Bruins vs. Blues Preview: Wow such America, very USA

By sarahconnors@sarah_connors Feb 6, 2014, 2:50pm EST

Just the Facts:

Game Time: 8:00 PM, Scottrade Center. TV Broadcast: NESN. Radio Broadcast: 98.5 The Sports Hub

Rival SB Nation Site: St. Louis Game Time (did you know they write and sell a hard copy newsletter before every home game? I will acquire one tonight and take photos.)

SBN Game Site: Bruins vs Blues coverage

Records: Bruins 36-16-3 vs. Blues 37-12-6

Blues Lines:

Alex Steen - Chris Stewart - David Backes
Magnus Paajarvi - Patrik Berglund - T.J. Oshie
Vladimir Tarasenko - Jaden Schwartz - Derek Roy
Brenden Morrow - Maxim Lapierre - Ryan Reaves
Jay Bouwmeester - Alex Pietrangelo
Jordan Leopold - Roman Polak
Barret Jackman - Kevin Shattenkirk
Jaroslav Halak
Brian Elliott

Bruins Lines:

Milan Lucic - David Krejci - Jarome Iginla
Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron - Reilly Smith
Daniel Paille - Carl Soderberg - Loui Eriksson
Shawn Thornton - Chris Kelly - Gregory Campbell
David Warsofsky - Dougie Hamilton
Matt Bartkowski - Johnny Boychuk
Torey Krug - Kevan Miller
Tuukka Rask
Chad Johnson

Game Notes:

It's the second to last game before the Olympic break for both teams tonight; the Bruins are down a big piece, as Zdeno Chara has left to carry the Slovakian flag in Sochi. On the Blues side, Dmitri Jaskin may draw in for someone, but not sure exactly who, yet.
The Blues are most recently coming off a loss to....Ottawa? Yes, the ...ahem, mighty Senators took down the Blues in a shootout on Tuesday night, which also happened to be Olympics Poster Night in St. Louis. They're nice posters. I've somehow accumulated like five of them.
The Blues have more Olympians than anyone, and that top defensive pairing will likely log a lot of minutes together for Canada in Sochi. Coach Ken Hitchcock will be doing his thing alongside Claude Julien in Sochi, as well; basically, between them, Chiarelli, and Bergeron, there's a lot of Team Canada happening in this game tonight.
The Blues are 5-4-1 in their last 10, and the Bruins are 7-2-1. The last time these two teams met, it (as usual) ended in a shootout win at TD Garden for the Blues; the last time the Bruins played in St. Louis was the 2011-2012 season, and the game ended in a 4-2 victory. But Ryan Reaves scored, so...moral victory for St. Louis??