Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs and Nylander
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Nylander will make his return to the Maple Leafs' lineup on Saturday after missing six games with a lower-body injury.
Former Canuck defenceman Troy Stecher sent Max Domi away for a short-side goal on Thatcher Demko, then after the fourth minor was killed, Steven Lorentz spotted Nylander for a backhand breakaway deke. That stretched out Demko, who was replaced by Kevin Lankinen.
The Toronto Maple Leafs must avoid replicating the mistake they made at last year's trade deadline heading into this year's frenzy.
According to The Athletic’s Chris Johnston, Stolarz is expected to return shortly after the Olympic break, so the Maple Leafs face a potential logjam in goal with three goalies for a position in which usually only two players rotate game to game.