Maple Leafs look to avoid 14th straight loss to Canadiens in priciest remaining home game

The last time the Maple Leafs defeated the Canadiens, 11 players on their current roster had yet to make their NHL debut.

The date was Jan. 18, 2014, when Randy Carlyle manned the bench and Brendan Shanahan had yet to take the reins as Leafs president and alternate governor. Thirteen games have been played between the two teams since, with the Habs skating to wins in each of those contests.

The Leafs will hope to end the long-standing drought in the Original Six rivalry with a win on home ice this Saturday, and the matchup will be the league’s most expensive game this week. On TicketIQ, a leading search engine pooling ticket data from over 90 percent of the resale market, Maple Leafs versus Canadiens tickets are averaging $495.

Barring a playoff berth, Saturday’s game will be the most expensive game remaining at Air Canada Centre this season. The cheapest tickets currently fetch for $157 each.

This weekend’s matchup will be the third priciest between the two teams in Toronto since 2010, when TicketIQ began tracking resale ticket data. Only a February 2012 game ($530 average) and last month's game ($553 average) owned a higher average price.

Saturdays game comes at a pivotal point in the season for both teams. The Leafs sit third in the Atlantic Division in a crowded Eastern Conference playoff picture. The Canadiens own the fifth seed in the conference, though are very much on the postseason bubble as five teams trail by six points or less.

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