Public Skate: Bruins vs. Hurricanes
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Haha! Time for Bruins again.
Welcome to another game of Bruins hockey, folks!
The B’s will be visiting Lenovo Center in Raleigh, a place that hasn’t exactly been kind to them in recent years (though it was fine in 2019).
This is the last game before Friday afternoon’s NHL Trade Deadline, meaning there’s a chance we’ll be seeing some guys play their last game for the B’s tonight.
I’m putting this together Wednesday morning, so there’s even a decent chance we’ll see some precautionary healthy scratches, so we could have already seen some “last games as a Bruin.”
WHO KNOWS??????
Anyways, tonight marks the start of a pretty tough stretch of games for the Bruins, a stretch that could solidly put them out of the fringe reaches of a wild card spot.
Or, they could rally and surprise us all.
Time will tell!
Bruins! Hurricanes!
Discuss.
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Need to Know: Bruins at Hurricanes
Boston set to battle Carolina as trade deadline looms
RALEIGH – The Bruins’ lineup will have a different look against the Hurricanes as four players recalled from Providence are expected to suit up. Patrick Brown, Riley Tufte, Vinni Lettieri, and Ian Mitchell all made the trek up I-95 on Wednesday and were on the ice for the B’s morning skate on Thursday at the Lenovo Center.
“Any time you have some players coming up from Providence – they’ve played well down there, obviously, they’ve earned the opportunity to get their chance – you look at them to hopefully provide a spark. I’m sure they’ll be excited to get back into the lineup for us tonight,” said interim head coach Joe Sacco.
Forwards Georgii Merkulov and Jeffrey Viel were assigned to Providence as the corresponding moves on Wednesday, while defenseman Jordan Oesterle was reportedly placed on waivers and claimed by Nashville. Justin Brazeau will be the healthy scratch up front for Boston.
With so many moving parts, and Friday’s trade deadline looming, the Bruins are doing their best to keep the focus on the ice.
“One thing we’ve always preached here ever since I’ve shown up last year, it’s always been one day at a time,” said Mason Lohrei. “No matter what’s going on around you, it’s just show up and put your workbooks on and go to work for that day and do what you can to get better. We’re focused on getting a win tonight and that’s about it.”
Sacco speaks with the media ahead of matchup @CAR
The Hurricanes, who enter Thursday’s matchup having won two straight games, are second in the Metro Division with 76 points and a 36-22-4 record this season.
“They’re a really good team,” said Lohrei. “They’re heavy and hard, they come fast on the forecheck. It’s gonna be about defending in our own zone first. Always is, nothing changes. But definitely have to put an emphasis on that against these guys. Try to get out of the zone, get past their pressure and then make stuff happen in the O-zone.”
Sebastian Aho paces Carolina with 59 points and is tied with Seth Jarvis for the team lead in goals with 23. Andrei Svechnikov (18-25—43), Shayne Gostisbehere (7-27—34), and Jordan Saal (12-19—31) have also hit the 30-point mark this season.
Winger Mikko Rantanen, who is back in trade rumors, has six points (two goals, four assists) in 12 games with Carolina since being acquired from the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for Jack Drury and Marrtin Necas in late January. Old friend Taylor Hall was also part of the deal and has notched a goal and an assist in 12 games for the Hurricanes.
“They really haven’t changed their identity as a team, we know exactly how they play. They’re an aggressive forechecking team, pressure the puck well all over the ice,” said Sacco. “[Rantanen’s] an added threat that they have in their lineup. He’s excellent on the power play. It provides another challenge but even with him in the lineup their identity hasn’t changed.”
Lohrei speaks with the media ahead of matchup @CAR
BOS prepares for matchup @CAR
FORWARDS
Morgan Geekie – Pavel Zacha – David Pastrnak
Riley Tufte – Elias Lindholm – Charlie Coyle
Cole Koepke – Matt Poitras – Vinni Lettieri
Johnny Beecher – Mark Kastelic – Patrick Brown
DEFENSEMEN
Nikita Zadorov – Brandon Carlo
Mason Lohrei – Andrew Peeke
Parker Wotherspoon – Ian Mitchell
GOALIES
Joonas Korpisalo
Jeremy Swayman
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