Projected Lineups for the Maple Leafs vs Avalanche - 3/8/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Toronto Maple Leafs take on the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

MAPLE LEAFS (38-21-3) at AVALANCHE (37-24-2)

7 p.m. ET; KTVD, NHLN, ALT, SNP, SNO, CBC

Maple Leafs projected lineup

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

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

Joseph Woll
Anthony Stolarz

Scratched: Dakota Mermis, Nicholas Robertson

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

Status report

Neither team held a morning skate. … Laughton and Carlo each is expected to make his Maple Leafs debut after being acquired in trades Friday, Laughton from the Philadelphia Flyers and Carlo from the Boston Bruins.

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Avalanche projected lineup

Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Martin Necas
Jonathan Drouin — Brock Nelson — Valeri Nichushkin
Joel Kiviranta — Charlie Coyle — Ross Colton
Jimmy Vesey — Jack Drury — Logan O’Connor

Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Ryan Lindgren — Josh Manson
Samuel Girard — Keaton Middleton

Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood

Scratched: Miles Wood, Parker Kelly, Sam Malinski, Erik Johnson

Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)

Status report

Nelson and Coyle each is expected to make his Colorado debut after also being acquired in trades, Nelson from the New York Islanders on Thursday and Coyle from the Bruins on Friday. … Johnson, a defenseman, was acquired in a trade with the Flyers on Friday but is not expected to play.