Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube will make one lineup change on Saturday night in Montreal.

Berube will dress forward Sammy Blais instead of Jacob Quillan against the Canadiens at the Bell Centre.

The reasoning on Berube’s part is straightforward.

“The physicality,” Berube told media in Montreal while the Leafs had an optional morning skate. “It’s going to be a tough game. It’s going to be a physical game to a certain extent. I just think he can come in here and disrupt them a little bit with his physicality. And he does make good puck plays.”

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Berube might be onto something. The game will mark the eighth with Toronto for Blais, claimed off waivers from the Canadiens on Oct. 6, and he has thrown his body around with enthusiasm.

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