Tonight at 7 p.m. ET, the Toronto Maple Leafs (19-12-3, 41 points) and Dallas Stars (14-13-5, 33 points) face-off for the second and final time this season live from the American Airlines Center in Dallas. The game can be live streamed here. Toronto fans can hear all of the action on TSN 1050 while Dallas fans can do the same on 105.3 The Fan.
Toronto has lost three straight games, but holds onto the top wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference while Dallas has won four straight games and is eight points out of the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference. The Maple Leafs defeated the Stars 5-3 on Dec. 2 in Toronto.
The Maple Leafs are on the heels of being shut out by the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday by a 4-0 margin.
"Well, we're not happy about the record we have in the last three games," Toronto captain Dion Phaneuf said via NHL.com. "We have got to find a way to turn it around. I felt that we did a lot of things a lot better tonight, but the bottom line is we didn't get points."
The Maple Leafs have been paced by Phil Kessel, who leads the team with 38 points and ranks fourth in the NHL with 17 goals.
James van Riemsdyk is second on the team with 29 points off of 14 markers and 15 helpers while Tyler Bozak has found the twine 12 times and added 15 assists with 27 points.
The Stars are coming off of a come-from-behind 6-5 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday in a shootout that saw Tyler Seguin score two goals and Anders Lindback come in relief and get the win.
"It was awesome [for Lindback to get the win]," coach Lindy Ruff told NHL.com. "He's one of the hardest working backups I've been around. For him to stand tall and help us win that game in the shootout, I think it is great for him."
Seguin is second in the NHL with a team-best 42 points and ranks first in the league with 25 goals. Jamie Benn is second on the team with 30 points off of 10 markers and 20 helpers while Jason Spezza has found the twine six times and added 19 assists with 25 points.
In net, Dallas will likely go back to Kari Lehtonen, who was pulled last game, and he is 13-7-5 with a 2.99 goals-against average and a .904 save percentage.
Toronto will likely counter with Jonathan Bernier and he is 13-8-3 with a 2.76 GAA and a .917 save percentage.
The puck drops on the Maple Leafs and Stars live from the American Airlines Center tonight in Dallas.
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