Tonight at 10 p.m. ET, the Toronto Maple Leafs (22-18-3, 47 points) and Anaheim Ducks (27-10-6, 60 points) take the ice for the second and final meeting between these two teams this season live from the Honda Center in Anaheim. The game can be live streamed here. Toronto fans can hear all of the action on TSN 1050 while Anaheim fans can do the same on KLAA 830.
Toronto has lost four of its last five games, but eye their seventh straight win vs. this opponent while Anaheim has won three of four and is 4-2 entering the seventh contest of an eight-match homestand.
The Ducks sit atop the Atlantic Division while the Maple Leafs are sixth in the Atlantic Division and and are five points out of the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.
The last time these teams met, Toronto topped Anaheim 6-2 on Dec. 16.
The Maple Leafs are coming in off of being blanked 2-0 by the Los Angeles Kings in the opening game of a four-match road trip as they play the next two against other California teams.
Phil Kessel has paced Toronto this season with 43 points off of 19 goals and 24 assists. James van Riemsdyk is second on the Leafs with 40 points off of 19 goals and 21 assists while Tyler Bozak has found the twine 14 times and added 18 helpers for 32 points.
The Ducks enter play on the heels of a 5-4 victory over the Winnipeg Jets in a shootout on Sunday.
Ryan Getzlaf leads Anaheim with 45 points and ranks third in the league with 32 assists. Ryan Kesler is second on the Ducks with 29 points off of 12 tallies and 17 helpers while Sami Vatanen has lit the lamp nine times and added 18 assists for 27 points.
In net, Anaheim is set to turn to Frederik Andersen and he is tied for second in the league with 23 wins and has a 2.36 goals-against average and a .915 saver percentage.
Toronto is likely to counter with Jonathan Bernier and he is 16-10-3 with a 2.73 GAA and a .916 save percentage on the campaign.
The Maple Leafs and Ducks meet for the final time this season when the lights come up at the Honda Center tonight in Anaheim.
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