The Toronto Maple Leafs face the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
MAPLE LEAFS (13-7-2) at LIGHTNING (12-8-2)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, SNP, SNO, SNE, CBC
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Matthew Knies — Auston Matthews — William Nylander
Pontus Holmberg — John Tavares — Mitch Marner
Nicholas Robertson — Fraser Minten — Steven Lorentz
Alex Steeves — Connor Dewar — Nikita Grebenkin
Morgan Rielly — Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Jake McCabe — Chris Tanev
Simon Benoit — Conor Timmins
Anthony Stolarz
Joseph Woll
Scratched: Jani Hakanpaa, Alex Nylander
Injured: David Kampf (lower body), Max Pacioretty (lower body), Calle Jarnkrok (lower body), Max Domi (lower body), Dakota Mermis (upper body), Bobby McMann (lower body)
Suspended: Ryan Reaves
Status report
- Matthews and Knies were full participants in practice Friday and are likely to return to the lineup. Matthews has missed the past nine games, Knies has missed the past two.
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Lightning projected lineup
Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli
Gage Goncalves — Conor Geekie — Cam Atkinson
Zemgus Girgensons — Luke Glendening — Michael Eyssimont
Victor Hedman — J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Nick Perbix
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Conor Sheary
Injured: Nick Paul (lower body), Mitchell Chaffee (undisclosed)
Status report
- Cirelli and Kucherov left a 3-2 overtime win against the Nashville Predators on Friday, but each returned and is expected to play.
- The Lightning recalled Sheary, a forward, from Syracuse of the American Hockey League and re-assigned goaltender Matt Tomkins.
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