’s for Toronto’s skate.

Joseph Woll was in the starter’s net.

This will the Maple Leafs’ first game against winger Mitch Marner, who joined Vegas this summer after an up-and-down nine-year run in Toronto.

Marner and the Golden Knights are in Toronto next Friday.

The Maple Leafs used a recent 10-game point streak to jump back into the playoff hunt and currently sit one point behind the Buffalo Sabres and Boston Bruins for the wild-card spots in the Eastern Conference.

Maple Leafs’ Practice Lines

Lines at Leafs skate

F

McMann – Matthews – Domi

Maccelli – Tavares – Nylander

Cowan – Roy – Robertson

Lorentz – Laughton – Jarnkrok

D

Rielly – Carlo

McCabe – Ekman-Larsson

Benoit – Stecher

Benning – Myers

G

Woll

Hildeby

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