Projected Lineups for the Blue Jackets vs Maple Leafs – 4/5/25

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The Columbus Blue Jackets take on the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

BLUE JACKETS (34-31-9) at MAPLE LEAFS (46-25-4)

7 p.m. ET; CBC, SNO, SNP, FDSNOH

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Kent Johnson — Sean Monahan — Kirill Marchenko
Boone Jenner — Adam Fantilli — James van Riemsdyk
Dmitri Voronkov — Cole Sillinger — Mathieu Olivier
Zach Aston-Reese — Sean Kuraly — Justin Danforth

Zach Werenski — Dante Fabbro
Denton Mateychuk — Ivan Provorov
Jack Johnson — Erik Gudbranson

Elvis Merzlikins
Daniil Tarasov

Scratched: Jordan Harris, Christian Fischer, Yegor Chinakhov, Jack Williams, Jake Christiansen, Damon Severson, Luke Kunin

Injured: None

Status report

Van Riemsdyk will replace Kunin, a forward, after being a healthy scratch the past four games.

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Maple Leafs projected lineup

Matthew Knies — Auston Matthews — Mitch Marner
Bobby McMann — John Tavares — William Nylander
Scott Laughton — Max Domi — Calle Jarnkrok
Steven Lorentz — Pontus Holmberg — Nicholas Robertson

Morgan Rielly — Brandon Carlo
Oliver Ekman-Larsson — Chris Tanev
Simon Benoit — Philippe Myers

Anthony Stolarz
Joseph Woll

Scratched: None

Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Max Pacioretty (tightness), Jake McCabe (undisclosed), David Kampf (upper body)

Status report

McCabe, a defenseman, and Kampf, a forward, each is day to day after being injured during a 3-2 win against the Florida Panthers on Wednesday; Myers will replace McCabe after being a healthy scratch the past 11 games and Robertson will replace Kampf after being a healthy scratch the past three games.

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