STARS (48-20-12) AT MAPLE LEAFS (32-34-14)

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Stars projected lineup

Michael Bunting — Wyatt Johnston — Mikko Rantanen

Jason Robertson — Matt Duchene — Mavrik Bourque

Justin Hryckowian — Radek Faksa — Jamie Benn

Arttu Hyry — Oskar Back — Colin Blackwell

Thomas Harley — Tyler Myers

Esa Lindell — Ilya Lyubushkin

Kyle Capobianco — Alexander Petrovic

Casey DeSmith

Jake Oettinger

Scratched: Lian Bichsel, Adam Erne

Injured: Nathan Bastian (hand), Miro Heiskanen (lower body), Roope Hintz (lower body), Nils Lundkvist (illness), Tyler Seguin (ACL), Sam Steel (undisclosed)

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Easton Cowan — John Tavares — William Nylander

Matias Maccelli — Max Domi — Matthew Knies

Steven Lorentz — Luke Haymes — Nicholas Robertson

Ryan Tverberg — Jacob Quillan — Calle Jarnkrok

Morgan Rielly — Troy Stecher

Simon Benoit — Jake McCabe

Oliver Ekman-Larsson — William Villeneuve

Artur Akhtyamov

Joseph Woll

Scratched: Michael Pezzetta, Philippe Myers

Injured: Auston Matthews (MCL), Dakota Joshua (upper body), Chris Tanev (groin), Brandon Carlo (lower body), Anthony Stolarz (lower body)

Status report

Faksa will return after missing 23 games with a lower-body injury, and Bunting (lower body) will play after missing six. … Tverberg will make his NHL debut after 160 games with Toronto of the American Hockey League. He was a seventh-round pick (No. 213) in the 2020 NHL Draft.