Maple Leafs at Panthers preview

MAPLE LEAFS (21-10-1) at PANTHERS (11-13-6)
7 p.m. ET; CBC, SN1, CITY, FS-F, NHL.TV

Borgstrom, selected by the Panthers with the 23rd pick in the 2016 NHL Draft, and forward Jayce Hawryluk were recalled from Springfield of the American Hockey League on Saturday. Borgstrom, who had one goal in four games for the Panthers at the end of last season, had 22 points in 24 games for Springfield. Hawryluk, a second-round pick in the 2014 NHL Draft, will be making his NHL debut.
The Panthers are 0-3-1 since defeating the Boston Bruins 5-0 on Dec. 4 and are coming off a 5-1 loss at the Minnesota Wild on Thursday.
Forward Zach Hyman will be back in the lineup for Toronto after serving a two-game suspension for his hit on Boston defenseman Charlie McAvoy on Dec. 8.
The Maple Leafs have lost three of four (1-2-1) and are coming off a 4-1 loss at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday in a game where they had a 49-21 shot advantage.

Players to watch

Maple Leafs forward Mitchell Marner has 13 assists in his past nine games.
Panthers forward Jonathan Huberdeau has four goals and 15 assists in the past 10 games.

They said it

"I thought we were really prepared (in Tampa). I thought we did lots of great things; in the end we didn't get what we wanted. We know what we want (today), so we're going to have to (play) well." -- Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock
"We're looking for a little spark. We have to rebound and we've got to answer. Both guys that we called up had great seasons going down there and they're getting rewarded for that." -- Panthers coach Bob Boughner on forwards Henrik Borgstrom and Jayce Hawryluk

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Zach Hyman -- John Tavares -- Mitchell Marner
Andreas Johnsson -- Auston Matthews -- Kasperi Kapanen
Patrick Marleau -- Nazem Kadri -- William Nylander
Tyler Ennis -- Par Lindholm -- Connor Brown
Morgan Rielly -- Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner -- Nikita Zaitsev
Travis Dermott -- Igor Ozhiganov
Frederik Andersen
Garret Sparks
Scratched:Justin Holl, Martin Marincin, Frederik Gauthier
Injured: None

Panthers projected lineup

Jonathan Huberdeau -- Aleksander Barkov -- Mike Hoffman
Frank Vatrano - Henrik Borgstrom -- Evgenii Dadonov
Denis Malgin - Jared McCann -- Troy Brouwer
Micheal Haley -- Juho Lammikko - Jayce Hawryluk
Keith Yandle -- Aaron Ekblad
Mike Matheson -- Mark Pysyk
MacKenzie Weegar -- Alexander Petrovic
Roberto Luongo
James Reimer
Scratched:Colton Sceviour, Bogdan Kiselevich
Injured:Nick Bjugstad (upper body), Vincent Trocheck (ankle), Derek MacKenzie (shoulder), Jamie McGinn (back)

Status report

Toronto did not have a morning skate. … Bjugstad wore a yellow jersey during the Panthers morning skate and is day to day.

Stat pack

The Maple Leafs are eighth in the NHL in power-play percentage at 24.1 but were 0-for-10 in their past two games. … The Panthers were 0-for-4 on the power play combined in the past two games after scoring at least one power-play goal in eight consecutive games.