Preview: Leafs Verses Senators

A preview of tonight's Toronto/Ottawa game.

Tonight 7 p.m. EST.

There's absolutely no excuse for the Toronto Maple Leafs to lose to a struggling team such as the Ottawa Senators

Yet, last week, the Leafs lost to the Sens. 4-3 in regulation.

The Leafs have a far better record over the Senators.

The Leafs are 25-17-5 overall.  Ottawa is 15-19-9 overall.

Both teams, however, have similar records in their last 10 games.

Toronto is 3-3-4 in their last 10 and Ottawa is 4-5-1.

Best Players:

TOR: Auston Matthews - 33 points.

OTT: Mark Stone - 42 points.

Injuries:

Toronto

Morgan Rielly - Upper Body - day to day,

Nikita Zaitsev - Foot - day to day,

Nikita Soshnikov - Lower Body - day to day.

Ottawa

Nate Thompson - Lower Body - day to day,

Jean-Gabriel Pageau - Upper Body - day to day,

Chris Wideman - Hamstring - out for the season,

Clarke McArthur - Undisclosed - day to day.