Saturday Hockey Odds: New York Rangers vs Toronto Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs got creamed by the New York Islanders on Thursday night, now it will be the time of the Rangers to keep with their neighbors as they take on the Canadian team at Madison Square Garden at 7 PM ET.

Toronto lost 7-4 to the Islanders with Michael Grabner scoring two goals and having one assist in the contest. Matt Moulson scored twice as well.

“I think we saw one team last night and a totally different team tonight,” Toronto coach Randy Carlyle said. “We were out of it, we were out of sync.

“I thought the first period was more a shinny period of hockey. We were skating, but we weren’t really engaged in the game. We managed to get a 3-1 lead out of it but really the last 7, 8 minutes of the first period was the start of the way we finished the game.”

“It’s huge, it usually comes back to haunt you,” Carlyle said of Toronto going 0 for 5 on the power play. “It you don’t score on your 5-on-3 at some point in the game usually momentum is going to turn in favor of the opposition.

The Rangers lost to the Flyers in a close game, and need to bounce back after losing three of the first four games in the season.

“We’re not getting enough good plays from our top guys,” coach John Tortorella said. “From some guys, yeah, we’re getting a good level. From others, absolutely not. We have to decide, consistently as a group, how we want to play. I thought we got some good shifts, but our top guys, Gabby, Richards, Nasher, just have to get going more.”

The Rangers are 6-2-0-2 in the series against the Maple Leafs.