The Bruins will host the Atlanta Thrashers tonight at the TD Garden. The Bruins will be gunning for their second straight win after shutting out the Ottawa Senators on Monday, while the Thrashers will try to end a 2-game skid.
Know Your Enemy
Atlanta Thrashers (18-13-4, 2nd in Southeast, 6th in East)
Head Coach: John Anderson (2nd Year, 53-54-10)
SB Nation's Thrashers Blog: Bird Watchers Anonymous
Leading Goal Scorer:
Goaltending:
Injury Report
Angelo Esposito (out for season; knee) and Kari Lehtonen (IR; back) are also injured.
Lines & D-Pairs:
Boston
Steve Begin
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Marc Savard
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Marco Sturm
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Daniel Paille
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Patrice Bergeron
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Mark Recchi
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Blake Wheeler
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David Krejci
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Michael Ryder
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Shawn Thornton
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Vladimir Sobotka
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Byron Bitz
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Zdeno Chara | Dennis Wideman |
Andrew Ference |
Johnny Boychuk |
Matt Hunwick | Adam McQuaid |
Atlanta
Ilya Kovalchuk - Nik Antropov - Maxim Afinogenov
Slava Kozlov - Rich Peverley - Bryan Little
Evander Kane - Todd White - Colby Armstrong
Eric Boulton - Marty Reasoner - Chris Thorburn
Zach Bogosian - Ron Hainsey
Tobias Enstrom - Pavel Kubina
Boris Valabik - Chrisoph Schubert
Notes:
- The Bruins and Thrasher met on 11/19 with the B's winning 4-3 in a shootout
- The Thrashers are currently negotiating with Ilya Kovalchuk on a contract extension
- Zdeno Chara talked about facing Ilya Kovalchuk during Tuesday's NHL Winter Classic Conference Call:
"I think we all know that Ilya is an extremely talented player with a lot of skill and a lot of speed in his game. He's a natural sniper and that's what he does, what he does best, scoring goals, and for sure, he's very dangerous. Any time you play against a guy like that, you have to be on your toes and be ready to play the game and try to take away the time and space from him."
- The Bruins broke in some of their Winter Classic gear at practice on Tuesday. The team wore their brown pants and helmets.
- Milan Lucic skated before practice yesterday and could be back for the Winter Classic. Hopefully, they aren't rushing him back for this event.
- Atlanta gives up a league worst 34.6 shots per game.
- The B's have sent defenseman Andy Wozniewski back down to Providence.
- For more on the Thrashers, check out Bird Watchers Anonymous
- The game starts at 7:00 and can be seen on NESN. Open thread starts at 6:30.
Today's Obligatory Embarrassing Thrashers Fan YouTube Video