MAPLE LEAFS (28-27-12) at WILD (38-17-12)
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Maple Leafs projected lineup
Matias Maccelli — John Tavares — William Nylander
Matthew Knies — Max Domi — Easton Cowan
Dakota Joshua — Bo Groulx — Nicholas Robertson
Michael Pezzetta — Jacob Quillan — Calle Jarnkrok
Morgan Rielly — Brandon Carlo
Jake McCabe — Troy Stecher
Simon Benoit — Philippe Myers
Anthony Stolarz
Joseph Woll
Scratched: Steven Lorentz, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Henry Thrun
Injured: Chris Tanev (groin), Auston Matthews (MCL tear)
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov — Ryan Hartman — Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson — Joel Eriksson Ek — Matt Boldy
Yakov Trenin — Danila Yurov — Vladimir Tarasenko
Nick Foligno — Michael McCarron — Nico Sturm
Quinn Hughes — Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin — Jared Spurgeon
Jake Middleton — Zach Bogosian
Jesper Wallstedt
Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Daemon Hunt, Jeff Petry, Robby Fabbri
Injured: Marcus Foligno (lower body), Bobby Brink (upper body)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate, each playing the second of a back-to-back. … Ekman-Larsson, a defenseman, returned to Toronto for the birth of his child; Thrun was recalled from the American Hockey League on an emergency basis. … Brink, a forward, has missed two games and is day to day.
