Projected Lineups for the Maple Leafs vs Islanders – 12/31/24

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

ISLANDERS (14-16-7) AT MAPLE LEAFS (22-13-2)

1 p.m. ET; SNO, MSGSN

Islanders projected lineup

Anders Lee — Mathew Barzal — Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Anthony Duclair — Brock Nelson — Kyle Palmieri
Casey Cizikas — Bo Horvat — Pierre Engvall
Maxim Tsyplakov — Kyle MacLean — Hudson Fasching

Alexander Romanov — Noah Dobson
Adam Pelech — Ryan Pulock
Isaiah George — Scott Mayfield

Ilya Sorokin
Marcus Hogberg

Scratched: Matt Martin, Dennis Cholowski

Injured: Semyon Varlamov (lower body), Mike Reilly (heart surgery), Simon Holmstrom (lower body)

Status report

Holmstrom’s status is unclear after he left during the third period of the a 3-2 loss at the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday. The Islanders had a day off Monday after back-to-back games.

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