Yet another “biggest night of the season” is upon us, as the Leafs are back at it in their 76th game of the season while essentially everyone around them in the standings is in action as well.

As we currently stand, Toronto is four points clear of Tampa in terms of simply holding down a playoff spot, and are still beating out the Bruins for 3rd in the Atlantic, a point ahead with a game in hand. Meanwhile, we’re officially in “cheering guide” mode for everything else going on, and tonight’s guide is as follows:

Go Flyers (against the Islanders), Go Jackets (against Carolina, who are somehow still in this), Go Dallas (against the Bruins), and most importantly, Go Detroit (against Tampa).

Aside from the Jackets, I don’t have a ton of hope in any of those teams. But no matter, the Leafs can do themselves a lot of good by getting their own work done tonight in Nashville. What we’re basically looking at is this team needing three – maybe four – wins in their last seven and that should be enough. A victory against a very evenly matched opponent tonight would obviously do a lot to ease some minds.