Martin Biron will make his New York Rangers debut tonight when the Blueshirts face the Maple Leafs in Toronto. He will be opposed in goal by Jonas Gustvasson (1-0-0 3.00 GAA). The Rangers will be hoping to avenge an overtime defeat at the hands of the Leafs last week during which they lost Marian Gaborik and Chris Drury to injuries.

The line combinations and pairings will be:

Brandon Dubinsky-Artem Anisimov-Ryan Callahan
Sean Avery-Derek Stepan-Ruslan Fedotenko
Alex Frolov-Erik Christensen-Brandon Prust
Derek Boogaard-Todd White-Brian Boyle

Marc Staal-Michal Roszival
Michael Del Zotto-Dan Girardi
Michael Sauer-Matt Gilroy

Steve Eminger will be a healthy scratch.

The line combinations and defensive pairings will be:

Marian Gaborik-Chris Drury-Alex Frolov
Brandon Dubinsky-Artem Anisimov-Ryan Callahan
Sean Avery-Derek Stepan-Ruslan Fedotenko
Derek Boogard-Brian Boyle-Brandon Prust

Marc Staal-Michal Rozsival
Michael Del Zotto-Dan Girardi
Matt Gilroy-Steve Eminger

Henrik Lundqvist (1-1-0 4.03 GAA) will be opposed by Toronto netminder J.S. Giguere (2-0-0 1.51 GAA).

Former Ranger Colton Orr will play tonight after suffering a head injury Wednesday night vs. Pittsburgh.

The Leafs (3-0-0) are experiencing their best start to a season since 1999-2000.

The lines and defensive pairings are expected to be the same for the Blueshirts:

Gaborik-Christensen-Frolov
Callahan-Anisimov-Dubinsky
Fedotenko-Stepan-Avery
Prust-Boyle- Boogaard

Staal-Rozsival
Girardi-Del Zotto
Eminger-Sauer

Henrik Lundqvist (1-0-0  3.00GAA) will get the start in goal and will be opposed by Rick DiPietro (0-0-1  3.69 GAA), who once again is trying to come back from injury for the the Isles.

In other news, Chris Drury is progressing well and is likely to return to the lineup for the home opener.  The question most Rangers fans want answered however, besides why is John Tortorella heaping praise on Steve Eminger, wasn’t he watching the same game as everyone else on Saturday?, is who will be out of the lineup once Drury returns…Boyle? Prust? Boogaard?

What do you think…Who will be out when Drury returns?

Highlights of the Rangers 6-3 win over the Sabres.

Some reactions to last night’s victory and Derek Stepan’s hat trick:

Ruslan Fedotenko:

“I think he’s a pretty humble guy, I’m very happy for him, how he started. If he keeps improving as a player, it’s going to be great. (Avery) has some good speed and forces the defense to make mistakes and I do the same thing. The defense made a couple of bad decisions and covered the wrong people and Derek was in the right spot.”

Ryan Callahan

“I’m happy for him,” Callahan said. “It’s unbelievable. He played a great game. The whole line (also Sean Avery and Ruslan Fedotenko) did. Aves and Feds set him and that’s good to see.”

Derek Stepan on his own play

“You dream of playing an NHL game, but you don’t dream about a game like this. It felt great that I got some chances, I couldn’t believe I missed (an empty-netter), I choked under pressure. It’s great for me in kind of getting my feet wet in my first NHL game. It was nerve-wracking but I settled in.”