Avalanche at Maple Leafs

AVALANCHE (37-22-6) at MAPLE LEAFS (40-18-8)

Avalanche projected lineup
Denis Malgin -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Valeri Nichushkin
Evan Rodrigues -- J.T. Compher -- Mikko Rantanen
Andrew Cogliano -- Lars Eller -- Logan O'Connor
Alex Galchenyuk
-- Alex Newhook -- Matt Nieto
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Samuel Girard -- Bowen Byram
Jack Johnson -- Brad Hunt
Alexandar Georgiev
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: None
Injured: Pavel Francouz (lower body), Darren Helm (lower body), Erik Johnson (lower body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Josh Manson (lower body), Kurtis MacDermid (lower body), Artturi Lehkonen (broken finger)
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Calle Jarnkrok -- Auston Matthews -- Mitch Marner
Michael Bunting -- John Tavares -- William Nylander
Alex Kerfoot -- Sam Lafferty
Zach Aston-Reese -- David Kampf -- Noel Acciari
Morgan Rielly -- TJ Brodie
Mark Giordano -- Timothy Liljegren
Jake McCabe -- Justin Holl
Erik Gustafsson
Ilya Samsonov
Matt Murray
Scratched: Luke Schenn, Conor Timmins, Wayne Simmonds, Alex Steeves
Injured: Jake Muzzin (neck), Victor Mete (upper body), Nicholas Robertson (shoulder), Ryan O'Reilly (broken finger), Carl Dahlstrom (shoulder)
Status report
Lehkonen is expected to be out 4-6 weeks after surgery to repair a broken finger; the forward was injured in the second period of an 8-4 win against the Montreal Canadiens on Monday. ... Galchenyuk will play after being recalled from Colorado of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. ... Georgiev is expected to make his 11th start in 12 games. ... The Maple Leafs will dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen for the third straight game. ... Samsonov will start for the second time in six games. ... O'Reilly skated on his own prior to Toronto's morning skate for the first time since being injured March 4. ... The center is expected to return before the start of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.