Just the facts
- When: Today, 6 PM
- Where: Grand Casino Arena – St. Paul, MN
- How to follow: NESN, 98.5 The Sports Hub
- Opposing perspective: Hockey Wilderness
Know your enemy
- 18-9-5, 41PTS, 3rd in the Central Division
- Matt Boldy: 17G-18A-35PTS; Kirill Kaprizov: 18G-16A-34PTS; Marcus Johansson: 11G-14A-25PTS
- Filip Gustavsson: 9-8-3, 2.64 GAA, .907 save percentage
Game notes
- The Bruins will wrap up their three-game road trip with a stop in Minneapolis-St. Paul to face the Wild, who will be extra juiced with their “swing for the fences” acquisition of Quinn Hughes on Friday.
- The Wild beat Ottawa 3-2 at home on Saturday afternoon, but Hughes didn’t play. He’s expected to make his Minnesota debut this evening.
- Jonas Brodin will miss his second consecutive game for the Wild today as he nurses an upper-body injury.
- Jesper Wallstedt, who is 4-1-0 with two shutouts in his last five games, started Saturday’s game in net for Minnesota, meaning we’ll likely see Filip Gustavsson today.
- Somewhat surprisingly, Minnesota hasn’t been a great offensive team this season, sitting at 25th in the NHL in GF/G. They’re a stout defensive bunch, however, allowing 2.63 goals per game (5th in the NHL).
- Former Bruin Marcus Johansson is having himself a throwback season thus far, with 11 goals in 32 games. He scored 11 goals in each of the last two seasons, but in 78 and 72 games, respectively. Fair to say he’s a bit ahead of that pace. He has 3G-2A-5PTS totals in his last three games.
- With Charlie McAvoy and David Pastrnak now firmly back in the mix, no news is good news for the Bruins.
- One note on the radio broadcast of this game: the Patriots are playing at 1 PM today and are broadcast on 98.5 The Sports Hub, so there’s a chance the B’s get bumped or have a shortened pre-game show.
See
ya this evening!
