Reimer likely in net for Maple Leafs

TORONTO -- The matchup between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Pittsburgh Penguins Saturday night features a pair of teams coming off bad losses on Friday.

Toronto's 5-2 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets brought out a few unlikely faces at the morning skate. Captain Dion Phaneuf, David Clarkson and Jonathan Bernier all took part as well as minor-league call-up Carter Ashton among others. With Ashton up, forward Josh Leivo was sent back to the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League.

Bernier's appearance likely means James Reimer will get the start against the Penguins. Bernier has earned the decision in the last four games for the Maple Leafs. In Reimer's last start, he left the game just 32 seconds into the team's 3-2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Oct. 17 after sustaining an upper-body injury in a collision with Leivo. Prior to that, he stopped 36 shots in a 4-1 win against the Minnesota Wild on Oct. 15.

One player who was not at the morning skate was Joffrey Lupul. Maple Leafs coach Randy Carlyle said they've sent Lupul for a CT scan to see if he has more than a bruised foot. Lupul was hurt at practice on Thursday after taking a shot off his ankle. It is doubtful he will play Saturday against Pittsburgh.

The Pittsburgh Penguins did not skate on Saturday morning after their 4-3 loss to the New York Islanders Friday night. It's expected that Marc-Andre Fleury will start against the Maple Leafs. Backup goalie Jeff Zatkoff started against the Islanders.

Here are the projected lineups for the Penguins and Maple Leafs:

PENGUINS

Chris Kunitz – Sidney Crosby – Pascal Dupuis

Jussi Jokinen – Evgeni Malkin – Chuck Kobasew

Tanner Glass – Brandon Sutter – Jayson Megna

Craig Adams – Joe Vitale – Deryk Engelland

Brooks Orpik – Paul Martin

Rob Scuderi – Kris Letang

Olli Maatta – Matt Niskanen

Marc-Andre Fleury

Jeff Zatkoff

Scratched: Dustin Jeffrey, Robert Bortuzzo

Injured: Bean Bennett (lower-body), Matt D'Agostini (lower-body), James Neal (upper-body), Tomas Vokoun (hip)

MAPLE LEAFS

James van Riemsdyk – Tyler Bozak – Phil Kessel

Mason Raymond – Dave Bolland – David Clarkson

Jay McClement – Nazem Kadri – Troy Bodie

Frazer McLaren – Trevor Smith – Colton Orr

Dion Phaneuf – Carl Gunnarsson

Morgan Rielly – Cody Franson

Jake Gardiner – Paul Ranger

James Reimer

Jonathan Bernier

Scratched: Carter Ashton

Injured: Joffrey Lupul (bruised ankle), Mark Fraser (knee), Nikolai Kulemin (chipped bone in ankle)