The Toronto Maple Leafs and Winnipeg Jets held optional skates at Scotiabank Arena on Tuesday.
A lot has changed since the Leafs and Jets last played on Jan. 18 in Toronto when Patrik Laine was sidelined, and the home team won 3-1.
Since then, Toronto and Winnipeg have established themselves as the most consistent contenders in the North Division and the Jets made a blockbuster trade, shipping Laine, a winger, to Columbus in exchange for centre Pierre-Luc Dubois. They got two really dynamic centre-ice men and now we do as well, noted coach Paul Maurice. [John] Tavares and [Auston] Matthews both do a lot of dynamic things and we have Mark [Scheifele] and Pierre-Luc who will be able to do the same for us.
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