The trio of Knies, O’Reilly and Acciari gave Tampa fits in Game 2. Is a repeat performance in order?
You can forgive Matthew Knies for being a little raw to open and close Game 2.
He admitted that, as much as he loved taking in the atmosphere, he absolutely felt nervous. Here he was, the Leafs’ top forward prospect, not even two weeks removed from competing with Minnesota in the NCAA Frozen Four, tasked with replacing the suspended Michael Bunting in Toronto’s top nine in a borderline must-win contest against the Tampa Bay Lightning. So it wasn’t a huge shock to see Knies take a bad hooking penalty four minutes in.
“I thought the line was terrific,” said Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe. “We’ll watch it all back but it just felt to me like they were in the offensive zone or at least out of trouble a lot. Matt takes a penalty in the first period, but I thought he skated well, was hard on the puck, he made a couple great offensive plays, so it’s a real good performance for him.
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