Leafs' projected lineup against the Panthers has 3 notable absences

Originally, the Leafs appeared to be receiving some reinforcements at Tuesday's morning skate, with the return of Pontus Holmberg and Rasmus Sandin after missing Monday's session. Well, unfortunately, neither player is projected to play tonight as both young Swedes remained on the ice after the morning skate for some extra work - a typical indicator that they won't be in the lineup.

In addition, Wayne Simmonds also took on some extra work following Tuesday's morning skate, indicating that he's likely to come out of the lineup as well. In terms of how tonight's lines and D pairings will shape up, here's how things looked at practice yesterday. According to Sports Illustrated's David Alter, here's tonight's projected lineup.

Bunting-Matthews-Nylander
Jarnkrok-Tavares-Marner
McMann-Kampf-Engvall
Aston-Reese-Kerfoot-Hunt

Rielly-Liljegren
Giordano-Holl
Benn-Timmins

The Panthers are winners of their last two outings, while the Leafs have lost in back to back games and are in need of a win tonight at home.