Projected Lineups: Maple Leafs vs. Panthers
The upcoming matchup features the Toronto Maple Leafs facing off against the Florida Panthers. This highly anticipated game is set for 7 p.m. ET and will be broadcast on Scripps, TSN4, and TVAS. Both teams have had mixed results in their recent games, making this contest critical for playoff positioning.
Projected Lineups for Maple Leafs vs. Panthers
Toronto Maple Leafs
- Bobby McMann — Auston Matthews — Max Domi
- Matias Maccelli — John Tavares — William Nylander
- Matthew Knies — Nicolas Roy — Nicholas Robertson
- Steven Lorentz — Scott Laughton — Dakota Joshua
- Morgan Rielly — Brandon Carlo
- Jake McCabe — Oliver Ekman-Larsson
- Simon Benoit — Troy Stecher
- Goalkeepers: Joseph Woll, Anthony Stolarz
Scratched: Easton Cowan, Phillippe Myers, Calle Jarnkrok
Injuries: Dakota Mermis (knee), Chris Tanev (groin)
Florida Panthers
- Carter Verhaeghe — Evan Rodrigues — Sam Reinhart
- Mackie Samoskevich — Sam Bennett — Matthew Tkachuk
- Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Brad Marchand
- A.J. Greer — Cole Schwindt — Sandis Vilmanis
- Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
- Niko Mikkola — Uvis Balinskis
- Donovan Sebrango — Jeff Petry
- Goalkeepers: Sergei Bobrovsky, Daniil Tarasov
Scratched: Luke Kunin, Jesper Boqvist, Tobias Bjornfot
Injuries: Seth Jones (collarbone), Aleksander Barkov (knee), Tomas Nosek (knee), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body), Dmitry Kulikov (shoulder)
Game Status Update
Toronto’s Dakota Joshua has been activated from the long-term injured reserve but did not play in the recent 4-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Coach Craig Berube has indicated Joshua will participate in one of the games during the Florida trip after missing 20 games due to a kidney injury.
The Panthers remain without several key long-term injured players for this matchup. However, defenseman Dmitry Kulikov and forward Tomas Nosek might return soon, while Seth Jones may be back next week. Notably, Brad Marchand, Evan Rodrigues, and Aaron Ekblad will play following their absence in Florida’s previous game, which ended in a daunting 6-1 loss to the Lightning on February 5.
