Toronto's man advantage has gone 3-for-28 to start the season under new power play coach Marc Savard.

The Toronto Maple Leafs hope to get the start of their season back on track with a big game against the Boston Bruins.

Toronto is entering Boston after huge back-to-back losses against the Columbus Blue Jackets and St. Louis Blues, in which the Maple Leafs were outscored 11-3. The Bruins haven't been doing that early this season either, beginning the year with a 3-4-1 record.

Max Pacioretty returned to Toronto's practice on Friday after missing Thursday's game with a lower-body injury. Head coach Craig Berube said following the team's skate on Friday that Pacioretty's status for Saturday's game remains a question mark.

Berube said following Toronto's morning skate in Boston that Pacioretty would be in the lineup, with Pontus Holmberg appearing to be a healthy scratch. The young forward remained on the ice for extra work after the morning skate.

Steven Lorentz has moved up to where Pacioretty has played in the past, alongside John Tavares and Nick Robertson on the third line. Berube said on Friday that he's rewarding Lorentz with an opportunity higher in the lineup.

"Yeah, it's just a hard-working guy for Johnny in the offensive zone. He's a very good player down low in the offensive zone and around the net and things like that. He's played pretty well. He's got speed, big size," Berube said.

The Maple Leafs have also kept their defense pairings the same after shifting the top two pairs on Thursday night. It'll be Morgan Rielly with Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Jake McCabe alongside Chris Tanev.

Philippe Myers is set to come into the lineup for Conor Timmins, meaning he'll make his Maple Leafs debut against the Bruins.

Anthony Stolarz was in the away goal for the morning skate and is projected to be the Maple Leafs' starter on Saturday night.

It's a big game, not only because of what happened in May with Game 7 but also just in terms of the past few games from Toronto's side of things. They want to be better, and they hope to be against a struggling Bruins team.

"It's a big hockey game. It's another hockey game. I mean, we're not happy with our hockey right now," Mitch Marner said on Friday afternoon.

"We've gotta turn it around or else it's going to be ugly."

Where To Watch

In Canada, the game can be found nationally on Sportsnet and CBC. In the Bruins' region, you can watch the game on NESN and in the rest of the United States, the matchup will be on NHL Network.

Puck drop is scheduled for shortly after 7:00 p.m. ET.