Maple Leafs at Golden Knights

MAPLE LEAFS (22-8-3) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (23-14-1)

Maple Leafs projected lineup
Michael Bunting -- Auston Matthews -- Ondrej Kase
Alex Kerfoot -- John Tavares -- William Nylander
Ilya Mikheyev -- David Kampf -- Wayne Simmonds
Kyle Clifford -- Jason Spezza -- Nick Ritchie
Morgan Rielly -- TJ Brodie
Jake Muzzin -- Justin Holl
Rasmus Sandin -- Travis Dermott
Jack Campbell
Petr Mrazek
Scratched: Brett Seney, Timothy Liljegren, Alex Biega
Injured: None
COVID-19 protocol: Pierre Engvall, Mitch Marner
Golden Knights projected lineup
Evgenii Dadonov -- Chandler Stephenson -- Mark Stone
Jonathan Marchessault -- William Karlsson -- Reilly Smith
Mattias Janmark -- Nicolas Roy -- Keegan Kolesar
William Carrier -- Brett Howden -- Nolan Patrick
Brayden McNabb -- Alex Pietrangelo
Shea Theodore -- Zach Whitecloud
Ben Hutton -- Dylan Coghlan
Robin Lehner
Logan Thompson
Scratched: Michael Amadio
Injured: Jack Eichel (neck), Max Pacioretty (wrist), Nicolas Hague (wrist), Laurent Brossoit (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Alec Martinez
Status report
Kase (undisclosed) is expected to return after missing a 5-4 overtime loss at at the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday. … Eichel skated for the first time Tuesday since having artificial disk replacement surgery Nov. 12. There is no timetable for the center's return. ... Martinez was placed in COVID-19 protocol Monday; the defenseman has not played since Nov. 11 because of a facial laceration.