Projected Lineups for the Maple Leafs vs Hurricanes – 1/9/25

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

MAPLE LEAFS (27-13-2) at HURRICANES (24-15-2)

7:30 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+, TSN4

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Matthew Knies — Auston Matthews — Mitch Marner
Bobby McMann — John Tavares — William Nylander
Nicholas Robertson — Max Domi — Steven Lorentz
Connor Dewar — David Kampf — Pontus Holmberg

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

Joseph Woll
Dennis Hildeby

Scratched: Max Pacioretty, Ryan Reaves, Marshall Rifai

Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Calle Jarnkrok (lower body), Anthony Stolarz (lower body), Jake McCabe (upper body)

Status report

Holmberg enters the lineup after missing five games with an illness.

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Hurricanes projected lineup

Seth Jarvis — Sebastian Aho — Jack Roslovic
Eric Robinson — Jesperi Kotkaniemi — Martin Necas
Andrei Svechnikov — Jordan Staal — Jordan Martinook
Juha Jaaska — Jack Drury — Jackson Blake

Jaccob Slavin — Brent Burns
Dmitry Orlov — Jalen Chatfield
Ty Smith — Sean Walker

Pyotr Kochetkov
Dustin Tokarski

Scratched: Ty Smith

Injured: Tyson Jost (lower body), Frederik Andersen (knee), Shayne Gostisbehere (upper body), William Carrier (lower body)

Status report

The Hurricanes did not hold a morning skate Thursday. … Andersen, a goalie, practiced with Carolina on Wednesday for the first time since having knee surgery Nov. 22; there is no timetable for his return.

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