Bunting Outside Lineup After Emotional Play and Return From Suspension

Michael Bunting returns to practice after serving a three-game suspension for elbowing and interference on Tampa defenseman Erik Cernak in Game 1 of the Leafs-Lightning Eastern Conference first-round playoff series.
Bunting will not play in Thursday's Game 5 when Toronto can close out Tampa to advance in a postseason series for the first time since 2004.
Coach Sheldon Keefe confirmed that the team is comfortable with the group that's been working here and won three games in a row.
Rookie Matthew Knies has been inserted into a bottom-six slot and has been praised by Keefe as a "very good hockey player" with a "confidence and swagger" that has catapulted Knies onto Toronto's second line with John Tavares and Mitch Marner.
Keefe hasn't shied from moving players around throughout the series and is trying to establish something where they are comfortable playing all four lines.