{"id":541151,"date":"2026-04-05T00:01:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T00:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/541151\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T00:01:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T00:01:23","slug":"leafs-lineup-news-woll-starts-ekman-larsson-out-vs-kings-villeneuve-scratched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/541151\/","title":{"rendered":"Leafs lineup news: Woll starts, Ekman-Larsson out vs. Kings, Villeneuve scratched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theleafsnation.com\/toronto-maple-leafs-line-combinations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> goaltender Joseph Woll will start Saturday\u2019s game against the Los Angeles Kings, head coach Craig Berube confirmed via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/davidalter\/status\/2040532323301531923\" rel=\"nofollow\">David Alter of The Hockey News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Woll has posted a 15-14-6 record in 36 appearances this season, with a .904 save percentage.<\/p>\n<p>Oliver Ekman-Larsson is ruled out with a lower-body injury. <a href=\"https:\/\/theleafsnation.com\/news\/toronto-maple-leafs-recall-defenceman-william-villeneuve-emergency-basis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">William Villeneuve<\/a> was called up from the AHL\u2019s Toronto Marlies on an emergency basis, but will not play Saturday. Villeneuve has posted three goals and 28 points in 58 games for the Marlies. The 24-year-old could push for a larger role in the NHL next season, as the Maple Leafs will almost certainly look to get younger amid a retool this summer. Villeneuve could potentially make his NHL debut on Wednesday, when the Maple Leafs host the Washington Capitals.<\/p>\n<p>Berube has largely elected to keep the lines intact, with John Tavares centring Easton Cowan and William Nylander on the first line. Cowan has recorded three assists in his past two games, and is thriving with greater ice-time against top competition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theleafsnation.com\/news\/instant-reaction-toronto-maple-leafs-lose-return-value-scott-laughton-trade-los-angeles-kings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Laughton<\/a> will face off against the Maple Leafs for the first time as a member of the Los Angeles Kings. Laughton was traded to the Kings at this year\u2019s NHL Trade Deadline, and was a universally well-liked player among the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ll be excited, and Scotty will be excited, too,\u201d Berube said Friday. \u201cHe was a guy whom the guys really came to like a lot. He is that type of person in the locker room and on the ice with what he brings every night. I know he liked Toronto, too. He liked being there. I am sure they\u2019ll get together for whatever they do: beers, or a little food, and enjoy some time together. He was a very well-liked guy, and we miss him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maple Leafs\u2019 projected lineup vs. Kings<\/p>\n<p>Easton Cowan-John Tavares-William Nylander<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Knies-Bo Groulx-Matias Maccelli<\/p>\n<p>Dakota Joshua-Max Domi-Nick Robertson<\/p>\n<p>Michael Pezzetta-Jacob Quillan-Steven Lorentz<\/p>\n<p>Morgan Rielly-Philippe Myers<\/p>\n<p>Jake McCabe-Brandon Carlo<\/p>\n<p>Simon Benoit-Troy Stecher<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Woll (confirmed starter)<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Stolarz<\/p>\n<p>PRESENTED BY SUNWING VACATIONS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Joseph Woll will start Saturday\u2019s game against the Los Angeles Kings, head coach Craig&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5106],"tags":[5,20,5172,4,66,31,5171],"class_list":{"0":"post-541151","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto-maple-leafs","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-maple-leafs","10":"tag-mapleleafs","11":"tag-nhl","12":"tag-toronto","13":"tag-toronto-maple-leafs","14":"tag-torontomapleleafs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116349166240196448","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}