Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff watches Game 1 playoff game action between the Montreal Canadiens and the Boston Bruins at a pub in Ottawa.
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper attends an event in Peter Kent's Thornhill, Ont., riding Friday morning. Then it's off to Saskatchewan - where the Tories hold all seats but one - for a pro forma visit before moving on to Vancouver, the most important battleground in the country outside greater Toronto.
Its strong union roots make Sudbury and the NDP a natural fit, but the city was once a Liberal stronghold. Now that the NDP have turned it into a support base, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff is visiting in the hope of winning back some of those seats.
Both Sudbury and Nickel Belt are now in NDP hands, as well as the surrounding riding of Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing. Mr. Ignatieff's tour stops in Sudbury Friday en route to Regina.
The Liberals only hold one seat in Saskatchewan - Ralph Goodale's in Regina. He is not considered vulnerable, but Mr. Ignatieff has yet to visit the province during the campaign. His next stop is a Saturday evening rally in Edmonton with former prime minister Paul Martin.
NDP Leader Jack Layton starts the day in Montreal where he will visit Jean-Talon Market. Mr. Layton will then campaign with his candidate Alexandre Boulerice at the Jean-Talon Metro station.
The NDP plane heads for Charlottetown on Friday afternoon. Mr. Layton will visit the East Coast Music Awards and then make a campaign announcement in Seven Mile Bay.
The New Democrats don't necessarily think the will make a breakthrough in this election on the island, which has not been fertile ground for their party, but they say they are building for the future.
Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe will spend Friday in Quebec City, meeting Mayor Régis Labeaume, visiting a circus school and attending a book fair.