Maple Leafs at Islanders

MAPLE LEAFS (42-18-9) at ISLANDERS (36-27-8)

Maple Leafs projected lineup
Alex Kerfoot -- Auston Matthews -- Calle Jarnkrok
Michael Bunting -- John Tavares -- Mitch Marner
Bobby McMann -- Sam Lafferty -- William Nylander
Zach Aston-Reese -- David Kampf -- Noel Acciari
Morgan Rielly -- Erik Gustafsson
Mark Giordano -- Justin Holl
Jake McCabe -- Timothy Liljegren
Ilya Samsonov
Matt Murray
Scratched: Luke Schenn, Wayne Simmonds, Conor Timmins
Injured: Jake Muzzin (cervical spine injury), Ryan O'Reilly (broken finger), Nicholas Robertson (shoulder surgery), TJ Brodie (undisclosed)
Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee -- Bo Horvat -- Simon Holmstrom
Pierre Engvall -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri
Zach Parise -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Hudson Fasching
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Cal Clutterbuck
Adam Pelech -- Scott Mayfield
Alexander Romanov -- Ryan Pulock
Samuel Bolduc -- Noah Dobson
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched: Josh Bailey, Ross Johnston, Parker Wotherspoon
Injured: Sebastian Aho (undisclosed), Mathew Barzal (lower body), Oliver Wahlstrom (lower body)
Status report
Each team held an optional morning skate Tuesday. … Samsonov will start despite the goalie's wife, Mariya, due to give birth to the couple's first child, Toronto coach Sheldon Keefe said. ... Brodie will not play after the defenseman was injured blocking a shot during a 5-4 shootout win at the Ottawa Senatord on Saturday. ... Sorokin will make his eighth start in nine games. ... The Islanders recalled Bolduc from Bridgeport of the American Hockey League on Monday after Aho, a defenseman, was injured during a 4-1 win at the San Jose Sharks on Saturday. ... New York assigned forward Otto Koivula to the AHL in a corresponding move.