Projected Lineups for Blackhawks vs Maple Leafs – 12/16/25

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

BLACKHAWKS (13-13-6) at MAPLE LEAFS (14-12-5)

7 p.m. ET; TSN4, CHSN

Blackhawks projected lineup

Tyler Bertuzzi — Frank Nazar — Andre Burakovsky
Oliver Moore — Ryan Greene — Nick Lardis
Teuvo Teravainen — Jason Dickinson — Ilya Mikheyev
Colton Dach — Dominic Toninato — Ryan Donato

Alex Vlasic — Louis Crevier
Matt Grzelcyk — Wyatt Kaiser
Ethan Del Mastro — Connor Murphy

Spencer Knight
Arvid Soderblom

Scratched: Sam Lafferty, Artyom Levshunov

Injured: Connor Bedard (upper body), Nick Foligno (hand)

Status report

Del Mastro was recalled from Rockford of the American Hockey League on Monday and will replace Levshunov, who was late arriving to practice Monday, coach Jeff Blashill said

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Maple Leafs projected lineup

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

Morgan Rielly — Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Jake McCabe — Troy Stecher
Simon Benoit — Henry Thrun

Joseph Woll
Dennis Hildeby

Scratched: Philippe Myers, Calle Jarnkrok

Injured: Chris Tanev (upper body), Anthony Stolarz (upper body), Brandon Carlo (lower body), Dakota Mermis (lower body), Matias Maccelli (illness)

Status report

Woll will return after missing the past four games with a lower-body injury… Joshua will return after missing one game with an illness and will replace Jarnkrok.

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