Maple Leafs at Hurricanes

MAPLE LEAFS (43-19-9) at HURRICANES (46-16-8)

Maple Leafs projected lineup
Calle Jarnkrok -- Auston Matthews -- Mitch Marner
Michael Bunting -- John Tavares -- William Nylander
Alex Kerfoot -- Noel Acciari -- Sam Lafferty
Zach Aston-Reese -- David Kampf
TJ Brodie -- Morgan Rielly
Mark Giordano -- Timothy Liljegren
Jake McCabe -- Justin Holl
Luke Schenn
Matt Murray
Joseph Woll
Scratched: Erik Gustafsson, Conor Timmins, Ilya Samsonov, Wayne Simmonds
Injured:Jake Muzzin (neck), Victor Mete (upper body), Nicholas Robertson (shoulder), Ryan O'Reilly (broken finger), Carl Dahlstrom (shoulder), Bobby McMann (knee)
Hurricanes projected lineup
Teuvo Teravainen -- Sebastian Aho -- Martin Necas
Stefan Noesen -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Seth Jarvis
Jordan Martinook -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast
Jack Drury -- Derek Stepan -- Jesse Puljujarvi
Jaccob Slavin -- Brent Burns
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Jalen Chatfield
Pyotr Kochetkov
Frederik Andersen
Scratched: Paul Stastny, Calvin de Haan, Dylan Coghlan
Injured: Max Pacioretty (Achilles), Ondrej Kase (concussion), Antti Raanta (groin), Andrei Svechnikov (knee surgery)
Status report
The Maple Leafs held an optional morning skate Saturday. … Rielly, who was scratched for rest in a 6-2 win at the Florida Panthers on Thursday, will return and replace Gustafsson, a defenseman who is out because of a personal matter. ... O'Reilly, a center, participated in the optional skate but will miss his ninth straight game. ... Murray is expected to start for the third time in four games. ... Toronto could dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen. ... Kochetkov is expected to start after Andersen started the past three games.