Maple Leafs at Canucks

MAPLE LEAFS (28-12-5) at CANUCKS (17-18-3)

Maple Leafs projected lineup
Alex Galchenyuk -- Auston Matthews -- Mitch Marner
William Nylander -- John Tavares -- Alex Kerfoot
Nicholas Robertson --
Adam Brooks
-- Jason Spezza
Joe Thornton -- Pierre Engvall -- Wayne Simmonds
Morgan Rielly -- Justin Holl
Jake Muzzin -- TJ Brodie
Rasmus Sandin -- Zach Bogosian
David Rittich
Jack Campbell
Scratched: Travis Dermott, Scott Sabourin, Martin Marincin
Injured: Ilya Mikheyev (undisclosed), Zach Hyman (knee), Frederik Andersen (lower body), Riley Nash (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Nick Foligno, Ben Hutton
Canucks projected lineup
Tanner Pearson -- Bo Horvat -- Nils Hoglander
Jimmy Vesey -- J.T. Miller -- Brock Boeser
Antoine Roussel -- Brandon Sutter -- Jayce Hawryluk
Matthew Highmore -- Travis Boyd -- Jake Virtanen
Quinn Hughes -- Travis Hamonic
Nate Schmidt -- Tyler Myers
Olli Juolevi
-- Jalen Chatfield
Braden Holtby
Thatcher Demko
Scratched: Ashton Sautner , Marc Michaelis, Michael DiPietro
Injured: Tyler Motte (illness), Zack MacEwen (undisclosed), Elias Pettersson (upper body), Jay Beagle (undisclosed), Justin Bailey (shoulder), Micheal Ferland (head)
COVID-19 protocol: Madison Bowey
Suspended: Alexander Edler
Status report
Nylander will play despite being late for a meeting and held out of practice Monday. … Sandin, who hasn't played in the NHL since Feb. 8, could be in the lineup. ... Mikheyev, a forward, is day-to-day after leaving practice early Monday. ... Schmidt and Virtanen each was removed from COVID-19 protocol Sunday. … Highmore will make his Canucks debut after being acquired in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks on April 13 and serving a seven-day quarantine. … Motte, a forward, has not recovered enough from COVID-19 to resume skating. ... The Canucks assigned forward
Tyler Graovac
and defenseman
Guillaume Brisebois
to the taxi squad.