Projected Lineups for the Maple Leafs vs Panthers – 04/08/25

The Florida Panthers welcome the Toronto Maple Leafs to Amerant Bank Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. 

MAPLE LEAFS (47-25-4) at PANTHERS (44-29-4)

7 p.m. ET; ESPN, TSN4

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

Joseph Woll
Anthony Stolarz

Scratched: None

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

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Panthers Projected Lineup

Carter Verhaeghe — Aleksander Barkov — Sam Reinhart
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Brad Marchand
Jesse Puljujarvi — Evan Rodrigues — Mackie Samoskevich
A.J. Greer — Tomas Nosek — Jonah Gadjovich

Gustav Forsling — Nate Schmidt
Niko Mikkola — Seth Jones
Jaycob Megna — Uvis Balinskis

Sergei Bobrovsky
Vitek Vanecek

Scratched: Rasmus Asplund, Jesper Boqvist, Matt Kiersted

Injured: Matthew Tkachuk (lower body), Dmitry Kulikov (upper body), Nico Sturm (upper body), Sam Bennett (upper body)

Scratched: Aaron Ekblad

Status Report: 

Barkov will return after missing three games with an upper-body injury. Reinhart and Forsling will also return after being rested in a 2-1 loss at the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday. … Bennett, a center, may be held out for the remainder of the regular season, coach Paul Maurice said. … Kulikov, a defenseman, and Sturm, a forward, should be back in the lineup this week.

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