Sharks at Maple Leafs

SHARKS (8-13-4) at MAPLE LEAFS (14-5-5)

Sharks projected lineup
Timo Meier -- Tomas Hertl -- Kevin Labanc
Matt Nieto -- Logan Couture -- Alexander Barabanov
Noah Gregor -- Nick Bonino -- Luke Kunin
Oskar Lindblom -- Steven Lorentz -- Jeffrey Viel
Jaycob Megna -- Erik Karlsson
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Matt Benning
Nick Cicek -- Radim Simek
Aaron Dell
Kaapo Kahkonen
Scratched: Scott Harrington, Jonah Gadjovich, Evgeny Svechnikov
Injured: Nikolai Knyzhov (Achilles), Markus Nutivaara (lower body), Mario Ferraro (undisclosed), James Reimer (lower body), Nico Sturm (upper body)
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Michael Bunting -- Auston Matthews -- William Nylander
Calle Jarnkrok -- John Tavares -- Mitch Marner
Alex Kerfoot -- Pontus Holmberg -- Pierre Engvall
Zach Aston-Reese -- David Kampf -- Nicholas Robertson
Mark Giordano -- Justin Holl
Rasmus Sandin -- Timothy Liljegren
Victor Mete -- Mac Hollowell
Ilya Samsonov
Matt Murray
Scratched: Wayne Simmonds, Denis Malgin, Conor Timmins, Erik Kallgren
Injured: Jake Muzzin (neck), TJ Brodie (oblique), Jordie Benn (upper body), Morgan Rielly (lower body)
Status report
The Sharks did not hold a morning skate Wednesday following a 4-0 win at the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday, but Dell will start; the rest of their lineup will not be confirmed until game time. ... Samsonov will return and start after missing 12 games with a knee injury; he has not played since Nov. 5, when he left after the second period of a 2-1 win against the Boston Bruins. ... Robertson will be in the lineup after being a healthy scratch the past three games.