Game day: Leafs at Boston Bruins
TD GARDEN FACEOFF: 7 p.m. TV: CBC
RADIO: TSN 1050 KEY PLAYERS
Mitch Marner, Leafs, and Brad Marchand, Bruins. Opponents always know when Marchand is on the ice. The NHL’s second star for January (11 goals, nine assists) recently avoided league discipline for tripping up Anton Stralman of the Lightning, days after drawing the maximum $10,000 fine for slew-footing Niklas Kronwall of the Wings. The Leafs will hope to match his intensity and production with the likes of Marner, the league’s rookie of the month for January (15 points in 13 games) and one of the club’s few bright spots in losses to the Stars and Blues. NEED TO KNOW Top-line Bruins centre Patrice Berge
ron is questionable after taking a slapshot off the leg Wednesday . . . Boston goalie Tuukka Rask, drafted 21st by the Leafs in 2005, is expected to get the start . . . The Leafs trail the Bruins by three points for third place in the Atlantic Division, but Toronto still has five games in hand. UP NEXT Monday, at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Star staff