Shorthanded Bruins Look To Continue Dominance Of Senators
"Boston Bruins 64 pts (28-10-8)
@
Ottawa Senators 39 pts (15-22-9)
7:30 p.m. ET
Canadian Tire Centre � Ottawa, ON
TV: NESN
Radio: 98.5 The Sports Hub
Season Series/Schedule
Date����� Game��� ������������������������������� GWG
27-Dec� OTT 1 @ BOS���� ��������������� Danton Heinen
30-Dec� BOS 5 @ OTT 0� ��������������� Ryan Spooner
25-Jan�� BOS @ OTT��������
7-Apr���� OTT @ BOS��������
Team Leaders
Bruins������������������ ����������������������������������������������� Senators
Brad Marchand, 50��������� Points�� ��������������� Mark Stone, 44
Brad Marchand, 21��������� Goals��� ��������������� Mark Stone, 18
Brad Marchand, 29��������� Assists� ��������������� Erik Karlsson, 27
The Boston Bruins are in Canada's capital for one last game before the All-Star break.�
Although the Ottawa Senators have been a dumpster fire for most of the season, the Bruins could have their hands full due to some missing players.
Defenseman Charlie McAvoy and forward Noel Acciari are out with injuries while leading scorer Brad Marchand is serving the first game of his five-game suspension for elbowing Marcus Johannsson of the New Jersey Devils in the head.� The recently recall Anders Bjork and Frank Vatrano will draw into the lineup tonight.
Among the numerous players on the Senators injury report is Mark Stone, who leads the team in both goals and points.� However, they are getting Jean-Gabriel Pageau back in the lineup after he missed the last four games with an upper-body injury.
The Bruins have outscored the Senators 10-1 in their first two meetings of the season.� David Backes has led the way with four points (1 G, 3 A) while Riley Nash and Ryan Spooner have each scored a pair of goals against the Senators.�
Tuukka Rask will get the start in goal tonight.� He has given up just one goal on 51 shots in his two starts against Ottawa this season for a .980 save percentage.� Backup Mike Condon will start for the Senators.� He gave up five goals to the Bruins on 34 shots back on December 30.
Probable Bruins Lineup
FORWARDS
Anders Bjork - Patrice Bergeron - David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk - David Krejci - Ryan Spooner
Danton Heinen- Riley Nash - David Backes
Tim Schaller- Sean Kuraly - Frank Vatrano
DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
Zdeno Chara - Brandon Carlo
Torey Krug - Adam McQuaid
Matt Grzelcyk - Kevan Miller
GOALTENDER
Tukka Rask (18-4-2, 2.16 GAA, .923 save %, 2 SO)
INJURY REPORT
D-Charlie McAvoy (irregular heartbeat) out, RW-Noel Acciari (lower-body) out, LW-Brad Marchand (suspension) out
Probable Senators Lineup
FORWARDS
Mike Hoffman - Matt Duchene - Bobby Ryan
Zack Smith - Derick Brassard - Colin White
Tom Pyatt - Jean-Gabriel Pageau - Ryan Dzingel
Alexandre Burrows - Gabriel Dumont - Chris DiDomenico
DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
Fredrik Claesson - Erik Karlsson
Dion Phaneuf - Cody Ceci
Mark Borowiecki - Thomas Chabot
GOALTENDER
Mike Condon (3-6-4, 3.45 GAA, .896 save %, 0 SO)
INJURY REPORT
LW-Clarke MacArthur (undisclosed) out, D-Chris Wideman (hamstring) out, C-Nate Thompson (lower-body) out, RW-Mark Stone (knee) day-to-day, D-Johnny Oduya (undisclosed) out, C-Filip Chlapik (upper-body) day-to-day�
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