Game day: Bruins at Maple Leafs

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FACEOFF: 7 p.m. TV: TSN4

RADIO: Sportsnet 590 The FAN KEY PLAYERS Bergeron/Kadri Boston’s Patrice Bergeron is the type of player Leafs coach Mike Babcock has in mind when he says “play the game right.” The veteran centre — who scores, checks and excels defensively and on faceoffs — was a key part of two Canadian Olympic champions coached by Babcock. . . . Leaf

Nazem Kadri, meanwhile, has become one of the better two-way centres in the league and is also on pace to beat his career high of 30 goals. If they’re on the ice at the same time, it will be a treat to watch. NEED TO KNOW The teams meet again Saturday in Boston. . . . The Bruins dropped to 6-5-3 after losing 4-2 to the New York Rangers on Wednesday. Coach Bruce Cassidy laments the fact that his club often starts slowly, then competes hard over the final 40 minutes. . . . Winger Brad Marchand has missed two games with an upper-body injury and is day-to-day after hits by Washington’s Tom Wilson and John Carlson on Sunday. . . .The Bruins are also missing David

Krejci (back), David Backes (colon surgery), Ryan Spooner (groin), Noel

Acciari (finger) and Adam McQuaid (broken leg). . . . Goalie Tuukka Rask’s backup, Anton Khudobin (lower body), is also day-to-day. With games on back-to-back nights, the No. 2 goalie is expected to see action, so Zane McIntyre might be called up. ... Zdeno Chara moved into fourth on the list of games played by a Boston defenceman with 834 on Wednesday. . . . As usual, Boston boasts solid special teams: ranked sixth on the power play, third on the penalty kill. UP NEXT Saturday at Boston Bruins, 7 p.m. Mark Zwolinski