Bruins vs Avalanche Preview: Welcome Back, Iggy

Just the Facts:

Game Time: 1:00 PM, TD Garden.

TV Broadcast: TVA, NESN.

Radio Broadcast: 98.5 The Sports Hub

Rival SB Nation Site: Mile High Hockey

Season Record: Bruins: 1-2-0 | Avalanche: 0-2-0

Avalanche Lines:

Ryan O`Reilly - Matt Duchene - Jarome Iginla

Gabriel Landeskog - Nathan MacKinnon - Alex Tanguay

Jamie McGinn - Daniel Briere - Maxime Talbot

Cody McLeod - Marc-Andre Cliche - Dennis Everberg

Brad Stuart - Erik Johnson

Nick Holden - Tyson Barrie

Jan Hejda - Ryan Wilson

Goaltenders: Semyon Varlamov, Reto Berra

Bruins Lines:

Milan Lucic - David Krejci - Seth Griffith

Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron - Reilly Smith

Chris Kelly - Carl Soderberg - Loui Eriksson

Daniel Paille - Ryan Spooner - Jordan Caron

Zdeno Chara - Dougie Hamilton

Dennis Seidenberg - Adam McQuaid

Torey Krug - Kevan Miller

Goaltenders: Tuukka Rask, Niklas Svedberg

Game Notes:

• Jarome Iginla is returning to the Garden, and he had nice words about his time in Boston. Boston is feeling his absence considering he scored 61 points last season, topped only by Krejci and Bergeron.
• The Bruins and the Avs are both coming off of disheartening shutouts - the Avalanche have not yet scored a goal this year. This game will be desperate and will hopefully show us the Bruins hockey we've been waiting to see.
• Thank God David Krejci is cleared for contact. He should bring the veteran skill the team has needed. As Chris Kelly put it, "It's not Bruins hockey. It's not the way we want to play hockey." We're counting on Krejci to remind us what Bruins hockey, Presidents' Trophy hockey, is like.

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