The Maple Leafs hope to make it 3-0-0 in the 2024-25 season series against the Lightning tonight at Scotiabank Arena (7:30 p.m. EST, Amazon Prime).

Three of Toronto’s forward lines and all three defense pairings will look different than they did to start the game in Montreal. source

Projected Lineup:

Matthew Knies — Auston Matthews — Mitch Marner
Bobby McMann — Pontus Holmberg — William Nylander
Max Domi — Fraser Minten — Nicholas Robertson
Steven Lorentz — David Kampf — Connor Dewar

Morgan Rielly — Jake McCabe
Oliver Ekman-Larsson — Chris Tanev
Simon Benoit — Conor Timmins

Joseph Woll
Dennis Hildeby

Scratched: Ryan Reaves, Philippe Myers

Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Calle Jarnkrok (lower body), Anthony Stolarz (lower body), John Tavares (lower body), Max Pacioretty (upper body)

Status report: Pacioretty, a forward, is day to day after getting injured during a 7-3 win against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. Minten, who had been a healthy scratch the past two games since being recalled from Toronto of the American Hockey League, will replace Pacioretty. … Benoit will return after being scratched the previous two games.

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    22 hours ago

    Mid second - Woll definitely 1st star.

  • ryan213M
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    21 hours ago

    Good effort. Should’ve shut it down at 3-1 but I’ll take it!

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    23 hours ago

    Great start - nice opener by AM. I don’t know if that is a good thing or not. It seems, recently, when the Leafs score first they then give up.