Tonight at 7:00 p.m. ET, the St. Louis Blues (48-16-7, 103 points) and Toronto Maple Leafs (36-29-8, 80 points) faceoff live from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto for the second and final meeting against each other this season. The game can be live streamed here. St. Louis fans can hear all of the action on KMOX 1120 while Toronto fans can do the same on TSN 1050.
St. Louis is on top of the Western Conference and has won seven of its last ten while Toronto will look to halt a five-game skid. The first time these two teams met, the Blues defeated the Maple Leafs 6-3 on Dec. 12 in St. Louis.
The Blues have been able to spread the scoring around this season, but coach Ken Hitchcock doesn't see that as the sole reason his team has played so well.
"You don't control the hockey game with offense, you control it with checking," Hitchcock said following his team's optional practice Monday in Toronto, according to NHL.com.
The Maple Leafs have struggled without goaltender Jonathan Bernier in the lineup, as he's sat out the entire five-game losing streak due to a groin injury and doesn't know when he'll be back.
"It's too early to say if I'm coming back [Tuesday]," Bernier told NHL.com. "I don't want to rush and be out another four or five days."
The team will go with James Reimer again if Bernier is out. Reimer is 11-13-1 with a 3.39 goals-against average and a .908 save percentage. He'll likely be opposed by Ryan Miller, who is 22-24-4 with a 2.58 GAA and a .922 save percentage.
St. Louis has been led by Alex Steen (30-24-54), T.J. Oshie (17-37-54) and Jaden Schwartz (22-30-52) while Phil Kessel (36-40-76), James van Riemsdyk (27-29-56) and Nazem Kadri (18-29-47) have paced Toronto.
The Blues and Maple Leafs clash for the final time this season when the lights come up tonight at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.
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