The Bruins and Blues have built quite the rivalry in NHL history. From Bobby Orr's ''flying goal'' in overtime to sweep St. Louis in the 1970 Finals to the Blues' improbable playoff run in 2019 that ended in a game seven Stanley Cup victory over Boston.
The two met twice during the 2021-22 season, splitting the games, the Bruins with a 3-2 win on April 20th and the Blues with a 4-2 win on April 13th.
Boston will also be debuting their ''Pooh Bear'' Reverse Retro 2.0 jerseys tonight!
PROJECTED BRUINS LINEUP:
Marchand-Bergeron-DeBrusk
Hall-Krejci-Pastrnak
Frederic-Coyle-Zacha
Foligno-Nosek-Smith
Lindholm-Clifton
Grzelcyk-Carlo
Zboril-Reilly
Ullmark
Kinkaid
Jim Montgomery announced that Craig Smith will be back in the lineup, skating on the fourth line after missing the last four games with an upper-body injury. A.J. Greer will come out, and Linus Ullmark will again get the start. He also noted he's leaning toward starting Keith Kinkaid on Sunday against the Vancouver Canucks.
PROJECTED BLUES LINEUP:
Saad-O'Reilly-Barbashev
Buchnevich-Thomas-Tarasenko
Neighbours-Schenn-Kyrou
Toropchenko-Acciari-Walker
Leddy-Parayko
Krug-Faulk
Mikkola-Bortuzzo
Binnington
Greiss
The Blues are looking to get back on track. After starting the season with three consecutive wins, they have now lost six straight games coming into tonight.
Puck drop is set for 7 pm EST. Details below:
POLL | ||
Tonight, the Boston Bruins will: | ||
Lose a close one | 6 | 9.5 % |
Win a close one | 30 | 47.6 % |
Blow out the Blues! | 19 | 30.2 % |
Get at least a point | 8 | 12.7 % |
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