Tonight at 7:00 p.m. ET, the Toronto Maple Leafs (32-23-8, 72 points) and New York Rangers (33-26-3, 69 points) faceoff live from Madison Square Garden in New York City for the third and final meeting this season. The game can be live streamed here. Toronto fans can hear all of the action on TSN 1050 while New York fans can do the same on 98.7 ESPN Radio.
With the trade deadline expired, it's back to hockey as the Maple Leafs look to win their first game since the Olympic break while the Rangers try and snap a two-game skid. The Rangers have beaten the Maple Leafs in both previous meetings heading into tonight.
The Rangers dealt captain Ryan Callahan to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Martin St. Louis, who may make his Rangers debut tonight.
"It's still tough," Callahan told the Daily News about the trade. "I knew that it was an option that (a trade) was going to happen if I didn't sign with New York. No matter, I think, how prepared you are for it or knowing it's going to come, still, when you hear initially you've been traded, it's definitely a shock."
Maple Leafs coach Randy Carlyle addressed how tough the trade deadline is on players.
"The trade deadline is always a factor in any hockey player's life. Having played for a number of years, it was one of the situations you remember," the coach told NHL.com. "It's not a lot of fun being a player at this time of year."
The Rangers have been led by Brad Richards,(16-28-44), who teamed with St. Louis on the 2004 Stanley Cup team, while leading scorer Mats Zuccarello (15-28-43) is sidelined with a hand injury and Derek Stepan (10-29-39) is third on the team in scoring.
Phil Kessel (33-36-69), James van Riemsdyk (26-26-52) and Nazem Kadri (15-27-42) have paced the Maple Leafs.
In net, the Leafs will likely go with Jonathan Bernier, who is 22-16-7 with a 2.63 GAA and a .924 save percentage while Lundqvist will likely suit up for the Rangers and is 22-20-3 with a 2.56 GAA and a .914 save percentage.
The Rangers and Maple Leafs go head-to-head for the last time this season when they take the ice at Madison Square Garden tonight in New York City.
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