Projected Lineups for Maple Leafs vs Red Wings- 12/28/25

The Toronto Maple Leafs travel to Little Caesars Arena to take on the Detroit Red Wings in an Original Six matchup. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

MAPLE LEAFS (17-15-5) at RED WINGS (22-14-3)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNDET, SNO

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Bobby McMann — Auston Matthews — Max Domi
Matias Maccelli — John Tavares — William Nylander
Dakota Joshua — Scott Laughton — Steven Lorentz
Mathew Knies — Nicolas Roy — Nicholas Robertson

Morgan Rielly — Philippe Myers
Jake McCabe — Troy Stecher
Oliver Ekman-Larsson — Chris Tanev

Dennis Hildeby
Joseph Woll

Scratched: Easton Cowan, Calle Jarnkrok, Simon Benoit

Injured: Anthony Stolarz (upper body), Brandon Carlo (lower body), Dakota Mermis (lower body)

Status report

Neither team held a morning skate. … Nylander traveled with the Maple Leafs but is questionable after he sustained a lower-body injury in the second period of a 7-5 win against the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.

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Red Wings projected lineup

Emmitt Finnie — Dylan Larkin — Lucas Raymond
Alex DeBrincat — Andrew Copp — John Leonard
Mason Appleton — Marco Kasper — Nate Danielson
Michael Rasmussen — J.T. Compher — James van Riemsdyk

Simon Edvinsson — Moritz Seider
Ben Chiarot — Axel Sandin-Pellikka
Albert Johansson — Jacob Bernard-Docker

Cam Talbot
John Gibson

Scratched: Travis Hamonic, Elmer Soderblom

Injured: Patrick Kane (upper body)

Status report

Kane, a forward, is questionable; he has missed six straight games, including a 5-2 loss at the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday.

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