The banged-up Bruins will look to avenge Monday's 3-2 lost to the New York Rangers when they host the Blueshirts in a matinee match-up at TD Garden at 1:00 today. The Bruins will be without Marc Savard, who suffered an apparent knee injury during the first shift of Thursday night's 5-2 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks. Both teams are looking to get back on track after losing on Thursday night. The Rangers fell 2-1 to the Atlanta Thrashers in a shootout last time out.
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Notes:
- Claude Julien is scheduled to speak with the media at 11:55 am and will likely give an update on Marc Savard's injury. The early rumor is that Savard will be out approximately 2-4 weeks with a right knee injury.
- With the injuries to Marc Savard and Byron Bitz (day-to-day with back problems). The Bruins have called up forward Trent Whitfield from the Providence Bruins.
- There is no morning skate today, so we will have to wait until game time to see who gets the start in goal. The lines for tonight are anyone's guess. With the all the injuries, it would be a fool's errand to speculate on possible line combos.
- I wondering if Chad Johnson ever thought about legally changing his name to Chad Dos Nueve?
- Former Bruins head coach Mike Sullivan is working as an assistant coach for the Rangers.
- Blake Wheeler is riding a 3-game goal scoring streak.
- Tuukka Rask is 1-1 with a shutout, a 1.51 GAA, and a .957 save percentage in 2 career starts vs. the Rangers.
- If the Bruins win today, Claude Julien will move into a tie with Lynn Patrick for 8th place on the Bruins' all-time win list with 117 wins.
- Puck drops at 1:00 and the open thread starts right here at 12:30.