Mike Babcock leaned on Auston Matthews against the Bruins

Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty ImagesWith John Tavares out, the Leafs presented one set of lines at practice and used a slightly different tactic in the first game against the Boston Bruins.

The nominal lines:

Andreas Johnsson - Auston Matthews - William Nylander

Ilya Mikheyev - Alexander Kerfoot - Mitchell Marner

Trevor Moore - Jason Spezza - Kasperi Kapanen

Dmytro Timashov - Nick Shore - Frederik Gauthier

The plan:

Babcock said Leafs settled on lines strategy v Bruins two days ago

Matthews-Nylander - Offensive zone

Matthews-Marner - Match-up situation v Bergeron

4th line - Match-up v Bergeron in D-zone

"I wasn't going to explain all that to ya (smiles) would've been a waste of time"

— Mark Masters…