Maple Leafs at Avalanche

MAPLE LEAFS (22-8-2) at AVALANCHE (20-8-2)

Maple Leafs projected lineup
Michael Bunting -- Auston Matthews -- Alex Kerfoot
Ilya Mikheyev -- John Tavares -- William Nylander
Nick Ritchie -- David Kampf -- Jason Spezza
Kyle Clifford -- Brett Seney -- Wayne Simmonds
Morgan Rielly -- TJ Brodie
Jake Muzzin -- Justin Holl
Rasmus Sandin -- Travis Dermott
Jack Campbell
Petr Mrazek
Injured: Ondrej Kase (undisclosed)
Scratched: Joey Anderson , Alex Biega , Timothy Liljegren
COVID-19 protocol: Pierre Engvall, Mitch Marner
Avalanche projected lineup
Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Andre Burakovsky -- Nazem Kadri -- Logan O'Connor
J.T. Compher -- Alex Newhook -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Kurtis MacDermid -- Tyson Jost -- Darren Helm
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Bowen Byram -- Samuel Girard
Ryan Murray -- Erik Johnson
Darcy Kuemper
Pavel Francouz
Scratched: None
Injured: Jack Johnson (lower body), Jacob MacDonald (upper body), Stefan Matteau (lower body), Valeri Nichushkin (upper body)
Status report
Engvall and Marner, each a forward, entered COVID-19 protocol Friday. … Clifford and Seney each was activated from the taxi squad. … Kerfoot replaces Marner at right wing on the No. 1 line. … Nichushkin, a forward, will miss his fourth straight game. He practiced Friday wearing a non-contact jersey and could return next week.