What is the story about?
Just the facts
- When: Tonight, 7 PM
- Where: TD Garden – Boston, MA
- How to follow: NESN, 98.5 The Sports Hub
- Opposing perspective: Silver Seven Sens
Know your enemy
- 6-5-2, 14PTS, T-5th in the Atlantic Division
- Drake Batherson: 5G-10A-15PTS; Tim Stützle: 6G-8A-14PTS; Shane Pinto: 8G-4A-12PTS
- Linus Ullmark: 5-4-2, 3.41 GAA, .861 save percentage
Game notes
- The Bruins kick off a very division-heavy portion of their schedule by hosting the Ottawa Senators. The B’s next five games will all be against Atlantic Division foes.
- Ottawa has had a weird stretch without any games, as they’ve been out of action since Saturday night. That game was a 4-3 loss to the Montreal Canadiens in overtime.
- As you undoubtedly remember, these two teams met about a week and a half ago in Kanata. That game was one of the Bruins’ worst performances of the season, a 7-2 drubbing.
- After winning three games in a row (the last of which was the game mentioned above), the Senators have gone loss-win-loss in their last three.
- Ottawa continues to have a porous team defense, allowing nearly 4 goals-against per game (3.92, to be precise). That mark is good for 30th in the NHL.
- Drake Batherson has been on a tear for the Senators, recording 5G-6A-11PTS in his last five games.
- For the Bruins, you just hope the good vibes can continue. The B’s have improbably won four games in a row, the latest being Tuesday’s shootout win on Long Island/Queens/New York State/wherever the Islanders play now.
- Viktor Arvidsson somewhat quietly has three goals in his last five games for the Bruins. His goals in the past two games have been important, with Morgan “Rocket Richard” Geekie going quiet for those same two games.
- Bruins coach Marco Sturm had words of praise for Fraser Minten after his effort against the Islanders. He wouldn’t officially commit to keeping a Khudini-Minten-Pastrnak line together, but acknowledged he liked what he saw.
As
a reminder, tonight is your first of four consecutive doses of Ontario, so try to pace yourself.
See ya tonight!
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