NHL Game Preview: Toronto Maple Leafs at Pittsburgh Penguins with Line Combinations 3/2/2025

William Nylander skating for the Toronto Maple Leafs
Photo by Kevin Sousa/NHLI via Getty Images

Toronto Maple Leafs (37-20-2, 76 pts) at Pittsburgh Penguins (24-29-9, 57 pts)

Venue: PPG Paints Arena
Date: Sunday, March 2
Time: 1:00 pm EST

TV: Sportsnet / TNT / TruTV / MAX
Radio:
Toronto Maple Leafs – Sportsnet 590 AM The FAN
Pittsburgh Penguins – 105.9 The X

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Toronto Maple Leafs -1.5 ML -185
Pittsburgh Penguins +1.5 ML +155
O/U 6.5

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Toronto Maple Leafs News & Notes:

Toronto has won four straight as they travel to Pittsburgh to battle the Penguins this afternoon. The Maple Leafs are 17-9-2 on the road this and are 7-3-0 in their last ten games. Toronto is 11-8-0 against the Metropolitan Division this season and has split the two games against the Penguins this season.

Pittsburgh Penguins News & Notes:

The Penguins are 14-13-4 at home this season and are 4-5-1 in their last ten games. Pittsburgh has lost four of their last five games but will try to get back in the win column against Toronto. The Penguins won the last contest between these two clubs 5-2 on December 7.

Toronto Maple Leafs Projected Lines:

Knies-Matthews-Marner
Holmberg-Tavares-Nylander
McMann-Domi-Robertson
Lorentz-Kampf-Reaves

Rielly-Ekman-Larsson
McCabe-Myers
Benoit-Timmins

Woll
Stolarz

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Pittsburgh Penguins Projected Lineup:

Rakell-Crosby-Rust
Bunting-Malkin-Glass
Beauvillier-Hayes-Tomasino
Heinen-Lizotte-Acciari

Shea-Letang
Grzelcyk-Karlsson
Graves-Desharnais

Blomqvist
Nedeljkovic

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Players To Watch:

Toronto Maple Leafs

William Nylander had five goals and three assists in eight games in February and is second on the Maple Leafs in scoring, with 59 points in 59 games. Nylander and Mark Scheifele are tied for second in the NHL with 34 goals. The 28-year-old winger has three goals in two games against the Penguins this season.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Erik Karlsson had three goals and seven assists in eight games in February, including two goals and an assist in the Penguins only win in the previous five games. Karlsson leads all Penguins defensemen with 43 points (8g, 35a) in 62 games. Karlsson has one assist in the two games against Toronto.

Injury Report:

Toronto Maple Leafs

C Calle Jarnkrok – IR
D Jani Hakanpaa – IR
LW Max Pacioretty – IR
D Chris Tanev – OUT

Pittsburgh Penguins

D P.O. Joseph – Day To Day
D Jack St. Ivany – OUT

Next Game:

Toronto Maple Leafs – March 3 vs. San Jose Sharks
Pittsburgh Penguins – March 4 at Colorado Avalanche

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