Islanders at Leafs

AIR CANADA CENTRE PUCK DROP: 7 p.m. TV: TSN 4 RADIO: Sportsnet 590 The FAN KEY PLAYERS Tavares/van Riemsdyk

John Tavares and Anders Lee share the lead for the Islanders with 30 goals apiece; Tavares leads in points with 64. James van Riemsdyk has points (two goals, one assist) in three consecutive games and the Leafs are 16-6-2 when he scores a goal this season. NEED TO KNOW The Islanders are 4-6-1 since the all-star break and treading water in the playoff race. They haven’t won three games in a row since midJanuary . . . The Leafs beat the Islanders 5-0 in Toronto the last time the two teams met . . . The Islanders’ power play is seventh in the NHL, at 21.5 per cent, but their penalty kill is 30th (74.0 per cent) . . . New York placed goaltender Thomas Greiss on injured reserve and recalled former Leaf Christopher Gibson from Bridgeport of the American Hockey League on Monday. Other injured Islanders: Nikolay Kulemin (upper body), Calvin de Haan (upper body),

Scott Mayfield (lower body). UP NEXT Saturday, vs. Boston, 7 p.m. Kevin McGran