Predicted Maple Leafs Lineup Tonight: Toronto's projected lines for game against Seattle Kraken

The Toronto Maple Leafs (3-2) are set to host the Seattle Kraken (2-0-2) on Saturday, October 18 at 7 p.m. ET.

Toronto is coming off a 2-1 OT win over the New York Rangers on Thursday, as Auston Matthews scored the OT winner. Here is what the Maple Leafs' projected lineup is expected to look like ahead of their game on Saturday.

Maple Leafs projected lines

Forwards

Matthew Knies - Auston Matthews - Easton Cowan
Matias Maccelli - John Tavares - William Nylander
Nick Robertson - Max Domi - Bobby McMann
Dakota Joshua - Nic Roy - Calle Jarnkrok

Toronto will run back the same lineup as Scott Laughton and Steven Lorentz are both out with injuries. Once Laughton and Lorentz come back, it will be interesting to see who comes out of the lineup.

Nick Robertson's name has come up in trade talks, as well as Calle Jarnkrok, but Jarnkrok has been playing well, so it would be hard to take him out of the lineup.

Toronto's offense is led by Auston Matthews, who scored his fourth goal of the season.

"Had some time and space,” Matthews said about his goal, via NHL.com. “We’ve seen that a lot of times before just playing that little give-and-go, and obviously he is a great passer. He put it right on my tape, and Morgan Rielly made a great play in our zone to break up the play and get us on that 2-on-1 with a lot of time and space."

Defense

Morgan Rielly - Brandon Carlo
Jake McCabe - Chris Tanev
Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Simon Benoit

The Maple Leafs haven't changed their defense once, as the six defensemen have played in every game and have had the same pairing.

There have been some talks of putting Chris Tanev back with Morgan Rielly to see if that can work, but for now, the Maple Leafs' pairings will remain the same.

Goalies

Anthony Stolarz
Cayden Primeau

Anthony Stolarz will get his second-straight start. Stolarz will get the bulk of the starts as Joseph Woll remains away from the team. He's 2-2 with a 2.55 GAA and a .917 SV%. In his career against Seattle, he's 2-0 with a 0.89 GAA and a .962 SV%.

About the author

Cole is an NHL, NFL and College Sports reporter at Sportskeeda with over 7 years of experience writing for publications like CBC, USA Today, SMG, BJPENN, Sherdog and SB Nation.

An NHL fan his whole life, Cole played rep hockey in Canada from age 5 until 17 and grew up rooting for Martin St. Louis and the Tampa Bay Lightning. His all-time favorite players are Vincent Lecavalier and Steven Stamkos, while Jon Cooper is his favorite coach of all time.

Cole attended Sheridan College and received his journalism degree in 2019. After decades of watching and reporting, he considers his knowledge of sports as his primary strength. He ensures that the same story has been reported by at least two reputed reporters before creating it.

Cole enjoys playing golf and spending time with friends and family when not reporting breaking stories. His favorite sports moment is from the 2010 Olympics, when Sidney Crosby scored the golden goal in overtime to beat Team USA for the gold medal.

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