Injury Report Grows As Bruins Take On Red Hot Panthers
"Boston Bruins 96 pts (44-16-8)@Florida Panthers 75 pts (34-26-7)
7:30 p.m. ET
BB&T Center � Sunrise, FL
TV: NESN
Radio: 98.5 FM The Sports Hub
Season Series/Schedule
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3/15������ BOS @ FLA���������
3/31������ FLA @ BOS���������
4/5�������� BOS @ FLA���������
4/8�������� FLA @ BOS���������
Team Leaders
Bruins������������������ ����������������������������������������������� Panthers
Brad Marchand, 72��������� Points�� ��������������� Aleksander Barkov, 69
Brad Marchand, 30��������� Goals��� ��������������� Vincent Trocheck, 26
Brad Marchand, 42��������� Assists� ��������������� Aleksander Barkov, 44
The Bruins already had a tough game on their hands at the Florida Panthers without Patrice Bergeron and Charlie McAvoy out of the lineup.�
Things will be even tougher as both Zdeno Chara and Jake DeBrusk will be out of action too.
Head coach Bruce Cassidy confirmed that Chara and DeBrusk will miss tonight's game as well as Saturday's contest at the Tampa Bay Lightning with upper-body injuries.� Anton Blidh and Paul Postma were recalled from the Providence Bruins and have joined the team in Florida.
Torey Krug, who was also injured during Tuesday's game at the Carolina Hurricanes, was on the ice this morning and will be a game-time decision.� If he can't go, Postma will draw in.
The Panthers have been one of the hottest teams in the NHL of late, going 8-1-1 over this last 10 games.� This late season surge has them just four points out of the second wild card spot.� It is starting to look like the final playoff spots will come down to the Panthers, Philadelphia Flyers, Columbus Blue Jackets and New Jersey Devils fighting it out for three spots.�
Probable Bruins Lineup
FORWARDS
Brad Marchand - Riley Nash - David Pastrnak
Danton Heinen - David Krejci - Rick Nash
Tommy Wingels - David Backes - Brian Gionta
Tim Schaller - Sean Kuraly - Noel Acciari
DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
Nick Holden - Kevan Miller
Torey Krug - Adam McQuaid
Matt Grzelcyk - Brandon Carlo
GOALTENDER
Anton Khudobin (15-5-4, 2.48 GAA, .918 save %, 1 SO)
INJURY REPORT
LW-Anders Bjork (shoulder) out, C-Patrice Bergeron (foot) out, D-Charlie McAvoy (MCL) out, LW-Jake DeBrusk (upper-body) out, D-Zdeno Chara (upper-body) out
Probable Panthers Lineup
FORWARDS
Evgeny Dadonov - Aleksander Barkov - Nick Bjugstad
Jonathan Huberdeau - Vincent Trocheck - Frank Vatrano
Jamie McGinn - Jared McCann - Denis Malgin
Maxim Mamin - Derek MacKenzie - Colton Sceviour
DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
Keith Yandle - Aaron Ekblad
Michael Matheson - Mark Pysyk
MacKenzie Weegar - Alex Petrovic
GOALTENDER
James Reimer (16-13-5, 3.16 GAA, .907 save %, 2 SO)
INJURY REPORT
None
