"Toronto Maple Leafs 41 pts (20-13-1) vs Carolina Hurricanes 35 pts (14-11-7) 2 p.m. ET Air Canada Centre – Toronto, ON TV: Sportsnet Ontario Radio: Sportsnet 590 AM Season Series/Schedule Date Game GWG 10/26 CAR 6 @ TOR 3 Victor Rask 11/24 TOR 5 @ CAR 4 Patrick Marleau 12/19 CAR @ TOR Team Leaders Maple Leafs Hurricanes Auston Matthews, 26 Points Teuvo Teravainen, 24 James van Riemsdyk, 15 Goals Jeff Skinner, 11 Mitch Marner, 18 Assists Teravainen/Williams, 16
Today's game marks exactly 100 years since the Maple Leafs began play in the NHL as the Toronto Arenas on Dec. 19, 1918, a 10-9 loss to the at Montreal Wanderers. The Maple Leafs will wear a commemorative sweater based on the sweater worn by the Toronto Arenas in their second season of play. This afternoon will be the third and final meeting between these two teams in the regular season. The Leafs and Hurricanes have split the first two games with the road team winning both games while combining for 18 total goals. Auston Matthews will miss today's game, but he did skate on his own this morning. "It looks to me like he is getting ready to go ... When they tell me he is ready, he is ready,» head coach Mike Babcock said about his young star, per Terry Koshan of the Toronto Sun. Kasperi Kapanen, who had the lone goal in Saturday night's loss at the Detroit Red Wings, will draw back into the lineup again today. Connor Carrick will remain in as well for the injured Nikita Zaitsev. The Maple Leafs have not defeated the Hurricanes in Toronto since December 29, 2013 so we would love to streak come to an end, along with their three-game losing streak. Probable Maple Leafs Lineup FORWARDS Patrick Marleau - William Nylander - Zach Hyman Leo Komarov - Nazem Kadri - Connor Brown James van Riemsdyk - Tyler Bozak - Mitch Marner Matt Martin - Dominic Moore - Kasperi Kapanen DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS Morgan Rielly - Ron Hainsey Jake Gardiner - Connor Carrick Andreas Borgman - Roman Polak GOALTENDER Frederik Andersen (17-10-1, 2.67 GAA, .922 save %, 3 SO) INJURY REPORT LW-Joffrey Lupul (sports hernia) out, C-Auston Matthews (upper-body) out, RW-Nikita Soshnikov (lower-body) out, D-Nikita Zaitsev (lower-body) out Probable Hurricanes Lineup FORWARDS Brock Mcginn - Jordan Staal - Justin Williams Jeff Skinner - Victor Rask - Teuvo Teravainen Sebastian Aho - Derek Ryan - Elias Lindholm Joakim Nordstrom - Marcus Kruger - Josh Jooris DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS Jaccob Slavin - Brett Pesce Klas Dahlbeck - Justin Faulk Noah Hanifin - Trevor Van Riemsdyk GOALTENDER Scott Darling (8-9-6, 2.64 GAA, .903 save %, 0 SO) INJURY REPORT RW-Lee Stempniak (hip) out"
