Tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET, the Toronto Maple Leafs (16-13-3, 35 points) and St. Louis Blues (20-6-3, 43 points) faceoff live from the Scottrade Center in St. Louis in the first of two meetings this season. The game can be live streamed here. Toronto fans can hear all of the bone-crunching action on TSN 1050 while St. Louis fans can do the same on KMOX 1120.
The Maple Leafs lost to the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday 3-1 and will look to bounce back.
"They're down," coach Randy Carlyle said of his players, according to NHL.com. "Because we had so many opportunities, so many offensive chances."
The Blues, meanwhile, are coming off of a 2-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday.
"I really like the way we fought," coach Ken Hitchcock told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "As the game wore on, our confidence came back to fight for pucks and battle."
Alex Steen has led the Blues up front with 33 points off of 21 goals and 12 assists while David Backes has 13 tallies and 14 helpers for 27 points and T.J. Oshie has found the twine four times and added 22 assists for 26 points.
Phil Kessel has led the offensive charge for Toronto and has four goals and five assists in the last nine games for a total of 16 goals and 14 assists for 30 points while James van Riemsdyk has found the back of the net 13 times and added 12 helpers for 25 points and Nazem Kadri has lit the lamp nine times and added 11 assists for 20 points.
Brian Elliot will man the crease for the Blues and is 5-1-1 with a 2.04 goals-against average and a .919 save percentage while James Reimer may start for the Leafs since it's the second game of a back-to-back. Reimer is 7-4-1 with a 2.63 GAA and a .932 save percentage.
The Maple Leafs look to turn it around while the Blues hope to add another win when the lights come up at the Scottrade Center tonight in St. Louis.
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