00:00 Toronto Maple Leafs – Ottawa Senators

The Maple Leafs are in a big crisis in this moment, having won only twice in thirteen games in March, as ten of those thirteen encounters were lost in the regular time (2-10-1).

Except everything else, the hosts will be without five important players for this home game against Ottawa – Stephane Robidas (defenseman) and Roman Polak (defenseman) are out until the end of the season, while Zach Sill (left wing), Peter Holland (center) and Trevor Smith (center) are day-to-day.

Unlike their opponents, the Senators are among the best-performing teams in NHL in this moment – ten victories for Ottawa in thirteen games in March (10-2-1) and four consecutive victories in the last four visits to Winnipeg (3-1), Montreal (5-2), New York Islanders (2-1) and Carolina (2-1 OT).

Andrew Hammond (goalie) will miss the visit to Toronto with a lower-body injury, but even without him Ottawa is the team with better chances in this clash.

The Senators are in the fight for the eighth position in the Eastern Conference, which simply means that they can’t afford to make mistakes against such opponents.