{"id":240633,"date":"2025-10-25T21:05:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T21:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/240633\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T21:05:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T21:05:10","slug":"leafs-william-nylander-in-saturdays-lineup-for-game-against-sabres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/240633\/","title":{"rendered":"Leafs\u2019 William Nylander in Saturday\u2019s lineup for game against Sabres"},"content":{"rendered":"

Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> winger William Nylander<\/a> was in the lineup for Saturday\u2019s home game against the Buffalo Sabres<\/a> after being considered a game-time decision earlier in the day. <\/p>\n

Defenceman Morgan Rielly<\/a> was also in the lineup. <\/p>\n

Leafs lines in warm-up
vs Sabres <\/p>\n

McMann – Matthews – Nylander
Knies – Tavares – Maccelli
Joshua – Roy – Cowan
Lorentz – Domi – Robertson
Jarnkrok*<\/p>\n

McCabe – Carlo
Rielly – Ekman-Larsson
Benoit – Myers
Mermis*<\/p>\n

Primeau starts
Hildeby<\/p>\n

*Not taking rushes@TSN_Sports<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mark Masters (@markhmasters) October 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Nylander went to the dressing room after falling in the front-end of Toronto\u2019s home-and-home with the Sabres in Buffalo Friday night. After the game head coach Craig Berube<\/a> told reporters \u201cwe\u2019ll see\u201d when asked about the star forward\u2019s status for Saturday.<\/p>\n

Nylander had a goal in 17:39 of ice time as the Leafs went on to lose 5-3. Regardless of whether or not he plays in the back-to-back, forward Nick Robertson will draw into the lineup, TSN\u2019s Mark Masters reports.<\/p>\n

Rielly did not play Friday due to an undisclosed injury.<\/p>\n

The Leafs enter play Saturday 3-4-1 having picked up seven points in eight games.<\/p>\n