Tonight at 8 p.m. ET, the Boston Bruins (10-6-0, 20 points) and Toronto Maple Leafs (8-5-2, 18 points) face-off for the second of four meetings this season live from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. The game can be live streamed for free here. Boston fans can hear all of the action on WEEI 93.7 while Toronto fans can do the same on TSN 1050.
Boston kicks off a two-game road trip and has won five straight matches while Toronto is on a brief two-game homestand and will look to win its third consecutive contest. The Bruins defeated the Maple Leafs 4-1 on Oct. 25 in the two sides' first meeting this season.
The Bruins are coming off of a 4-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Monday that saw Seth Griffith score a Goal of the Year candidate with a between the legs tally.
"Yeah my strength against bigger guys, obviously if I want to play at this level, that's something I had to work on in the summer," Griffith said about getting through the defense for his goal, according to NHL.com. "So I focused on it a lot in the summer and it paid off, obviously, on that play."
Boston is still dealing with a plethora of injuries and that includes David Krejci, who didn't travel with the team on this trip, up front and Zdeno Chara on the blue line.
Carl Soderberg notched his fifth goal of the season in the Bruins win on Monday and leads the team with 13 points.
Patrice Bergeron is second on the team with 12 points off of three tallies and nine helpers while Brad Marchand has lit the lamp five times and added five helpers to place himself in a four-way tie for third place with 10 points.
The Maple Leafs are 5-1-1 since losing to the Bruins late last month and are coming off of a 5-3 triumph over the Ottawa Senators on Sunday. Mike Santorelli notched the game-winning goal for Toronto last time out on a short-hander and was one of five different scorers.
"We kind of started a little slow, but we found our way," Santorelli told NHL.com after the game. "We stuck with it when we were behind and we ended off a good weekend for us."
Phil Kessel has paced the Maple Leafs up to this point with 19 points off of eight goals and 11 assists while Tyler Bozak has five tallies and seven helpers for 12 points and James van Riemsdyk has found the twine six times and added five assists for 11 points.
In net, Toronto is likely to turn to Jonathan Bernier, who is 4-3-2 with a 2.75 goals-against average and a .913 save percentage.
Boston is probable to counter with Tuukka Rask in the crease and he is 8-4-0 thus far with a 2.44 GAA and a .909 save percentage.
The Bruins hope to notch their sixth straight win while the Maple Leafs look for their third consecutive victory when the puck drops on these two teams live from the Air Canada Centre tonight in Toronto.
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