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Bruins Hit The Road First Stop: Carolina

The Bruins make their way to Raleigh, North Carolina to faceoff with the Carolina Hurricanes in the first road game of the season. The Hurricanes are still looking for their first win while the Bruins are still working on clearing out the cob webs after a lackluster showing against Colorado on Monday.

Carolina has had trouble keeping the puck out of their own net. Through their first three games they have let in an average of 4.3 goals a game and starting goalie Cam Ward is winless with a below average .854 save percentage. One bright spot seems to be Calder award winner Jeff Skinner who currently leads the Hurricanes in points with five through their first three games leaving one to think that, at least for now, he won't be facing a sophomore slump.

Enemy Site:

Canes Country

Records:

Bruins: 1-2-0

Hurricanes: 0-2-1

Injuries:

Hurricanes: 

None

Bruins:

David Krejci (core injury)

Steven Kampfer (knee)

Notes:

 

  • With David Krejci's injury reports indicate that Tyler Seguin will replace him as the number one center for tonight's game.
  • This will be Joe Corvo's first game against his former team.
  • Chris Kelly will be wearing the second "A" tonight. He will wear it for road games through the first half of the season.
  • Justin Faulk, Ryan Murphy, and Derek Joslin are Carolina's healthy scratches while Matt Bartkowski will be in the press box for the Bruins.
Projected Lineups:

Bruins:
Milan Lucic - Tyler Seguin - Nathan Horton
Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron - Rich Peverley
Benoit Pouliot - Chris Kelly - Jordan Caron
Daniel Pallie - Gregory Campbell - Shawn Thornton

Zdeno Chara - Johnny Boychuck
Dennis Seidenberg - Joe Corvo
Andrew Ference - Adam McQuaid

Tim Thomas
Tuukka Rask

Hurricanes:
Jeff Skinner - Eric Staal - Chad LaRose
Alexei Ponikarovski - Jussi Jokinen - Tuomo Ruutu
Jiri Tlusty - Brandon Sutter - Patrick Dwyer
Anthony Stewart - Tim Brent - Zac Dalpe

Bryan Allen - Tim Gleason
Joni Pitkanen - Jamie McBain
Tomas Kaberle - Jay Harrison

Cam Ward
Brian Boucher

Puck Drop
7:30 PM EST (Versus, 98.5 The Sports Hub)