The Toronto Maple Leafs take on the New York Islanders at UBS Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
MAPLE LEAFS (19-15-6) at ISLANDERS (22-15-4)
7 p.m. ET; MSGSN, NHLN, SNP, SNO, SNE, CBC
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Matias Maccelli — John Tavares — Bobby McMann
Mathew Knies — Auston Matthews — Max Domi
Steven Lorentz — Scott Laughton — Calle Jarnkrok
Easton Cowan — Nicolas Roy — Nicholas Robertson
Morgan Rielly — Troy Stecher
Jake McCabe — Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Simon Benoit — Matt Benning
Joseph Woll
Dennis Hildeby
Scratched: Philippe Myers, Jacob Quillan
Injured: William Nylander (lower body), Anthony Stolarz (upper body), Chris Tanev (groin), Brandon Carlo (lower body), Dakota Mermis (lower body), Dakota Joshua (kidney)
Status report
Nylander did not make the trip; the forward will miss his fourth straight game. … Benning will make his Maple Leafs debut after being recalled from Toronto of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. … Quillan, a forward, also was recalled Tuesday but is not expected to play.
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Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee — Mathew Barzal – Emil Heineman
Maxim Shabanov — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Maxim Tsyplakov
Jonathan Drouin — Calum Ritchie — Simon Holmstrom
Kyle MacLean — Casey Cizikas — Marc Gatcomb
Matthew Schaefer — Ryan Pulock
Adam Pelech — Tony DeAngelo
Scott Mayfield — Cole McWard
David Rittich
Ilya Sorokin
Scratched: Anthony Duclair, Adam Boqvist
Injured: Bo Horvat (lower body), Kyle Palmieri (ACL), Alexander Romanov (upper body), Semyon Varlamov (knee)
Status report
The Islanders held an optional morning skate Saturday. … Sorokin was activated off injured reserve Saturday, but will not start; he returned to practice Friday after missing six games with a lower-body injury. … Goalie Marcus Hogberg was returned to Bridgeport of the American Hockey League. … McWard was recalled from Bridgeport. … Horvat will not play after leaving in the third period of a 7-2 loss to the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday; the center skated on his own Saturday, but there’s no timetable for his return.
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