MAPLE LEAFS (28-27-12) at WILD (38-17-12)
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Maple Leafs projected lineup
Matias Maccelli -- John Tavares -- William Nylander
Matthew Knies -- Max Domi -- Easton Cowan
Dakota Joshua -- Bo Groulx -- Nicholas Robertson
Michael Pezzetta -- Jacob Quillan -- Calle Jarnkrok
Morgan Rielly -- Brandon Carlo
Jake McCabe -- Troy Stecher
Simon Benoit -- Philippe Myers
Anthony Stolarz
Joseph Woll
Scratched: Steven Lorentz, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Henry Thrun
Injured: Chris Tanev (groin), Auston Matthews (MCL tear)
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy
Yakov Trenin -- Danila Yurov -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Nick Foligno -- Michael McCarron -- Nico Sturm
Quinn Hughes -- Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin -- Jared Spurgeon
Jake Middleton -- Zach Bogosian
Jesper Wallstedt
Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Daemon Hunt, Jeff Petry, Robby Fabbri
Injured: Marcus Foligno (lower body), Bobby Brink (upper body)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate, each playing the second of a back-to-back. … Ekman-Larsson, a defenseman, returned to Toronto for the birth of his child; Thrun was recalled from the American Hockey League on an emergency basis. ... Brink, a forward, has missed two games and is day to day.
