Bruins vs Red Wings 12/29 Preview: Without a Forward

Just the Facts:

Game Time: 7:00 PM, TD Garden.

TV Broadcast: NBCSN, NESN, FSDT

Radio Broadcast: 98.5 The Sports Hub

Rival SB Nation Site: Winging It In Motown

Season Record: Bruins: 18-15-3, 6th in Atlantic Division | Red Wings: 19-8-9, 2nd in Atlantic Division

Red Wings Lines:

Henrik Zetterberg - Pavel Datsyuk - Justin Abdelkader

Tomas Tatar - Riley Sheahan - Tomas Jurco

Johan Franzen - Darren Helm - Gustav Nyquist

Drew Miller - Luke Glendening - Stephen Weiss

Defensive Pairings:

Jonathan Ericsson - Niklas Kronwall

Kyle Quincey - Dan DeKeyser

Brendan Smith - Brian Lashoff

Goalies: Jimmy Howard, Petr Mrazek

IR: Jonas Gustavsson, Jakub Kindl

Bruins Lines:

Brad Marchand - David Krejci - Reilly Smith

Chris Kelly - Carl Soderberg - Loui Eriksson

Daniel Paille - Gregory Campbell - Jordan Caron

Not Matt Fraser  - Craig Cunningham - Seth Griffith

Defensive Pairings:

Zdeno Chara - Dougie Hamilton

Matt Bartkowski - Dennis Seidenberg

Torey Krug - Kevan Miller

Adam McQuaid - Zach Trotman

Goalies: Tuukka Rask, Niklas Svedberg

IR: Adam McQuaid, Patrice Bergeron, Milan Lucic

Game Notes:

• Earlier today, good ole Edmonton claimed Matt Fraser off waivers. The Bruins only have 11 forwards right now. Fun.
• According to Claude Julien, both Patrice Bergeron and Milan Lucic are day-to-day. They're both out tonight. Excellent.

A Preview Video:

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