Hutchinson starts in net in Chicago

The Toronto Maple Leafs are playing the second of two back-to-back games tonight against the Blackhawks in Chicago. They lost the first one to the Philadelphia Flyers yesterday by a score of 3-2 in the shootout.The Leafs will be looking to get back to their winning ways tonight against the Hawks.

In yesterday's game, the Maple Leafs took a huge blow as Mitch Marner injured his leg by twisting it awkwardly. This evening, veteran Jason Spezza will step into the lineup to replace him. Spezza will play on the right wing of the 3rd offensive line, while Kapanen who used to occupy that spot will replace Marner on the second line alongside Trevor Moore and John Tavares.

Since the Maple Leafs are playing 2 games in 24 hours, Frederik Andersen who played last night will be resting this evening. Consequently, Mochael Hutchinson will start in front of the net for the Maple Leafs while Andersen will act as his backup.

The rest of the lineup should look very similar to the one that faced the Flyers yesterday.

Here is the Toronto Maple Leafs' projected lineup for tonight's matchup against the Chicago Blackhawks according to DailyFaceoff.com:

Forwards:

Andreas Johnsson - Auston Matthews - William Nylander

Trevor Moore - John Tavares - Kasperi Kapanen

Ilya Mikheyev - Alex Kerfoot - Jason Spezza

Dmytro Timashov - Nick Shore - Frederick Gauthier

Defencemen:

Morgan Rielly - Cody Ceci

Jake Muzzin - Tyson Barrie

Travis Dermott - Justin Holl

Goaltenders:

Michael Hutchinson

Frederik Andersen

Martin Marincin will be the healthy scratch, while Marner and Zach Hyman are out with injuries.

The Blackhawks are also playing the second of two back-to-back games tonight as they lost in the shootout to the Penguins yesterday by the exact same score as the Leafs-Flyers game.