New York Rangers (27-10-4) @ Toronto Maple Leafs (22-16-5)
Expected line-ups:
Toronto:
Lupul - Connolly- Kessel
Crabb - Grabovski - Kulemin
MacArthur - Lombardi- Kadri
Boyce- Steckel - Brown
Aulie - Phaneuf
Gunnarsson - Schenn
Komisarek- Franson
Gustavsson
New York:
Prust - Richards - Callahan
Wolski - Stepan - Gaborik
Mitchell - Boyle - Hagelin
Rupp - Anisimov - Fedotenko
McDonagh - Girardi
Del Zotto - Stralman
Staal - Bickel
Biron
Some stats to mull over courtesy of TSN's Ice Chips:
TOR is 2-0-0 vs NYR this season, winning twice in NY
NYR were 2-0-0 in TOR last season, allowing 1G, NYR have gone 3-0-2 over their past 5 in TOR
TOR:
TOR has gone 9/9 on the PK over their past 5 games (4-1-0)
TOR has won 5 straight at home, allowing 8G, going 12/13 on the PK
Kessel has 4G, 1A over the past 5 home games
NYR:
NYR dropped their last game, ending a 5 game win streak, going 1/12 on the PP in the 6 games
NYR have won 3 straight on the road, allowing 4G
NYR have gone 22/23 on the PK, over their past 10 road games (8-2-0)
Lundqvist has gone 3-1-2 in his career in TOR with a .910sv%
Gaborik has 1G, 0A over the past 7 games