Title: Maple Leafs injury update Why isnt Nick [Print This Page] Author: lovelystyle Time: 2023-5-29 20:17 Title: Maple Leafs injury update Why isnt Nick Nick Foligno did not play for the Maple Leafs in Games 3 and 4 of their Stanley Cup first-round series, both wins, against the Canadiens. Coach Sheldon Keefe announced Thursday following the team Wes Hopkins Jersey 's morning skate that Foligno would mi s Game 5as well. The team announced before puck drop Monday Nelson Agholor Jersey that the veteran forward was out with a lower-body injury.Prior to Game 5, Foligno did skate with injured captain John Tavares before the morning skate. Foligno remains day to day but is progre sing.The news that Foligno would mi s Game 3 came as a surprise. Just hours earlier, Keefe said, "Nick will play tonight." He Nick Foles Jersey also participated in warmups before Monday's game and took line rushes between Alex Galchenyuk and William Nylander.Foligno did not participate in the team's morning skate Mondayand Toronto did not practice Sunday. Riley Nash took his spot in the morning and warmed up as well; Nash slotted into Foligno's spot in the official lineup. After the game, Keefe said that Foligno was day to day.MORE: Losing Foligno leaves a big hole Wendell Smallwood Jersey in the Leafs' lineup, as the 33-year Reggie White Jersey -old was shifted to Tavares' second-line center duties. Tavares was injured in Game 1 and is . In Game 2, Foligno played 13:24 with three shots and won 13 of 16 faceoffs. The move to center made sense for Keefe to make, but it also came after Foligno offered up his services down the middle."We don't have an abundance of options," Keefe said before Game 2. " Ron Jaworski Jersey Nick has played a lot of center. He played a lot of center in Columbus before he came here this season. Even when he Zach Ertz Jersey plays left wing, Nick ends up spending a lot of time playing low in the defensive zone. He is usually high in the offensive zone. He is usually the first guy back. He is very comfortable playing down low in our own end. It is a natural fit."After coming over from the Blue Jackets Derek Barnett Jersey , Foligno notched four a sists in seven games all on the wing. In the two playoff games, he hadan a sist on Toronto's lone goal, by Nylander,in its Game 1 lo s.
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