van Riemsdyk - Bozak - Kessel
MacArthur - Grabovski - Frattin
Komarov - McClement - Orr
Gunnarsson - Phaneuf
Gardiner - Liles
Fraser - Franson
Reimer*
Scrivens
* Lupul could face a potential suspension, Reimer isn't a confirmed starter. Same line-up used from last night as Leafs didn't practice today.
Ott - Hodgson - Pominville
Stafford - Ennis - Leino
Foligno - Porter - Flynn
Scott - Hecht - Kaleta
Ehrhoff - Weber
Regehr - Myers
Leopold - Pysyk
Miller
Enroth
Streams: ATDee, FirstRow, OurLeafs
[fieldset=Preview]MAPLE LEAFS (16-12-2) at SABRES (11-15-4)
TV: SNET-O, MSG-B
Last 10: Toronto 4-4-2; Buffalo 4-3-3
Season series: This is the last of four meetings. The Toronto Maple Leafs have won two in a row after losing the first, with one game going to overtime.
Big story: Ron Rolston took over as coach of the Buffalo Sabres one month ago Wednesday. On that day, they were 13th in the Eastern Conference. Thursday morning, they are 13th in the Eastern Conference, though they have gone 7-5-3 in 15 games under Rolston after going 4-10-1 in 15 under Lindy Ruff.
The Sabres are chasing, among others, the Maple Leafs, who are sixth in the East after a 4-2 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday.
"Tomorrow is obviously a big test for us," Sabres captain Jason Pominville said on the team's website Wednesday. "[It's] a team we're trying to catch. It's going to be a big game, a home game that it'd be nice to pull off and get ourselves closer to where we want to be."
Team Scope:
Maple Leafs: Forward Joffrey Lupul has three goals and an assist in two games since returning from a broken arm, but he was penalized for an illegal check to the head of Tampa Bay's Victor Hedman in the third period Wednesday.
"I was surprised, I didn't see the play, actually what had happened," coach Randy Carlyle said. "Somebody said something about the Lupul hit and I haven't had a chance to review it."
It was Toronto's first win in two weeks, a losing streak of five games.
"It feels really good, but at the same time there was no panic in here," goalie James Reimer told the team's website. "... We weren't doing things to our best ability and that'll happen sometimes. I thought we put together pretty much a solid 60 minutes tonight and we can build off it, feel good and hopefully bring another good performance tomorrow."
Defenseman Jake Gardiner was back with the team after being recalled from the American Hockey League. He played 19:20 and was a minus-1.
"I was moving my feet well, and our team played really well tonight, so that really helped," Gardiner said, adding, "It's good to get the first one out of there."
Thursday starts a string of six games in nine days, three on the road.
"We need to build on the success of the win here and carry that over into the next one, the next one, the next one, because all of these games are going to come quick here," Carlyle said.
Injury report: The Maple Leafs have no injuries. … Sabres defenseman Andrej Sekera (upper body) is day-to-day.[/fieldset]
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