Bruins vs Coyotes Preview: Let's Get One

Just the Facts:

Game Time: 8:00 PM (Eastern!), Gila River Arena.

TV Broadcast: NESN, FSAZ

Radio Broadcast: 98.5 The Sports Hub

Rival SB Nation Site: Five For Howling

Season Record: Bruins: 14-12-1, 5th in Atlantic Division | Coyotes 10-14-3, 6th in Pacific Division

Coyotes Lines:

Tobias Rieder - Antoine Vermette - Mikkel Boedker

Lauri Korpikoski - Sam Gagner - Shane Doan

Brandon McMillan - Martin Hanzal - Martin Erat

Kyle Chipchura (placed on waivers)- Joe Vitale - B.J. Crombeen

Defensive Pairings:

Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Zbynek Michalek

Keith Yandle - Michael Stone

David Schlemko - Chris Summers

Goalies: Mike Smith, Devan Dubnyk

IR: David Moss, Brandon Gormley, Connor Murphy

Bruins Lines:

Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron - Reilly Smith

Milan Lucic - Carl Soderberg - David Pastrnak/Seth Griffith

Matt Fraser - Chris Kelly - Loui Eriksson

Simon Gagne - Gregory Campbell - Daniel Paille

Defensive Pairings:

Dennis Seidenberg - Dougie Hamilton

Matt Bartkowski - Kevan Miller

Torey Krug - Zach Trotman

Goalies: Tuukka Rask, Niklas Svedberg

IR: Adam McQuaid, Zdeno Chara, David Krejci, David Warsofsky

Game Notes:

• Genuine concern about a game against the Coyotes is not fun, but here we are. If Bruins lose tomorrow, it's their first four-game road trip with no points since 1963 (per @DanCagen tweet). Yikes.
• I'd be lying if I said I didn't start a "put Griffith in" chant from my couch.
• These are two struggling teams just looking for a win right now. There's going to be some serious desperation.

NEVER FORGET:

Last Game in Fancy Stats