Preview: Lightning look to pull out of slide back at home against Maple Leafs

TV: FOX Sports Sun

TIME: Pregame coverage begins at 6 p.m.

Toronto Maple Leafs (32-23-8, third in the Atlantic Division) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (40-17-5, second in the Atlantic Division)

BOTTOM LINE

Tampa Bay hosts Toronto trying to extend its 11-game home winning streak.

The Lightning are 26-9-2 in conference games. Tampa Bay is the league leader with 6.1 assists per game, led by Cameron Gaunce averaging 1.0.

The Maple Leafs are 9-8-2 against the rest of their division. Toronto is second in the NHL averaging 3.5 goals per game, led by Auston Matthews with 43.

In their last meeting on Oct. 10, Tampa Bay won 7-3. Nikita Kucherov scored a team-high two goals for the Lightning in the victory.

TOP PERFORMERS

Kucherov leads the Lightning with 46 assists and has recorded 75 points this season. Steven Stamkos has six goals and three assists over the last 10 games for Tampa Bay.

Matthews leads the Maple Leafs with a plus-16 in 63 games played this season. John Tavares has totaled seven assists over the last 10 games for Toronto.

LAST 10 GAMES

Maple Leafs: 4-5-1, averaging 2.9 goals, 5.4 assists, 3.6 penalties and 8.4 penalty minutes while giving up 3.3 goals per game with a .893 save percentage.

Lightning: 8-2-0, averaging 3.3 goals, 5.8 assists, 4.7 penalties and 10.2 penalty minutes while giving up 2.6 goals per game with a .916 save percentage.