SEATTLE — Mitch Marner will be back in the Maple Leafs lineup when they face the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night. Marner missed his first game this season in Calgary on Tuesday night with what he called a “spasm thing” that popped up suddenly earlier in the week.

Marner didn't want to get into specifics on the lower-body injury but noted it had nothing to do with his previous game.

The Toronto Maple Leafs give a challenge to a returning Mitch Marner by putting him in a new role in his first game back. The Leafs have officially announced that Mitch Marner will return to the team's lineup tonight against the Seattle Kraken after missing Toronto's previous game against the Calgary Flames due to stiffness.