Toronto resumes its season against the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday. Matias Maccelli, John Tavares and William Nylander formed the Maple Leafs’ new first line at practice via line rushes from David Alter of The Hockey News.

Max Domi will centre Matthew Knies and Easton Cowan on the second line. Dakota Joshua will re-enter the lineup and join Bo Groulx and Nick Robertson on the third line, while Michael Pezzetta will get his second look of the season, alongside Jacob Quillan and Calle Jarnkrok.

Maple Leafs goaltender Joseph Woll is projected to start Saturday’s game against the Buffalo Sabres. Woll is line to make his third consecutive start. The 27-year-old is coming off a 40-save performance in Thursday’s 6-4 win over the Anaheim Ducks. Woll has posted a .905 save percentage, with a 3.13 goals against average in 30 appearances this season.

Steven Lorentz and Troy Stecher are the Maple Leafs’ projected scratches for the second consecutive game.

It will be an adjustment for the Maple Leafs without Matthews. Anaheim’s Radko Gudas was issued a five-game suspension for kneeing Matthews. Matthews’ agent, Judd Moldaver, ripped into the NHL Department of Player Safety for what he believed to be an overly lenient sanction.

“We lose our captain for the year, I don’t know … it doesn’t seem like enough for me,” Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube said following Saturday’s morning skate via Terry Koshan of the Toronto Sun. “Guy doing it is a repeat offender, it just doesn’t seem like enough.”