Projected Lineups for the Panthers vs Maple Leafs – 03/13/25

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

PANTHERS (40-22-3) at MAPLE LEAFS (39-22-3)

7 p.m. ET; TVAS, TSN4, SCRIPPS

Panthers Projected Lineup

Carter Verhaeghe — Aleksander Barkov — Sam Reinhart
Mackie Samoskevich — Sam Bennett — Evan Rodrigues
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Jesper Boqvist
A.J. Greer — Nico Sturm — Tomas Nosek

Gustav Forsling — Seth Jones
Niko Mikkola — Dmitry Kulikov
Uvis Balinskis — Nate Schmidt

Sergei Bobrovsky
Vitek Vanecek

Scratched: Jonah Gadjovich

Injured: Matthew Tkachuk (lower body), Brad Marchand (upper body)

Suspended: Aaron Ekblad

Status Report: 

The Panthers are expected to dress the same lineup they used in a 3-2 loss at the Boston Bruins on Tuesday.

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Maple Leafs Projected Lineup

Matthew Knies — Auston Matthews — Mitch Marner
Calle Jarnkrok — John Tavares — William Nylander
Bobby McMann — Scott Laughton — Max Domi
Pontus Holmberg — David Kampf — Steven Lorentz

Morgan Rielly — Brandon Carlo
Jake McCabe — Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Simon Benoit — Phippe Myers

Anthony Stolarz
Joseph Woll

Scratched: Nicholas Robertson

Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Max Pacioretty (tightness), Christopher Tanev (upper body)

Status report:

Tanev participated in the Maple Leafs optional morning skate, which will be a game-time decision; the defenseman missed six games. … If Tanev plays, Myers would be scratched.

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