Just the facts
- When: Today, 1 PM
- Where: TD Garden – Boston, MA
- How to follow: NESN, 98.5 The Sports Hub
- Opposing SB Nation site: Canes Country
Know your enemy
- 7-3-0, 14PTS, 3rd in the Metropolitan Division
- Seth Jarvis: 7G-4A-11PTs; Sebastian Aho: 4G-7A-11PTS; Jackson Blake: 3G-5A-8PTS
- Frederik Andersen: 4-2-0, 3.11 GAA, .892 save percentage; Brandon Bussi: 3-1-0, 2.25 GAA, .916 saver percentage
Game notes
- The Bruins are one month down and one game closer to being 500 after TWO WINS to close out October. They’ll look to continue this winning thing as the Carolina Hurricanes are in Boston for an afternoon tilt.
- The Bruins will do it without Elias Lindholm though as the team announced he’ll be out for at least a few weeks. Marco Sturm gave an update on Lindholm’s lower-body injury yesterday, saying he was getting an MRI. The news follows Lindholm’s collision Jordan Greenway of the Buffalo Sabres during Tuesday’s game.
- The Bruins also announced the other day that Jordan Harris will be out two months following ankle surgery.
- Will Morgan Geekie make it a lucky seven game-goal streak? It stands at six right now — and seven goals in that time — in the last six games.
- David Pastrnak is closing in on 400 career goals. He’s at 398.
- After yesterday’s practice, Pastrnak talked about Marat Khusnutdinov bumped up to his line. He said his speed helps on the forecheck. “He creates so many turnovers and stays strong on the puck. That creates more offensive zone possession,” Pastrnak said.
- After last season, it’s weird writing that the Bruins’ power play is 13th in the league at 22.2% and the Carolina Hurricanes are last at a whopping 9.7%. Head-to-head on the PK, the two teams are fairly matched.
- On the flip side, the Hurricanes have the best goals for average at 3.90 while the Bruins are one of the teams who have given up the most, with a 3.62 goals against average.
- Grab some leftover candy and we’ll see ya soon!
