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Just the Facts:
Game Time: 7:00 PM, TD Garden.
TV Broadcast: NESN, SN360, TVA2.
Radio Broadcast: 98.5 The Sports Hub
Rival SB Nation Site: The Copper & Blue
Season Record: Bruins: 8-6-0, 3rd in Atlantic Division | Oilers 4-7-1, 7th in Pacific Division
Oilers Lines:
Benoit Pouliot - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Jordan Eberle
Teddy Purcell - Mark Arcobello - David Perron
Matt Hendricks - Boyd Gordon - Jesse Joensuu
Will Acton - Leon Draisaitl - Nail Yakupov
Defensive Pairings:
Nikita Nikitin - Justin Schultz
Oscar Klefbom - Mark Fayne
Martin Marincin - Jeff Petry
IR: Taylor Hall
Bruins Lines:
Milan Lucic - Chris Kelly - Seth Griffith
Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron - Reilly Smith
Matt Fraser - Carl Soderberg - Loui Eriksson
Daniel Paille - Gregory Campbell - Simon Gagne
Defensive Pairings:
Dennis Seidenberg - Dougie Hamilton
Joe Morrow - Adam McQuaid
David Warsofsky - Zach Trotman
IR: (to the tune of head, shoulders, knees, and toes) Miller, Chara, Krejci, Krug, Krejci, Krug
Kevan Miller, Zdeno Chara, David Krejci, Torey Krug
Game Notes:
- Apparently the theme of this season is beating below-average teams in OT. "A win is a win" is unacceptable and downright untrue. It's hard to be excited about an overtime win against the Panthers, a team that has scored only 15 non-shootout goals all season. I was excited about the game-winner, a classic Marchand dangle. He has stepped up in replacement of David Krejci. Would a blowout against the Oilers really be too much to ask?
- Former Bruins defenseman and certified Bro Andrew Ference will not be playing tonight, he's serving the second game of a three-game suspension for an illegal check to the head of Canucks forward Zack Kassian.
- David Krejci, Torey Krug, and Kevan Miller skated before practice Wednesday. Claude Julien said Krejci is making "progress," but he is still unsure if Krejci will play tonight.
NEVER FORGET:
Last Game in Fancy Stats:
"There's room for improvement," said Claude Julien. A room? More like a mansion.