MAPLE LEAFS (32-30-13) at SHARKS (35-31-7)
10 p.m. ET; NBCSCA, TSN4
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Easton Cowan -- John Tavares -- William Nylander
Matthew Knies -- Bo Groulx -- Matias Maccelli
Dakota Joshua -- Max Domi -- Nicholas Robertson
Steven Lorentz -- Jacob Quillan -- Steven Lorentz
Morgan Rielly -- Brandon Carlo
Jake McCabe -- Philippe Myers
Simon Benoit -- Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Anthony Stolarz
Joseph Woll
Scratched: Michael Pezzetta, Troy Stecher
Injured: Auston Matthews (MCL), Chris Tanev (groin)
Sharks projected lineup
Igor Chernyshov -- Macklin Celebrini -- Will Smith
William Eklund -- Alexander Wennberg -- Kiefer Sherwood
Collin Graf -- Michael Misa -- Tyler Toffoli
Barclay Goodrow -- Zack Ostapchuk -- Adam Gaudette
Dmitry Orlov -- Vincent Desharnais
Mario Ferraro -- Shakir Mukhamadullin
Sam Dickinson -- Nick Leddy
Alex Nedeljkovic
Yaroslav Askarov
Scratched: Pavol Regenda, Philipp Kurashev, John Klingberg, Ty Dellandrea
Injured: Ryan Reaves (upper body)
Status report
Myers will come in for Stetcher on defense and Lorentz for Pezzetta at forward. ... The Sharks held an optional morning skate. ... Nedeljkovic will start after Askarov made 28 saves in a 4-3 win against the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday. Chernyshov could return after not playing Wednesday because of an illness. If not, Kurashev would enter the lineup.
