Maple Leafs at Blues

MAPLE LEAFS (23-9-3) at BLUES (22-10-5)

Maple Leafs projected lineup
Michael Bunting -- Auston Matthews -- Mitch Marner
Alex Kerfoot -- John Tavares -- William Nylander
Ilya Mikheyev -- David Kampf -- Pierre Engvall
Kyle Clifford -- Jason Spezza -- Wayne Simmonds
Morgan Rielly -- TJ Brodie
Jake Muzzin -- Timothy Liljegren
Rasmus Sandin -- Travis Dermott
Jack Campbell
Petr Mrazek
Scratched: Joey Anderson
Injured: None
COVID-19 protocol: Ondrej Kase, Justin Holl, Nick Ritchie
Blues projected lineup
Ivan Barbashev -- Ryan O'Reilly -- Oskar Sundqvist
Brandon Saad -- Robert Thomas -- Jordan Kyrou
Klim Kostin -- Tyler Bozak -- James Neal
Logan Brown -- Dakota Joshua --
Nathan Walker
Torey Krug -- Justin Faulk
Niko Mikkola -- Marco Scandella
Jake Walman -- Robert Bortuzzo
Jordan Binnington
Ville Husso
Scratched: Alexei Toropchenko
Injured: None
COVID-19 protocol: Vladimir Tarasenko, Scott Perunovich, Brayden Schenn, Colton Parayko, David Perron, Pavel Buchnevich
Status report
The Maple Leafs held an optional morning skate. ... Marner and Engvall each was removed from COVID-19 protocol Friday and each is expected to play after missing three games. ... Toronto added forwards Kase and Ritchie, and Holl, a defenseman, to COVID-19 protocol Friday. ... The Blues did not hold a morning skate. ... Forwards Tarasenko and Schenn, and defensemen Parayko and Perunovich each is eligible to return from COVID-19 protocol. ... Brown, who missed a 2-1 win against the Seattle Kraken Thursday with a non-COVID-19 illness, will be a game-time decision. ... Joshua was recalled from Springfield of the American Hockey League under emergency conditions, and Toropchenko, a forward, was recalled from the taxi squad.