Maple Leafs at Kings

MAPLE LEAFS (4-3-1) at KINGS (4-5-0)
7 p.m. ET; NHLN, CBC, SN1, BSW, ESPN+, SN NOW

Maple Leafs projected lineup
Michael Bunting -- Auston Matthews -- Mitch Marner
Alex Kerfoot -- John Tavares -- William Nylander
Nicholas Robertson -- Calle Jarnkrok -- Wayne Simmonds
Pierre Engvall -- David Kampf -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Morgan Rielly -- TJ Brodie
Rasmus Sandin -- Justin Holl
Mark Giordano -- Filip Kral
Ilya Samsonov
Erik Kallgren
Scratched: Zach Aston-Reese, Denis Malgin, Victor Mete
Injured: Kyle Clifford (shoulder), Timothy Liljegren (hernia), Jordie Benn (groin), Matt Murray (adductor), Jake Muzzin (neck)
Kings projected lineup
Adrian Kempe -- Anze Kopitar -- Gabriel Vilardi
Trevor Moore -- Phillip Danault -- Viktor Arvidsson
Kevin Fiala -- Blake Lizotte -- Carl Grundstrom
Brendan Lemieux -- Jaret Anderson-Dolan -- Arthur Kaliyev
Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty
Sean Durzi -- Matt Roy
Alexander Edler -- Brandt Clarke
Cal Petersen
Jonathan Quick
Scratched:Sean Walker, Rasmus Kupari
Injured:Quinton Byfield (illness), Alex Iafallo (lower body)
Status report
Kral will make his season debut. … Liljegren and Benn, both defensemen, have started playing with Toronto of the American Hockey League as part of a conditioning assignment. … Vilardi will play on the first line after replacing Fiala in the third period of a 6-4 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday. … Byfield, a forward, will miss his second straight game. ... Kupari, a forward, was recalled from Ontario of the AHL on Saturday.