The Maple Leafs play the final game of the NHL Stanley Cup Qualifiers tonight. Yes, it’s not only the Leafs final game in this newfangled qualifying round, but by 8:00 p.m. tonight it will be the only game left on the schedule. All of the other series will be settled, including the round-robin games that determine the seeding of the top teams which didn’t need to qualify. There’s nothing left to decide the final list of participants and the match-ups for the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs except for this game.
The whole hockey world will be watching this one tonight.