Tonight at 9 p.m. ET, the Toronto Maple Leafs (6-5-1, 13 points) and Colorado Avalanche (3-6-5, 11 points) face-off for the second and final time this season live from the Pepsi Center in Colorado. The game can be live streamed here. Toronto fans can hear all of the action on TSN 1050 while Colorado fans can do the same on KCKK 93.7.
Toronto closes out a two-game road trip after having a three-game winning streak snapped last time out while Colorado has lost three consecutive matches and is closing out a three-game home stand. The Maple Leafs defeated the Avalanche 3-2 on Oct. 14 with Phil Kessel notching the game-winning goal in overtime.
Kessel leads the Maple Leafs with 16 points this season off of six goals and 10 helpers while Tyler Bozak has four tallies and seven helpers for 11 points and James van Riemsdyk has found the twine five times and added three assists for eight points.
Toronto is coming off of a 3-2 loss to the Phoenix Coyotes on Tuesday and will look for a bounce-back effort.
"I thought we got away from the puck," assistant coach Steve Spott told the Maple Leafs website after the game. "We didn't come out as a five-man unit and that's something we addressed through video [Wednesday] morning, making sure when we do break out we're supporting the puck. That's something we need to address going into Denver."
The Avalanche are hopeful to escape the home stand with their first win, but they know their recent performances haven't been up to par.
"I think the core of our team understands that they're not playing up to the standard that they love to play," coach Patrick Roy told the Avalanche website Wednesday.
Colorado is coming off of a 5-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks Tuesday that saw the team allow five unanswered goals in the loss. John Mitchell (2) and Jamie McGinn (4) each found the back of the net in the loss.
The Avalanche have four players atop the score sheet with nine points, including Nathan MacKinnon (four goals, five assists) and Matt Duchene (three markers, six helpers).
Colorado has announced that Reto Berra will man the crease tonight. Berra is 1-0-1 this season and has allowed five goals on 74 shots thus far.
Toronto is likely to counter with Jonathan Bernier in between the pipes, who is 3-3-1 with a 2.57 goals-against average and .917 save percentage.
The Maple Leafs and Avalanche take the ice tonight at the Pepsi Center in Colorado.
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