Tonight at 7 p.m. ET, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Philadelphia Flyers take the ice in London, Ontario to kick off their 2014-15 preseason slates. The game can be live streamed here. Toronto fans can hear all of the action on TSN 1050 while Philadelphia fans can do the same on 97.5 The Fanatic.
The Maple Leafs are coming off of a season where they went 38-36-8 for 84 points and missed the playoffs for the eighth time in nine years while the Flyers went 42-30-10 (94 points) and made the playoffs for the sixth time in seven seasons before being bounced from the first round by the New York Rangers in seven games.
According to MapleLeafs.com, here is how the lineup will look for Toronto tonight:
Forward Lines: David Booth-Nazem Kadri-Josh Leivo
Daniel Winnik-Peter Holland-Matt Frattin
Frazer McLaren-Sam Carrick-Troy Bodie
Carter Ashton-Petri Kontiola-Tyler Biggs
Defensive Pairings: Stuart Percy-Petter Granberg
Morgan Rielly-Tom Nilsson
Brendan Mikkelson-Korbinan Holzer
Goaltenders: Christopher Gibson
Cal Heeter
Kadri is looking to add some consistency to his game this season.
"That's exactly what it is, just being able to find that consistency and bring it every single night," Kadri told The Toronto Sun on Friday. "Some games I was a great player out there and I was on, and other games I didn't have my best game.
According to Flyers.com, Matt Read, Sean Couturier and Wayne Simmonds are the big names up front representing Philadelphia on the trip while on the blueline there will be Michael Del Zotto and Zac Rinaldo will suit up.
Del Zotto is looking to prove that he belongs and to bounce back from a rough 2013-14 campaign.
"In the back of my mind, this is the most motivated I've ever been in my life," Del Zotto said via NJ.com. "Last year didn't go very well and there's a lot of people who were doubting me and there's a lot of people I want to prove wrong."
The 2014-15 preseasons kick off for the Maple Leafs and Flyers when the puck drops tonight in London, Ontario.
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