Tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET, the Toronto Maple Leafs (11-8-2, 24 points) and Pittsburgh Penguins (14-4-2, 30 points) take the ice for Thanksgiving Eve action in the third and final meeting for them in the regular season live from the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh. The game can be live streamed here. Toronto fans can hear all of the action on TSN 1050 while Pittsburgh fans can do the same on WXDX 101.5.
Toronto looks for its third straight win and plays this brief road game before returning home for a five-match home stand while Pittsburgh has lost two of three and kicks off a short two-game home stand. The Penguins have topped the Maple Leafs twice this season, including their most recent 2-1 win on Nov. 14.
The Maple Leafs are coming off of a 4-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday that saw Tyler Bozak notch two goals.
"For the first goal, I just caught a nice break to get a breakaway and luckily it went in, and obviously the last one was an empty-netter," Bozak said after the game via NHL.com. "It was nice to get those two goals."
Bozak is second on the team with 19 points off of eight goals and 11 assists. Phil Kessel has paced the Maple Leafs with 23 points off of 11 goals and 12 assists while James van Riemsdyk has nine tallies and eight helpers for 17 points.
The Penguins are coming off of a 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins that snapped a two-game skid and saw Evgeni Malkin pick up two goals in the triumph.
"They're [the Bruins] a good team - a solid team. It's always a nice place to win, here in Boston," Pittsburgh goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury told NHL.com afterward. "Those two losses were tough to take, but I think everybody stepped it up tonight, and we got a big two points."
Fleury is probable to start tonight and ranks tied for third in the league in wins (12), and is in sole possession of fifth place in goals-against average (2.09) and save percentage (.926) while also tying for the league lead in shutouts (4).
The Maple Leafs are likely to counter with Jonathan Bernier, who is 7-5-2 this season with a 2.54 GAA and a .919 save percentage.
Offensively, Pittsburgh has been paced by Sidney Crosby, who leads the NHL with 29 points and is second in the league with 20 assists. Malkin ranks third in the NHL with 25 points off of 10 goals and 15 assists while Patric Hornqvist is third on the team with 24 points off of 10 markers and 14 helpers.
The Maple Leafs and Penguins meet for the last time this season when the lights come up at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh tonight for some Thanksgiving Eve hockey.
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