Game 74 Preview: Ducks(46-22-7) at Bruins (36-25-12)

Need To Know:

When and where to watch: 7:00 PM EDT (4:00 PDT)

Rival SBN Blog: Anaheim Calling

Season Series: The Bruins lost their only other game this year against the Ducks, 3 - 2 on the West coast trip without Chara that saw them only get two out of a possible eight points. Frederick Anderson made 32 saves in the win, and Tuukka Rask made 24 saves in the loss.

Get Pumped!

David Krejci could be back! As the Bruins currently sit outside of the playoffs for the first time since early January, getting a first line center back, and hopefully producing should give the Bruins a bit of a jolt after being winless in their past five games. Two points. The Bruins need this win, and with the Ducks comfortably in the playoffs and fighting for the Presidents trophy, they won't be a gimme. The Bruins will have to earn the points they get tonight, and hopefully prevent the Ducks from reaching 100 points (Its nothing personal, I promise. We can go to OT if you want, but the Bruins need to win) As has been the case the whole month, the Bruins have games both Saturday and Sunday, against the New York Rangers and then the Carolina Hurricanes. The Bruins have had enough time off, now it's time to put their money where their mouth is.

Lineups:

Anaheim Ducks

Forward Lines:

Left Wing	Center	Right WIng
Patrick Maroon	Ryan Getzlaf	Corey Perry
Matt Beleskey	Ryan Kesler	Kyle Palmieri
Jiri Sekac	Rickard Rakell	Tomas Fleischmann
Andrew Cogliano	Nate Thompson	Jakob Silfverberg

Defensive Pairings:

Left Defense	Right Defense
Hampus Lindholm	Francois Beauchemin
Simon Despres	James Wisniewski
Clayton Stoner	Sami Vatanen

Goalies:

Goalie
John Gibson
Frederick Anderson

Boston Bruins:

Forwards:

Left Wing	Center	Right WIng
Brad Marchand	Patrice Bergeron	David Krejci/Dan Paille
Milan Lucic	Ryan Spooner	David Pastrnak
Max Talbot	Chris Kelly	Gregory Campbell/Brian Ferlin

Defensive Pairings:

Left Defense	Right Defense
Zdeno Chara	Adam McQuaid
Torey Krug	Dennis Seidenberg
Matt Bartkowski	Zach Trotman

Goalies:

Goalie
Tuukka Rask
Niklas Svedberg

Of the remaining nine games, how many do you think Tuukka Rask plays in? Seven? Eight? All nine? Looking at the lineup, those forward lines don't look half bad! But the defensive pairings are just ugly. With Dougie out, this team is going to have some big issues defensively. Adam McQuaid is a nice third pairing player, but he isn't a first pairing defenseman on a playoff team.

Never Forget:

That time that the Bruins fourth line did something good!

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