The Boston Bruins will try to get by without captain Zdeno Chara when they visit the Toronto Maple Leafs for Saturdays Atlantic Division battle at Air Canada Centre. Listen to the Bruins vs. Maple Leafs live on TSN Radio Toronto 1050 starting at 5pm et. Toronto hopes to open the 2014-15 season series against the Bruins by picking up its third straight regular-season victory over Boston. However, the Bs have claimed 11 of the past 14 meetings and the Leafs have dropped five of their last seven home games versus Boston. The Maple Leafs did earn a victory their last time out, halting a two-game slide with Tuesdays 5-2 triumph over the Islanders. Toronto was scheduled to play the following night in Ottawa, but that game was postponed until Nov. 9 after a shooting Wednesday morning in Canadas capital city. The game was called off after a Canadian soldier standing guard at the National War Memorial in downtown Ottawa was shot and killed. The Leafs, Senators and Montreal Canadiens will all stage coordinated tributes tonight prior to the start of their respective home games. Phil Kessel scored twice during a four-goal outburst in the second period of Tuesdays win. Kessel, who also posted an assist, has four goals and four helpers this season and snapped a two-game point drought in the victory over New York. James van Riemsdyk, Roman Polak and David Clarkson also scored, while Jonathan Bernier had 34 saves to record the win. Bernier stopped 24 shots over the last two periods after giving up two goals in the first. Bernie played well in net for us and we were able to get some goals for him, said Kessel. Bernier is 1-2-0 with a 4.29 goals against average in four career games against Boston, while fellow Toronto netminder James Reimer is 5-5-1 with a 2.71 GAA in 11 tests versus the Bruins. Rask boasts a lifetime 9-2-0 mark and 1.64 GAA in 13 appearances in this matchup. Chara suffered a torn posterior cruciate ligament in the first period of Thursdays loss against the New York Islanders and will be sidelined for the next 4-to-6 weeks. For now, the Bruins dont believe surgery will be required. Its obviously a blow, said Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli on Friday. Hes one of the premier defensemen in the league, but Id rather have it 4-to-6 weeks than 4-to-6 months. Bostons star blueliner was hurt while delivering a hit to Islanders forward John Tavares. Chara has two goals and an assist through nine games this season, his ninth with the Bruins. The 37-year-old captain has been durable throughout his tenure in Boston, missing no more than five games in any of his previous eight seasons. Bruins head coach Claude Julien expects to lean heavily on defensemen Dougie Hamilton, Torey Krug and Dennis Seidenberg during Charas absence. The team also recalled untested blueliners Joe Morrow and Zach Trotman from its American Hockey League affiliate in Providence. Trotman broke into the NHL with two games last season, while Morrow, a former first-round pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2011, has yet to play at the top level of professional hockey. Boston flunked its first test without Chara, giving up two goals in the first 10 minutes of the second period to allow New York to grab a 3-1 lead. The Bruins played well after that, but the damage was already done as the Isles wound up claiming a 3-2 victory. You cant win hockey games just by playing a period, Julien said. Former Bruins goaltender Chad Johnson returned to TD Garden and won Thursdays game. Johnson, who served as Tuukka Rasks backup last season, made 14 of his 30 saves in the third period. Johnny Boychuk also returned to Boston for the first time since being traded to the Islanders on Oct. 4. Milan Lucic and Chris Kelly had the goals for Boston, which fell to 4-5-0 on the season after being denied its third straight win. Niklas Svedberg, who has replaced Johnson as Rasks backup, stopped 35-of-38 shots. TSN Game Notes and Line Projections Notes -Jonathan Bernier makes his third straight start in goal as the Leafs host the Bruins for the first time this season. Bernier won his first game of the season on Tuesday against the Islanders. -Toronto has lost three of its first four at home, but is coming off a 5-2 win in Long Island. -The Leafs project to dress seven defencemen for the second straight night with Stuart Percy remaining in as the seventh defender. -Toronto is 0-for-16 on the power-play in the past four games. Leafs Projected Lineup Forwards van Riemsdyk - Bozak - Kessel Winnik - Kadri - Lupul Komarov - Santorelli - Clarkson Panik - Holland Defence Phaneuf - Franson Rielly - Polak Gardiner - Robidas Percy Goalies Bernier - starting Reimer Womens Tom Brady Jersey . 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Just come out and play ball and do it like we normally can do.He figures the Saints will find out more about themselves the final two weeks, with a home game against Atlanta followed by a trip to Tampa Bay.Here are some things we learned from the Saints win over the Bears:BREES-ING ALONG: Brees made it look easy after a shaky game last week, completing 29 of 36 passes and reached the 4,000-yard mark for the ninth straight year. He threw two touchdown passes to Josh Hill and another to Marques Colston.The focus he prepares with is very consistent, coach Sean Payton said. It really became a little bit more about this team playing together and trying to put four good quarters together.CLAMPING DOWN: Calling this an improvement for the Saints defence would be a mild understatement.New Orleans held Chicago (5-9) to 278 yards after giving up more than 400 in four straight games. They also sacked Jay Cutler seven times to go with three interceptions, bringing his NFL-leading turnover total to 24.I think it was 11 guys out there executing, said David Hawthorne, who had three sacks. It was the guys out there covering, giving me time to come up the midddle.dddddddddddd. And it was Rob (Ryan) with perfect timing when to dial it up. Once we found something he stayed with it.NOT CUTTING IT: It wasnt a great night for Cutler during the game or afterward.He completed 17 of 31 passes for 194 yards and had a season-low 55.8 rating. He wasnt at his best afterward, either.Cutler answered three questions and walked out of the postgame press conference after he was told most of the media had just been alerted he was at the podium and were on their way.Were going to wait for them? he said and then left.That happened after Cutler scored points with the public for his professional response to the Aaron Kromer situation.Kromer, Chicagos offensive co-ordinator, acknowledged he was a source behind a critical report by the NFL Network about Cutler, owning up to it in public Friday after earlier asking players and coaches for forgiveness.UNHAPPY FANS: Bears fans made their feelings clear by not showing up.There were 10,749 no-shows on a soggy night, and that might not have been a bad thing for the Bears, the way they played.The fans who came out clearly were not happy, showering the team with boos at halftime with the Saints up 14-0.TOP OF THE HILL: Hill had gone six straight games without a touchdown catch. He now has five on the season. And the two scores Monday — an 8-yard catch in the second and a 7-yarder in the third — came on similar plays, with Brees running a bootleg to his right.NOTES: Bears kicker Robbie Gould was inactive with a right quadriceps injury, leaving the kicking duties to Jay Feely for the second straight week. Safety Chris Conte and offensive lineman Michael Ola missed the game because of back injuries. ... Saints LT Terron Armstead (neck) started and LB Junior Galette (knee) played after they were listed as questionable. ... Singer Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy performed the National Anthem.___AP NFL websites: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '