The Air Canada Centre is hosting an All-Star game! but it's the NBA All-Star game because, the NHL gave the LA Kings the next NHL one, despite the Leafs having a bigger anniversary coming up.

So the Leafs are packing up and hitting the road for quite a few games, letting the Raptors throw a party while they're away.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS AT TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
7:30PM - AIR CANADA CENTRE
TV: SPORTSNET ONTARIO
RADIO: SPORTSNET 590
SBN: ALL ABOUT THE JERSEY


There are three big events happening tonight: Nazem Kadri plays in his 300th NHL game, Joffrey Lupul plays in his 700th NHL game, captain Dion Phaneuf 800th game, and coach Mike Babcock gets his 1,000th NHL game on the bench.

The Devils come to town with a 4-1 record in their past 5 games. The Devils are fighting for a wild card playoff spot, showing up many early season projections that had their hoping for Auston Matthews.

The Leafs are coming off a win over the Bruins in overtime, and have a 1-2-2 record in their past 5. The Leafs are a lock for the lottery at this point and need to decide whether to entertain the home crowd or out Oilers the Oilers.

Comparing the two:


 Toronto New Jersey
Record 18-22-9 26-20-5
Division Rank 8th Atlantic 5th Metro
Conference 15th East 9th East
League 28th overall 18th overall
Goals +/- 118/137 = -19 117/120 = -3
Top Scorer Leo Komarov 17G Kyle Palmieri 20G
Top Points Leo Komarov 33pts Lee Stempniak 38pts
Top Goalie James Reimer .932sv% Cory Schneider .929sv%
Historical vs 66-46-20 46-66-20
Potential Lines via dailyfaceoff.com:
Subject to change

Devils

Joseph Blandisi - Adam Henrique - Lee Stempniak
Sergey Kalinin - Travis Zajac - Kyle Palmieri
Reid Boucher - Jacob Josefson - Tyler Kennedy
Bobby Farnham - Stephen Gionta - Jordin Tootoo

Seth Helgeson - John Moore

Keith Kinkaid
Cory Schneider

Maple Leafs

Peter Holland - Nazem Kadri - Leo Komarov

Twitter and chatter:

Here is Mirtles article on re-signing James Reimer

What does Leafs facebook have to say?

Fan 1: Let's go Leafs let's go on a small win streak and get back on the playoff race!!
Fan 2: Yeah let's just fall out of top 5 pick and toil in mediocrity for the next 100 years!
Fan 3: Leafs wouldn't win their way out of a wet paper bag lol

Woo! interacting with fans!

My thoughts:

The Leafs give the home fans one win before giving the away fans a loss. Each. Sorry guys, there's tanking to do.
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