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(Sports Network) - The Toronto Maple Leafs will look to continue their great play at home when they welcome the New York Rangers to the Air Canada Centre this evening. Toronto returns home after splitting a home-and-home series with Buffalo. The Maple Leafs completed a perfect four-game homestand with a 2-0 victory over the Sabres on Tuesday, but were dealt a 3-2 setback in Buffalo last night. Mikhail Grabovski and Joey Crabb scored first-period goals to help the Leafs erase an early two-goal deficit, but Jonas Gustavsson was beaten by Jason Pominville for the game-winner in the second period. "I didnt really see the pass because a guy was screening me," said Gustavsson, who made 22 saves. "It was a quick play and sometimes you are going to get beat by that." Toronto, which failed to win five in a row for the first time since Jan. 27- Feb. 6, 2007, returns home to begin a five-game residency and is 12-5-4 as the host this year. The Maple Leafs have posted a pair of 4-2 victories in New York this season, but have lost two straight and three of four at home to the Rangers. Even with his team sitting atop the Eastern Conference, Rangers head coach John Tortorella isnt afraid of calling out his players following a disappointing loss. Rangers backup goaltender Marty Biron will answer the call this evening as they take on the Maple Leafs. The Rangers took a five-game winning streak into Thursdays meeting with the Senators, but were shut out 3-0 in front of their home crowd. Henrik Lundqvist made 21 saves, but Ottawa goaltender Craig Anderson stopped all 34 shots fired his way. "We had chances to score, but I thought Anderson played really well," said Tortorella, whose club had won 10 of 11. "I just think we didnt get enough out of our top guys." Marian Gaborik leads the Rangers with 23 goals and 34 points, but hasnt scored in three straight and six of his past seven games. Ryan Callahan, meanwhile, has been held without a goal in three straight and seven of his last eight. New York still leads the East with 58 points, one more than Boston and two up on Atlantic Division-rival Philadelphia. It hopes to have Brandon Dubinsky in the lineup after he was held out of Thursdays game with a shoulder ailment. Toronto returns home after splitting a home-and-home series with Buffalo. The Maple Leafs completed a perfect four-game homestand with a 2-0 victory over the Sabres on Tuesday, but were dealt a 3-2 setback in Buffalo last night. Mikhail Grabovski and Joey Crabb scored first-period goals to help the Leafs erase an early two-goal deficit, but Jonas Gustavsson was beaten by Jason Pominville for the game-winner in the second period. "I didnt really see the pass because a guy was screening me," said Gustavsson, who made 22 saves. "It was a quick play and sometimes you are going to get beat by that." Toronto, which failed to win five in a row for the first time since Jan. 27- Feb. 6, 2007, returns home to begin a five-game residency and is 12-5-4 as the host this year. The Maple Leafs have posted a pair of 4-2 victories in New York this season, but have lost two straight and three of four at home to the Rangers. Lance Moore Limited Jersey . Jets point leader Blake Wheeler is not on the road trip and will not join the team for Tuesdays game in New Jersey. Marques Colston White Jersey . -- Charline Labonte was named Canadas starting goaltender for womens world hockey championship opener against the United States. http://www.officialsaintsnfl.com/authentic-Garrett-Hartley-jersey-womens.html . What theyve never lost is their take-it-to-you identity, and thats something the Minnesota Timberwolves have been searching for all year long. Marques Colston Jersey . -- Ryan Clady rejected both a $50 million offer and the chance to talk about it. Drew Brees Camo Jersey . -- Ryo Ishikawa of Japan is headed back to the Masters with another special invitation.BIRMINGHAM, England -- Aston Villa moved closer to avoiding relegation from the Premier League after Christian Benteke scored a second-half hat trick in a 6-1 thrashing of Sunderland on Monday. The Belgian international scored in the 55th, 60th and 72nd minutes at Villa Park to tally 22 league goals and 27 in all competitions in his first season at the club. More importantly, Villa moved five points clear of Wigan in the final relegation place. Sunderland, Villa and Newcastle are all on 37 points with three matches left. Wigan has 32 points but with four games remaining. "Hes been world class," Villa manager Paul Lambert said of Benteke. "First and foremost, we had to win the game. We were playing against a Sunderland team bang in form. To get the goals we did, it gives us a great impetus to go to Norwich (at the weekend). "We have put a lot of teams in the mix, pulled away from Wigan and are playing really well." First-half strikes from Ron Vlaar and Andreas Weimann plus a late runaway goal by Gabriel Agbonlahor ensured Villa recorded its largest win since 2008. Danny Rose scored for Sunderland to level at 1-1, but the visitors were then over run in midfield and couldnt contain Villas rampant attacks. Making matters worse, striker Stephane Sessegnon received a red card in the 70th minute for fouling Yacouba Sylla and will miss the rest of the season.dddddddddddd That leaves manager Paolo di Canio with only Danny Graham and Connor Wickham as his remaining striker options. Neither player has scored for Sunderland in the league this season. Vlaar scored his first goal for the club in the 31st minute, the captain taking a touch and unleashing a low, skidding shot from 30 yards out to beat goalkeeper Simon Mignolet. Less than two minutes later, Rose scored his first goal for his club, playing a pair of one-twos before slotting the ball beyond goalkeeper Brad Guzan and into the far corner of the net. Weimann restored Villas advantage with his 12th goal of the season, slamming the ball into the net from inside the box in the 38th. Villa had a third 10 minutes into the second half. Mignolet was deceived by Agbonlahors fiercely struck shot, and Benteke nodded the rebound into an empty net. "Hes scored so many goals, you can always give the ball to him-- hes so strong," Vlaar said of Benteke. Five minutes later, Benteke rose above Carlos Cueller to steer home a far post header before driving his third past Mignolet. Sunderlands misery was complete in the final minute when Agbonlahor raced round Mignolet to end the rout. ' ' '