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MAPLE LEAFS (30-11-3) at CANUCKS (21-21-6)
7 p.m. ET; NHLN, SN, TVAS, NHL LIVE
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Michael Bunting — Auston Matthews — Mitchell Marner
Alexander Kerfoot — John Tavares — William Nylander
Ilya Mikheyev — David Kampf — Ondrej Kase
Pierre Engvall — Jason Spezza — Wayne Simmonds
Rasmus Sandin — Timothy Liljegren
Scratched: Travis Dermott
Injured: None
Canucks projected lineup
J.T. Miller — Bo Horvat — Brock Boeser
Vasily Podkolzin — Elias Pettersson — Nils Hoglander
Tanner Pearson — Jason Dickinson — Conor Garland
Tyler Motte — Juho Lammikko — Alex Chiasson
Oliver Ekman-Larsson — Tyler Myers
Scratched: Ashton Sautner, Matthew Highmore
Injured: Tucker Poolman (headaches), Travis Hamonic (lower body), Brady Keeper (leg), Brandon Sutter (illness)
COVID-19 protocol: Quinn Hughes
Status report
Simmonds is expected to return; he missed a 5-2 loss at the Calgary Flames on Thursday to be with his wife for the birth of their child. … Kase practiced Friday after leaving in the first period Thursday because of a hit by Flames defenseman Nikita Zadorov; he will be reevaluated closer to game time. … Hamonic, a defenseman who has missed 21 games, will be a game-time decision after returning to practice this week; Juulsen is likely to come out of the lineup if Hamonic plays. … Dickinson returns after missing one game with an undisclosed injury. …Highmore, a forward, is eligible to come out of COVID-19 protocol and likely would likely replace Chiasson if he plays.