Projected Lineups for Devils vs Maple Leafs – 12/30/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The New Jersey Devils 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.

DEVILS (20-16-2) at MAPLE LEAFS (17-15-6)

7 p.m. ET; SNO, MSG

Devils projected lineup

Timo Meier — Nico Hischier — Dawson Mercer
Ondrej Palat — Jack Hughes — Jesper Bratt
Arseny Gritsyuk — Cody Glass — Connor Brown
Paul Cotter — Luke Glendening — Stefan Noesen

Jonas Siegenthaler — Dougie Hamilton
Luke Hughes — Brett Pesce
Brenden Dillon — Colton White

Jacob Markstrom
Jake Allen

Scratched: Dennis Cholowski, Juho Lammikko

Injured: Zack MacEwen (lower body), Jonathan Kovacevic (knee), Evgenii Dadonov (wrist), Simon Nemec (lower body)

Status report

The Devils are expected to use the same 18 skaters from their 4-3 overtime loss to the Washington Capitals on Saturday.

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Maple Leafs projected lineup

Matias Maccelli — Scott Laughton — Bobby McMann
Mathew Knies — John Tavares — Max Domi
Steven Lorentz — Jacob Quillan — Calle Jarnkrok
Easton Cowan — Nicolas Roy — Nicholas Robertson

Morgan Rielly — Philippe Myers
Jake McCabe — Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Simon Benoit — Troy Stecher

Joseph Woll
Dennis Hildeby

Scratched: Matt Benning

Injured: Auston Matthews (undisclosed), William Nylander (lower body), Chris Tanev (lower body), Brandon Carlo (lower body), Anthony Stolarz (upper body), Dakota Mermis (lower body), Dakota Joshua (kidney)

Status report

Matthews, a center, did not participate in the morning skate and is a game-time decision; he blocked a shot from Moritz Seider late in the second period of a 3-2 overtime loss at the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday but finished the game. … Nylander, a forward, did not participate in the morning skate and will miss his second straight game. … Joshua, a forward, was injured Sunday and remains in Detroit under observation… Tanev sustained an injury unrelated to the issue that kept him out 23 games until his return on Dec. 23; Benoit, who has been a healthy scratch for three games, will replace him. … Benning, a defenseman, and Quillan, were each recalled from Toronto of the American Hockey League.