The Toronto Maple Leafs will be without rookie Mitchell Marner for the second straight game because of an upper-body injury sustained in a 5-2 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday. Marner is tied with Auston Matthews for the Maple Leafs lead in points with 48. Toronto is 4-7-1 in the second of back-to-back games and will try to end a two-game losing streak following a 6-3 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. Toronto scored three goals to erase Ottawa's 3-0 lead before the Senators scored twice in 54 seconds to retake the lead. "We had ample, ample opportunity to win the game down the stretch," coach Mike Babcock said after the game. "We had lots of push at the net and we didn't score and they did. In the end, when you look at the score, 6-3, you don't think it was a very good hockey game, but I think it was a pretty good hockey game. I think we can play way better though. I think we can play better structurally defensively, so we have to get better." The Maple Leafs, who are one point behind the Boston Bruins for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference and trail the Florida Panthers by one point for third place in the Atlantic Division, have lost four out of five (1-3-1).
