MAPLE LEAFS (31-29-13) at BLUES (30-30-11)
7 p.m. ET; KMOV-TV, Matrix-MW, FDSNMW, SNP, SNO, CBC
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Easton Cowan — John Tavares — William Nylander
Matthew Knies — Max Domi — Nicholas Robertson
Dakota Joshua — Steven Lorentz — Matias Maccelli
Michael Pezzetta — Jacob Quillan — Calle Jarnkrok
Morgan Rielly — Brandon Carlo
Jake McCabe — Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Simon Benoit — Troy Stecher
Joseph Woll
Anthony Stolarz
Scratched: Philippe Myers
Injured: Auston Matthews (MCL), Chris Tanev (groin)
Blues projected lineup
Dylan Holloway — Robert Thomas — Jimmy Snuggerud
Jake Neighbours — Pavel Buchnevich — Jordan Kyrou
Otto Stenberg — Dalibor Dvorsky — Jonatan Berggren
Alexey Toropchenko — Jack Finley — Pius Suter
Philip Broberg — Logan Mailloux
Theo Lindstein — Colton Parayko
Cam Fowler — Justin Holl
Jordan Binnington
Joel Hofer
Scratched: Jonathan Drouin, Oskar Sundqvist, Nathan Walker, Matthew Kessel
Injured: Tyler Tucker (lower body)
Status report
The Maple Leafs held an optional morning skate. … Bo Groulx, a forward, was assigned to Toronto of the American Hockey League on Friday. … With Groulx out, Pezzetta will play after being a healthy scratch on Wednesday. … Thomas will return after missing one game with an upper-body injury and replace Walker, a forward. … Holl will play after being a healthy scratch Thursday and replace Kessel, a defenseman.
