A preview of the Bruins.
When and where: 7 p.m. TD Garden.
TV: Gopher Hunting Network Versus, TSN.
Record: 7-7-2, 16 points. The Bruins are 10th place in the Eastern Conference and third place in the Northeast Division.
Leading Scorer: Patrice Bergeron, 10 points (5 goals, 5 assists).
Last Game: 4-2 home win against the Sabres, Saturday. Captain Zdeno Chara had a goal and an assist for the Bruins.
Last Game against the Penguins: 6-4 road loss, March 15. Chris Kunitz had two goals and an assist for the Penguins.
Bruins Player We Would Bet Money On Scoring: Mark Recchi (right). He has 74 points (22 goals, 52 assists) in 70 games against his former team.
Ex-Penguins on the Bruins: Andrew Ference, D; Guillaume Lefebvre, LW; Mark Recchi, RW.
Ex-Bruins on the Penguins: Tom Fitzgerald, assistant to the general manager; Sergei Gonchar, D; Bill Guerin, RW; Kevin Stevens, pro scout.
Useless Bruins Trivia Vaguely Related to the Penguins: We've used this one before, but we can't resist using a good piece of Artie trivia. The last playoff hat trick scored recorded against the Bruins was scored by former Penguins forward Kevin Stevens who scored four goals against Andy Moog in Game 3 of the Prince of Wales Conference Final, May 21, 1992.
Best Bruins YouTube Video We Could Find: At the conclusion of a linebrawl in the 1977-78 season, former Bruins tough guy John Wensink challenged the entire Minnesota Northstars bench:
Notes:
-Marc-Andre Fleury (10-4-0, 2.52 GAA, .904 SV%) is expected to start in net for the Penguins. The Bruins have not annouced if Tuukka Rask (3-1-1, 2.33 GAA, .919 SV%) or Tim Thomas (4-6-1, 2.44 GAA, .916 SV%) will start in goal.
-For the Penguins, forward Tyler Kennedy (groin) is doubtful. Defenseman Kris Letang (shoulder) and forward Evgeni Malkin (shoulder) are out. Defenseman Sergei Gonchar (wrist) and forward Maxime Talbot (shoulder) are on injured reserve.
-For the Bruins, forwards David Krejci (swine flu) and Michael Ryder (undisclosed illness) are questionable. Forwards Milan Lucic (finger) and Marc Savard (foot) are on injured reserve.
-Dan Bylsma has switched up his lines. Sidney Crosby was skating with Matt Cooke and Ruslan Fedotenko yesterday while Jordan Staal went with Bill Guerin and Chris Kunitz. Craig Adams centered Pascal Dupuis and Chris Conner while Mike Rupp skated with Eric Godard and Chris Bourque.
-Deryk Engelland is expected to replace Letang.
-Krejci (right) could return to the lineup tonight.
-"Anytime you have Sidney Crosby as your centerman, it doesn’t matter what linemates he has with him." - Bruins coach Claude Julien who apparently isn't familiar with the work of Pascal Dupuis.
-At 13.6 percent, the Bruins' power play is actually worse than the Penguins' (14.7%).
-Stupid, short-sighted television deal heads-up: Tonight's game is on Versus, assuming it's not preempted by a diabetic ostrich rodeo or something. If you have DirecTV, please make alternate plans to watch it.
-Our live blog begins at approximately 7 p.m. Please tune in.
(Photo: Recchi-Fred Chartrand/Canadian Press; Krejci-Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
Posted
Nov 10 2009, 05:39 AM
by
Seth Rorabaugh