The Toronto Maple Leafs look for their second straight win on Tuesday when they host the New York Islanders at Air Canada Centre. . Listen to the game on TSN Radio 1050 Toronto at 7pm et. The club dropped three in a row before ending the slump with Saturdays 4-2 win over visiting Buffalo. James van Riemsdyk scored twice to lift the Maple Leafs to a win Saturday in the back end of a home-and-home series with the Sabres. Mason Raymond posted a goal and an assist while Nikolai Kulemin also scored for Toronto. James Reimer posted 33 saves in the victory. Reimer is 4-2-1 with a 3.43 goals against average in his career against the Islanders. Fellow Toronto goaltender Jonathan Bernier has never faced the Isles. Torontos Phil Kessel will be in the lineup for tonights contest after the star winger sat out practice on Monday with a bout of the flu. Kessel is leading Toronto this season in both goals (10) and points (19). Meanwhile, Maple Leafs forward Tyler Bozak returned to practice Monday for the first time since suffering a hamstring injury on Oct. 25. Bozak is eligible to come off the injured reserve on Thursday, but its unclear if he will be able to play in Torontos game that night against Nashville. The Islanders try to win consecutive games for only the second time this season. The Islanders last won back-to-back outings on Nov. 1 and 2 against Ottawa and Boston, respectively. New York is coming off Saturdays home shootout victory over Detroit, although that win did come at a cost as goaltender Evgeni Nabokov suffered a groin injury early in the affair. Nabokov had sat out the previous three games before returning to action on Saturday against the Red Wings. His return didnt last long, however, as the 38-year-old veteran left 4:12 into the game after facing only one shot. Nabokov was placed on injured reserve on Monday and could miss a month of action or more. Kevin Poulin, who is 2-1-0 in his last three decisions, stopped 19-of-22 shots through overtime in his relief effort on Saturday. He also turned aside Detroits Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk and Todd Bertuzzi in the shootout phase to seal the 5-4 triumph for the Isles. "He battles hard, he competes really hard," Islanders captain John Tavares said about Poulin. "Hes a confident guy and did a great job obviously in the shootout." With Nabokov on the shelf, Poulin will assume the starters role. The Islanders also recalled netminder Anders Nilsson from their American Hockey League affiliate in Bridgeport to serve in a backup role. Frans Nielsen scored the lone shootout goal on Saturday, while Tavares registered a goal and an assist for the Islanders, who once again played without winger Thomas Vanek. The Austrian forward has missed the past four games after playing in just six games with New York following a trade with Buffalo last month. Vanek, who has five goals and seven assists in 19 total games this season, will not play tonight. Saturdays win allowed New York to complete a three-game homestand with a 2-1-0 record. The club will play its next three on the road and is just 3-6-0 as the guest this season. The Isles have won three straight and four of their last six games in Toronto. New York has claimed three of four overall in this series. The Maple Leafs, however, are boasting a strong 7-2-0 mark on home ice this season and are beginning a four-game stay at the ACC tonight. [url=http://www.shopnflonline.net/Black-Friday-Buffalo-Bills-Preston-Brown-Jerse... Brown Black Friday Jersey .C. -- So much for Tajh Boyds late-season slump. . For a player that was looked upon derisively by Raptors fans only 11 weeks ago, his turnaround (as a result of his strong play all summer) has been as swift as has been thorough. 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Uggla homered and extended his career-best hitting streak to 25 games, Freddie Freeman had two hits and two RBIs, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Washington Nationals 6-4 Wednesday to avoid a three-game sweep. Uggla went 2 for 4, including a three-run drive that put the Braves up 6-0 in the fifth inning. His hitting streak is Atlantas longest since Marquis Grissom put together a 28-game run in 1996. In his first 86 games, Uggla had 12 homers and 29 RBIs. During his streak, hes batting .354 with 11 home runs and 23 RBIs. "The first couple months, I was hitting the ball hard but had some awful, awful luck," Uggla said. "You stay positive, keep grinding out some at-bats, get a couple to fall through, get a little confidence going and keep going from there." No one in the majors currently has a longer hitting streak. "Its just a matter of time," he said. "There was a never a time that I believed what was going on the first couple of months was going to continue." Atlanta manager Fredi Gonzalez felt the same way about Uggla, who joined the Braves during the off-season after a successful five-year run with Florida. "You dont explain it. You believe the back of the baseball card. You believe the history," Gonzalez said. "For whatever reason, who knows, were all human, maybe the first two months there was some anxiety or pressure about coming over to a new organization. " Uggla isnt the only Atlanta player with a sizzling bat. Freeman has hit in 18 consecutive games, the longest streak in the majors this season by a rookie. "(Uggla) and Freeman are both hot as firecrackers," Gonzalez said. Jayson Werth homered and Ryan Zimmerman had two hits for the Nationals, whose four-game winning streak ended. Braves rookie Brandon Beachy (5-2) took a four-hit shutout into the sixth but failed to get another out. A walk, two singles, two wild pitches and a two-run homer by Werth pulled Washington to 6-4, and after reliever Anthony Varvaro walked Laynce Nix, rain delayed the game for 22 minutes. "The rain didnt help us any," Nationals manager Davey Johnson said. Atlanta held on, remmaining one of only two teams in the majors (with Philadelphia) that havent been swept this season in a series of at least three games. [url=http://www.shopnflonline.net/Black-Friday-Green-Bay-Packers-Andrew-Quarless... Quarless Black Friday Jersey. Rookie Craig Kimbrel, the fourth Braves reliever, worked a perfect ninth for his 32nd save in 37 tries Washington starter Chien-Ming Wang (0-2), making his second start in his return from a shoulder operation in July 2009, allowed six runs and seven hits in five innings. Four of the runs were unearned, the result of his own miscue in Atlantas four-run fifth. "Everything was a lot crisper. He looked stronger," Johnson said. "I thought his ball was moving more. I was pleased." Wang was better than in his debut, but not good enough. "I didnt complete my job today," he said through an interpreter. "I didnt help the team to win the game." The fifth inning began with a throwing error by Wang, which enabled Beachy to reach second base. Beachy was eventually thrown out at the plate while trying to score on a one-out grounder to third. But Freeman followed with an RBI single and Uggla drove a 2-2 pitch into the left-field seats. It was his 23rd homer and third in two games. "Just that one pitch changed the game," Wang said. Washington relievers pitched four perfect innings, but by then the damage had been done. The Braves jumped on top with a two-run first inning ignited by newcomer Michael Bourn, obtained Sunday in a five-player trade with Houston. After getting a leadoff single, Bourne had his major-league leading 40th stolen base before scoring on a groundout by Freeman. Uggla then beat out a bouncer to third, advanced on a walk and came home on a two-out single by Alex Gonzalez Beachy, who blanked Florida on two hits over 7 1-3 innings in his previous outing, extended his run of success until stumbling in the fifth. He allowed four runs and seven hits in five-plus innings. NOTES: Zimmerman has hit in 12 straight games, the teams longest streak of the year. He has seven multi-hit games during that span. ... Freeman has reached base in 40 of his last 44 games. ... The Braves get Thursday off before opening a three-game road series against the New York Mets. ... After a 4-5 homestand, the Nationals send Ross Detwiler (1-0) to the mound Thursday night to open a four-game series against the Colorado Rockies. Detwiler, who is usually used out of the bullpen, will be making his first start since July 5. ' ' '