Maple Leafs at Flames

MAPLE LEAFS (30-10-3) at FLAMES (24-13-6)

Maple Leafs projected lineup
Michael Bunting -- Auston Matthews -- Mitch Marner
Alex Kerfoot -- John Tavares -- William Nylander
Ilya Mikheyev -- David Kampf -- Ondrej Kase
Pierre Engvall -- Jason Spezza
Morgan Rielly -- TJ Brodie
Jake Muzzin -- Justin Holl
Rasmus Sandin -- Timothy Liljegren
Travis Dermott
Jack Campbell
Petr Mrazek
Scratched: Wayne Simmonds
Injured: None
Flames projected lineup
Johnny Gaudreau -- Elias Lindholm -- Matthew Tkachuk
Andrew Mangiapane -- Mikael Backlund -- Blake Coleman
Dillon Dube -- Sean Monahan -- Brett Ritchie
Milan Lucic -- Adam Ruzicka -- Trevor Lewis
Noah Hanifin -- Rasmus Andersson
Oliver Kylington -- Chris Tanev
Nikita Zadorov -- Erik Gudbranson
Jacob Markstrom
Dan Vladar
Scratched: Michael Stone, Brad Richardson
Injured: Tyler Pitlick (lower body)
Status report
Each team held an optional morning skate Thursday. ... Muzzin will return after missing seven games because of a concussion. ... Simmonds is away from the team after the forward's wife gave birth. ... The Maple Leafs are expected to dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen. ... Markstrom could start after making 28 saves for his NHL-leading eighth shutout in a 6-0 win against the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday.