Maple Leafs lineup tonight: Toronto’s projected lineup for game against the Montreal Canadiens | January 18, 2025

The Toronto Maple Leafs are on the road to play the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday, January 18 at 7 p.m. ET.

Toronto is coming off a 4-3 OT win over New Jersey on Thursday and will now go play Montreal. Ahead of the game, here is what the Maple Leafs lineup is expected to look like.

Maple Leafs projected lines

Forwards

• Matthew Knies - Auston Matthews - Mitch Marner
• Bobby McMann - Max Domi - William Nylander
• Max Pacioretty - Pontus Holmberg - Nick Robertson
• Connor Dewar - David Kampf - Steven Lorentz

Toronto snapped its three-game losing streak as the offense came alive in the win over New Jersey. However, the Maple Leafs are without star centerman John Tavares who suffered an injury in practice.

"Week to week right now," Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube said, via NHL.com. "It's unfortunate [it happened] in practice. Bad luck, but it is what it is and we have to move on from it right now. You see his production and what he's done, his leadership, he's been an all situational guy for us pretty much and he's done a great job for us."

Defenseman

• Morgan Rielly - Philippe Myers
• Jake McCabe - Chris Tanev
• Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Conor Timmins

The Maple Leafs got McCabe back from injury which is a big boost to Toronto's blue line.

Goalies

• Joseph Woll
• Dennis Hildeby

Toronto will start Woll who's 15-8 with a 2.66 GAA and a .907 SV%. In his career against Montreal, he's 2-0 with a 1.00 GAA and a .961 SV%.

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Toronto returned to the win column with a big win over New Jersey. The Maple Leafs now go on the road to play the Canadiens and this is a good spot for Toronto to get the win.

Woll has played well in his career against Montreal and that success should continue here. The Maple Leafs offense is also back, as Nylander should start to get hot as Toronto will get a big road win here.

Prediction: Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 2.