MAPLE LEAFS (32-16-8) at AVALANCHE (35-18-5)
7 p.m. ET; NHLN, ALT, TVAS-D, SNW, SNO, SNE, CBC
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Matthew Knies -- Auston Matthews -- Mitchell Marner
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Max Domi -- William Nylander
Bobby McMann -- John Tavares -- Nicholas Robertson
Pontus Holmgren -- David Kampf -- Ryan Reaves
TJ Brodie -- Timothy Liljegren
Morgan Rielly -- William Lagesson
Simon Benoit -- Jake McCabe
Ilya Samsonov
Martin Jones
Scratched: Noah Gregor, Max Lajoie
Injured: Calle Jarnkrok (broken knuckle), Connor Timmins (mononucleosis)
Avalanche projected lineup
Jonathan Drouin -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Miles Wood -- Ross Colton -- Logan O’Connor
Artturi Lehkonen -- Ryan Johansen -- Zach Parise
Fredrik Olofsson -- Chris Wagner -- Joel Kiviranta
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Samuel Girard -- Josh Manson
Jack Johnson -- Bowen Byram
Alexandar Georgiev
Justus Annunen
Scratched: Caleb Jones, Kurtis MacDermid
Injured: Andrew Cogliano (illness)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate Saturday. … The Maple Leafs assigned defenseman Marshall Rifai to Toronto of the American Hockey League on Saturday. … Cogliano, a forward, missed a 2-1 overtime loss at the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday.
