Maple Leafs at Panthers

MAPLE LEAFS (42-19-9) AT PANTHERS (36-28-7)

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 -- Luke Schenn
Mark Giordano -- Timothy Liljegren
Jake McCabe -- Justin Holl
Erik Gustafsson
Matt Murray
Joseph Woll
Scratched:Conor Timmins, Ilya Samsonov, Wayne Simmonds, Morgan Rielly
Injured:Jake Muzzin (neck), Victor Mete (upper body), Nicholas Robertson (shoulder), Ryan O'Reilly (broken finger), Carl Dahlstrom (shoulder), Bobby McMann (knee)
Panthers projected lineup
Anton Lundell -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Matthew Tkachuk
Ryan Lomberg -- Eric Staal -- Anthony Duclair
Givani Smith -- Colin White -- Nick Cousins
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Marc Staal -- Brandon Montour
Josh Mahura -- Radko Gudas
Sergei Bobrovsky
Alex Lyon
Scratched:Casey Fitzgerald
Injured:Patric Hornqvist (concussion), Sam Bennett (undisclosed)
Status report
Samsonov, a goalie, returned to Toronto on Wednesday to be with his wife while they await the birth of their son... Rielly, a defenseman, will not play because of load maintenance; the Maple Leafs will dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen. ... Duclair will return after being out for a 6-3 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday because of an illness... Bennett participated in the morning skate the forward will not play. Coach Paul Maurice said he is "optimistic" that Bennett will return "sooner than later."