Bruins Head To Pittsburgh Ahead Of Their Bye Week
"Boston Bruins 52 pts (23-10-6) @ Pittsburgh Penguins 45 pts (21-19-3)
7:30 p.m. ET
PPG Paints Arena � Pittsburgh, PA
TV: NBCSN
Radio: 98.5 FM The Sports Hub
Season Series/Schedule
Date����� Game��� ������������������������������� GWG
11/24���� PIT 3 @ BOS 4��� ��������������� David Pastrnak
1/7�������� BOS @ PIT����������
3/1�������� PIT @ BOS����������
Team Leaders
Bruins������������������ ����������������������������������������������� Penguins
David Pastrnak, 35���������� Points�� ��������������� Phil Kessel, 45
Brad Marchand, 16��������� Goals��� ��������������� Phil Kessel, 17
David Pastrnak, 20���������� Assists� ��������������� Phil Kessel, 28
The Boston Bruins are right back at it tonight after beating up on the Carolina Hurricanes.� They will play their final game before their five-day bye week at the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Bruins took down the Pens 4-3 back on November 24 thanks to goals from David Krejci, Matt Grzelcyk, Sean Kuraly and David Pastrnak.� Anton Khudobin made 20 saves for the win, but he will not play tonight after getting the start in Carolina.
Tuukka Rask will start tonight.� He is 9-6-2 with a 2.30 goals-against average, a .926 save percentage and two shutouts in 17 career games versus Pittsburgh.
Outside of the goaltending swap, we can't imagine why Bruce Cassidy would make any other lineup changes coming off of last night's 7-1 win.
The Bruins lost both games at the PPG Paints Arena last year, but have had quite a bit of success against the back-to-back Stanley Cup Champions going 9-1-2 in their last 12 games versus the Penguins.
Probable Bruins Lineup
FORWARDS
Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron - David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk - David Krejci - Ryan Spooner
Danton Heinen - Riley Nash - David Backes
Tim Schaller - Sean Kuraly - Noel Acciari
DEFENSIVE PAIRIINGS
Zdeno Chara - Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug - Brandon Carlo
Matt Grzelcyk - Kevan Miller
GOALTENDER
Tuukka Rask (14-8-3, 2.09 GAA, .925 save %, 2 SO)
INJURY REPORT
D-Adam McQuaid (leg) out
Probable Penguins Lineup
FORWARDS
Dominik Simon - Sidney Crosby - Daniel Sprong
Carl Hagelin - Evgeni Malkin - Patric Hornqvist
Conor Sheary - Jake Guentzel - Phil Kessel
Tom Kuhnhackl - Riley Sheahan - Ryan Reaves
DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
Olli Maatta - Kris Letang
Ian Cole - Justin Schultz
Matt Hunwick - Jamie Oleksiak
GOALTENDER
Tristan Jarry (7-3-2, 2.17 GAA, .928 save %, 2 SO)
INJURY REPORT
D-Chad Ruhwedel (upper-body) out, LW-Bryan Rust (upper-body) out, C-Carter Rowney (upper-body) day-to-day, D-Brian Dumoulin (concussion) day-to-day
