Projected Lineups for the Maple Leafs vs Red Wings – 12/14/24

The Toronto Maple Leafs take on the Detroit Red Wings tonight at Little Caesars Arena. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

MAPLE LEAFS (18-9-2) at RED WINGS (11-14-4)

7 pm ET; FDSNDET, NHLN, SNP, SNO, CBC

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Matthew Knies– Auston Matthews — Mitch Marner
Max Pacioretty — John Tavares — William Nylander
Bobby McMann — Fraser Minten — Max Domi
Steven Lorentz — Connor Dewar — Pontus Holmberg

Morgan Rielly — Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Jake McCabe — Chris Tanev
Simon Benoit — Conor Timmins

Joseph Woll
Dennis Hildeby

Scratched: Nikita Grebenkin, Nicholas Robertson, Phillippe Myers, Ryan Reaves

Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), David Kampf (lower body), Calle Jarnkrok (lower body), Anthony Stolarz (lower body)

Status report

• Each team recalled a goalie from the American Hockey League (Hildeby, Campbell) after Stolarz and Talbot were injured Thursday.
• McMann will return for the Maple Leafs after missing seven games with a lower-body injury.

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Red Wings projected lineup

Michael Rasmussen — Dylan Larkin — Lucas Raymond
Patrick Kane — J.T. Compher — Alex DeBrincat
Joe Veleno — Andrew Copp — Vladimir Tarasenko
Tyler Motte — Marco Kasper — Jonatan Berggren

Simon Edvinsson — Moritz Seider
Ben Chiarot — Jeff Petry
Erik Gustafsson — Justin Holl

Ville Husso
Jack Campbell

Scratched: Albert Johansson, Christian Fischer

Injured: Alex Lyon (lower body), Cam Talbot (lower body)

Status report

• Campbell is the fifth Red Wings goalie of the season, joining Lyon, Talbot, Husso and Sebastian Cossa.

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