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Bruins host Devils for annual Post-Thanksgiving matinee

The Bruins will continue their long-standing tradition of playing an afternoon home game on the day after Thanksgiving when they host the New Jersey Devils at TD Garden. The Bruins will try to extend their season-high win streak to five games. The B's will likely be without the services of Milan Lucic, who left Wednesday night's 2-1 win over Minnesota with an apparent knee injury. Meanwhile, the Devils are trying to build off of a 3-1 win over the Ottawa Senators that snapped a 3-game losing streak.

Know Your Enemy

New Jersey Devils (15-6-1)

Leading Scorer:


G A P +/- PIM
2009 - Zach Parise 13 15 28 17 4

Goaltending:


GP MIN W L T EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
2009 - Martin Brodeur 20 1193 13 6 43 2.16 547 504 .921 1


GP MIN W L T EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
2009 - Yann Danis 3 140 2 0 5 2.14 65 60 .923 0

Injury Report


Boston Bruins Injuries

Doubtful

Player Injury Type Injury Date
Tim Thomas hand 11/26/2009
Milan Lucic knee 11/26/2009


New Jersey Devils Injuries

Out (IR / Out / Suspended / Physically unvailable)

Player Injury Type Injury Date
Rob Niedermayer other-excused 11/05/2009
Paul Martin arm 10/26/2009
Dainius Zubrus knee 11/20/2009
Jay Pandolfo shoulder 10/26/2009
Johnny Oduya groin 10/30/2009

Notes:

- This is the second of four meetings between the Bruins and Devils. The Bruins lost 2-1 to New Jeresy on October 29th.

- There was been no update on how serious Milan Lucic's injury is.

- Martin Brodeur could make history today. The Devils' goaltender needs just 20 more minutes to tie Patrick Roy's all-time minutes played mark of 60,235 minutes.

- The Devils are 9-2-1 on the road this year.

- The Devils are one of the most disciplined teams in the league, taking an average of 9.1 penalty minutes per game (2nd in NHL).

- Marc Savard needs one goal to reach 200 goals for his career.

- Timmy and I are taking a Stanley Cup of Chowder field trip to The Garden to take in the game.

- For more on the Devils, check out In Lou We Trust. In Lou We Trust got some free work out me and asked me to answer a few questions about today's game, so be sure to check that out.

- For a trip down memory lane, check out my first attempt at a live blog from last year's day after Thanksgiving game.

- The game starts on noon. The open thread starts at 11:30.

Today's Obligatory Embarrassing Devils Fan YouTube Video