Tonight at 7:00 p.m. ET, the Dallas Stars (13-9-4, 30 points) and Toronto Maple Leafs (14-11-3, 31 points) go head-to-head live from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto for the first of two meetings this season. The game can be live streamed here. Dallas fans can hear all of the action on 1310 KTCK The Ticket while Toronto fans can do the same on Sportsnet 590.
Dallas and Toronto both enter the game with injuries and both teams are dealing with ailments to top scorers as the Stars' second top scorer Tyler Seguin (12-11-23) has been sidelined with concussion-like symptoms and the Maple Leafs' top scorer Phil Kessel (15-10-25) left practice Wednesday with an undisclosed injury.
The Maple Leafs are stuck on a four-game losing streak and will look to turn it around at home against Dallas without Kessel.
"Now it seems like every day we turn around, there's another key piece of the lineup that's not available to us," Leafs coach Randy Carlyle said Wednesday per NHL.com. "I think it's imperative that we, as a coaching staff, show leadership."
With Kessel out, James van Riemsdyk leads the team with 21 points off of 12 goals and nine assists while Mason Raymond has 19 points off of 10 tallies and nine helpers.
The Stars enter play having won seven of their last eight road games, including a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday. The team hasn't ruled out Seguin returning.
"[Seguin's] doing well," Ruff told the Dallas Morning News early Wednesday, according to NHL.com. "He did really well [Monday], he'll be the one guy who will skate [Wednesday], and there's a possibility he could play in Toronto."
Jamie Benn has led the way for the Stars with 26 points off of seven goals and 18 assists while Seguin is in second and Alex Chiasson (eight goals, seven assists) and Cody Eakin (six goals, nine assists) each have 15 points to tie for third on the team in scoring.
Between the pipes, Kari Lehtonen is 11-5-4 with a 2.22 goals-against average and a .928 save percentage while Jonathan Bernier is 8-7-2 in the crease for the Leafs with a 2.44 GAA and a .929 save percentage.
Both teams look to overcome injuries when the Stars and Maple Leafs hit the ice tonight at Air Canada Centre in Toronto.
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