The Toronto Maple Leafs held a team meeting at Rogers Place in Edmonton on Saturday.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will have second-line centre John Tavares and top-line winger Matthew Knies back in the lineup for Saturday's showdown against the Edmonton Oilers, head coach Craig Berube confirmed. The return of two top-six forwards will provide a jolt to a Toronto attack that has mustered just three goals during a three-game losing streak.

"Both those guys are excellent in front of the net," defenceman Jake McCabe noted. "Oftentimes when you're not scoring goals that's where you need to get to, so having those two guys back will definitely be a big boost for us and the net-front game as well."

Knies will reunite with Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner. Tavares will slot in between Max Pacioretty and William Nylander.

"One of the best players and most reliable centermen in the league," Pacioretty said of the returning Tavares. "It's no secret that probably the most important position in a team is down the middle so when you lose a guy like that it obviously stings. We know what he does for our team and looking forward to it."

Bobby McMann, who had been filling in on the top line, drops down to the third unit with Max Domi and Nick Robertson.

"Those lines were together before, and we had three lines creating offence at that point," said Berube. "McMann with Domi and Robbie were scoring for us, secondary scoring, and before Patches got hurt, that line with Willy and Johnny was pretty good for us, too."

Pacioretty returned from his own injury absence during Wednesday's 3-1 loss to Minnesota Wild. The Leafs are focused on being "a little bit grittier around the net," according to the veteran winger.

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