Overview

• Anthony Stolarz played the full 60 minutes and stopped 40 shots, reinforcing his status as the leading candidate to start the opener.
• Auston Matthews, whom Berube says is fully healthy, opened the scoring with a first-period power-play goal.
• Max Domi remained on Matthews’ wing with Matthew Knies as Berube urged him to get inside, shoot more and be defensively responsible.
• Easton Cowan stayed on the fourth line with Scott Laughton and Steven Lorentz as reporting indicates he has likely earned an opening-night spot.
• Simon Benoit returned from a minor upper-body issue and was evaluated on the right side next to Oliver Ekman-Larsson as Toronto iced what could be its opening-night lineup.