Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe explains what led to Liljegren’s late scratch on Thursday following the team’s 5-1 win against the Washington Captials.
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe teased that he had some game-time decisions and possible injuries outside of the obvious.
It turns out he was talking about Timothy Liljegren.
The defenseman was a surprise scratch ahead of the club’s 5-1 win against the Washington Capitals on Thursday.
The Leafs announced during the pre-game warmup that the defenseman had an upper-body injury