"Florida bounced back from a borderline embarrassing performance at the Winter Classic by joining the Boston Bruins and the New York Islanders as they only teams to hand the Colorado Avalanche a regulation loss this season. Sam Bennett and Aaron Ekblad scored unassisted goals and Daniil Tarasov was named the game's First Star for his stellar 27-save performance in the Panthers' 2-1 victory over the league's best team on Saturday night. Bennett's marker extended his point streak to a career-long nine games."
"The Maple Leafs come into tonight's tilt on six-game (4-0-2) point streak that has the team back in the wild card mix. Toronto earned a point in its last outing by going to overtime with the Islanders before losing 4-3 when rookie sensation Matthew Schaefer scored late in the extra session. Auston Matthews notched a pair and Nicolas Robertson got the other goal for the Buds. Matthews, the first Leaf to hit 20 this season, has five goals in the last two games."
The Florida Panthers (22-16-3) open the second half of the schedule with a six-game road trip beginning in Toronto. Florida rebounded from a poor Winter Classic showing by handing the Colorado Avalanche a 2-1 regulation loss, with Sam Bennett and Aaron Ekblad scoring unassisted goals and Daniil Tarasov making 27 saves as First Star. Bennett extended a career-long nine-game point streak. The Toronto Maple Leafs (19-15-7) enter on a six-game (4-0-2) point streak, with Auston Matthews reaching 20 goals and scoring five in the last two games. Projected starters are Sergei Bobrovsky for Florida and Erik Woll for Toronto. The game is at Scotiabank Arena at 7:30 p.m. ET on TNT.
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