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Maple Leafs captain Phaneuf expected to return Thursday

Published Feb. 25, 2015 6:43 p.m. ET

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TORONTO -- Toronto captain Dion Phaneuf is expected to return to the Maple Leafs' lineup Thursday night at home against the Philadelphia Flyers after missing a month because of a hand injury.

Phaneuf took part in another full practice Wednesday.

''I feel that I'm at a point that I'm comfortable and strong enough to come back,'' Phaneuf said. ''It's been a little bit longer process than I originally thought, and with being off for the amount of time that I was, I have that excitement to get back into real game action.''

The defenseman was injured in a fight in Ottawa on Jan. 21.

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