TORONTO -- Sheldon Keefe coached 150 regular-season games at Scotiabank Arena when he was with the Toronto Maple Leafs from 2019-24. So to say his trip to the arena on Thursday was familiar, right down to the traffic on the Queen Elizabeth Way, is fair.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will welcome back Sheldon Keefe to Scotiabank Arena on Thursday, marking his first visit since being fired by the team in May. While the Leafs and Devils have already faced off twice this season in New Jersey,

When: Thursday, 7 p.m., Scotiabank Arena TV: TSN4 Radio: TSN 1050 Odds: Devils -102, Maple Leafs -122 The buzz If the Maple Leafs are beaten by the Devils in Sheldon Keefe’s return, they’ll do something that never happened during his tenure as coach in Toronto: Lose four games in a row in regulation.

John Tavares is week to week for the Toronto Maple Leafs with a lower-body injury and was placed on injured reserve Thursday. The center left practice early Wednesday after he took an awkward fall along the boards during a power-play drill.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have been dealt a significant blow with John Tavares landing on injured reserve due to a lower-body injury sustained in practice, but they have already make a subsequent roster move to make up for his absence.

The Maple Leafs have placed John Tavares on injured reserve with a lower-body injury that he suffered in practice