Projected Lineups for the Maple Leafs vs Devils – 12/10/24 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Toronto Maple Leafs take on the New Jersey Devils tonight at the Prudential Center. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

MAPLE LEAFS (16-9-2) at DEVILS (18-10-2)

7 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+, TSN4

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Max Pacioretty — Auston Matthews — Mitch Marner
Matthew Knies — John Tavares — William Nylander
Pontus Holmberg — Fraser Minten — Nicholas Robertson
Steven Lorentz — Connor Dewar — Ryan Reaves

Oliver Ekman-Larsson — Chris Tanev
Morgan Rielly — Phillippe Myers
Simon Benoit — Conor Timmins

Anthony Stolarz
Joseph Woll

Scratched: Marshall Rifai, Alexander Nylander, Nikita Grebenkin

Injured: Jake McCabe (head), Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Bobby McMann (lower body), David Kampf (lower body), Calle Jarnkrok (lower body), Max Domi (lower body), Dakota Mermis (upper body)

Status report

Domi, a forward who has missed the past eight games, is a game-time decision.
McCabe, a defenseman, will miss his fifth straight game.

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Devils projected lineup

Ondrej Palat — Jack Hughes — Jesper Bratt
Timo Meier – Nico Hischier — Dawson Mercer
Paul Cotter — Erik Haula — Stefan Noesen
Tomas Tatar — Justin Dowling — Nathan Bastian

Brenden Dillon — Dougie Hamilton
Jonas Siegenthaler — Johnathan Kovacevic
Luke Hughes — Brett Pesce

Jacob Markstrom
Isaac Poulter

Scratched: Nick DeSimone, Kurtis MacDermid

Injured: Curtis Lazar (knee), Jake Allen (upper body)

Status report

Poulter was recalled from Utica of the American Hockey League and will back up Markstrom; Allen, a goalie, does not have a long-term injury, per Devils coach Sheldon Keefe.
Bastian will play after missing the past 16 games with a jaw injury.