Shorthanded Bruins Look To Continue Point Streak Versus Ducks
"Boston Bruins 66 pts (29-10-8)
vs
Anaheim Ducks 57 pts (24-17-9)
7 p.m. ET
TD Garden � Boston, MA
TV: NESN
Radio: 98.5 FM The Sports Hub
Season Series/Schedule
Date����� Game��� ������������������������������� GWG
11/15���� BOS 2 @ ANA 4 ��������������� Nick Ritchie
1/30������ ANA @ BOS�������
Team Leaders
Bruins������������������ ����������������������������������������������� Ducks
Brad Marchand, 50��������� Points�� ��������������� Rickard Rakell, 36
Brad Marchand, 21��������� Goals��� ��������������� Rickard Rakell, 18
Brad Marchand, 29��������� Assists� ��������������� Ryan Getzlaf, 25
The Bruins will look to continue their 18-game point streak when the host the Ducks tonight.� Anaheim won the first meeting back in November during the Bruins California trip.�
The Ducks are in the bottom half of the league in both goals for and goals against, but a 6-3-1 stretch over their last 10 games have them right in the thick of the Western Conference playoff race.� They enter tonight's game as one of four teams tied for the second wild card spot and are just one point behind the Calgary Flames for third place in the Pacific Division.
Goaltender John Gibson was injured versus the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night, but he appears well enough to play against the Bruins.� He will be opposed by former Duck Anton Khudobin.�
We will see the same lineup in front of Khudobin that we saw against the Ottawa Senators last week.� Noel Acciari remains out with a lower-body injury while Brad Marchand is serving the second game of his five-game suspension.� Anders Bjork and Frank Vatrano will both remain in the lineup.
Charlie McAvoy will miss another game, but he was back on the ice on Monday, so hopefully he will be on track for a return soon.
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
Anton Khudobin (10-2-4, 2.38 GAA, .924 save %, 1 SO)
INJURY REPORT
D-Charlie McAvoy (irregular heartbeat) out, RW-Noel Acciari (lower-body) out, LW-Brad Marchand (suspension) out
Probable Ducks Lineup
FORWARDS
Rickard Rakell - Ryan Getzlaf - Jakob Silfverberg
Andrew Cogliano - Ryan Kesler - J.T. Brown
Nick Ritchie - Adam Henrique - Ondrej Kase
Chris Wagner - Antoine Vermette - Corey Perry
DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
Cam Fowler - Kevin Bieksa
Francois Beauchemin - Brandon Montour
GOALTENDER
John Gibson (17-14-5, 2.70 GAA, .920 save %, 1 SO)
INJURY REPORT
RW-Patrick Eaves (lower-body) out, LW-Mike Liambas (undisclosed) out
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