BRUINS GDT GAME 35 5:08 PM - New Year's Eve in Detroit City - NESN, ESPN+, SN, 92.9 WBOS-FM

[Fenway]

Tonight's Officials

Referees Francis Charron (6), Wes McCauley (4)
Linespersons Brandon Grillo (75), Andrew Smith (51)

The Bruins visit the Red Wings tonight in the fourth and final game between these teams this season and the second of two games at Little Caesars Arena this year ... The Bruins are 21-7- 6 overall this season and they are 10-5-3 on the road ... They are 12-5-4 in games vs. Eastern Conference teams this season.- The Bruins are playing their sixth of 12 sets of back-to-back games vs. New Jersey last night (5-2 win) and tonight in Detroit ...They are currently 4-2-0 in the first game of those sets and 2-2-1 in the second games. Bruins will open 2024 in Columbus on 1/2 ... They will then return home to host Pittsburgh on 1/4 and Tampa Bay on 1/6

MILESTONES APPROACHING- Pavel Zacha is expected to play his 500th NHL game tonight.- Pavel Zacha is 2 goals shy of his 100th NHL goal.- Brandon Carlo is 6 points short of his 100th NHL point.- Brad Marchand is 6 points shy of his 900th NHL point.

INJURIES (59 Man-games lost)- Derek Forbort: LTIR

BOSTON vs RED WINGS, LIFETIME SERIES- The Bruins and Red Wings are meeting for the 618th time in their histories with Detroit holding a 260-257-95-5 margin and the Bruins having a 1,873-1,841 scoring edge in those games.- The Bruins are 87-165-52-3 lifetime in 307 road games vs. the Red Wings with Detroit having a 1,026-786 scoring advantage in those contests.

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[Mione134]

Let's end this year on a high note and go ring in the New Year with a win. New Year is a clean slate, but also lets ride this streak. Bring the energy. Bring the forecheck. Bring the intensity, physicality, the pace, the focus. Bring it from puck drop. Shots to the net. Get dirty. Battle on the boards. We know what it takes so give it a full effort. No injuries, please! Let's get it!



You know the drill

 

[caz16]

It would be great to beat Detroit, no way the Bruins should have lost to them twice already. I hope they are on a mission and that Charlie is okay to play.

It is such a luxury to have a fresh #1 goalie for every game. Going into the new year the schedule becomes brutal, that will pay dividends.

No injuries please!

 

[eightspokedb]

Praying on the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch....please make the Cave of Caerbannog a happy place for New Years with a win....

That's all I ask of you....

kthxbye

 

[rfournier103]

Praying on the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch....please make the Cave of Caerbannog a happy place for New Years with a win....

That's all I ask of you....

kthxbye

No place like Detroit for New Years fun, am I right?

 

[Shroud of Orrin]

Last night, Jack said that Pasta’s shot had Chinese Mustard on it. Lol. Wonder how that tastes with fried octopus.

 

[Aussie Bruin]

Don't necessarily expect a win here, although the Bruins are very much capable of it. Schedule is really against them though, so the main thing I'm looking for is how the team plays - they've developed some good habits in the last couple of games, been more decisive and quick in their passing, better on the break out, better at beating out opponents to pucks in our O zone and creating repeat opportunities. Keep those sorts of things and if they ultimately run out of legs or the scoreboard otherwise winds up against them I won't mind so much.

Nonetheless, hopefully they can close out the year with at least one more point.

 

[eightspokedb]

Wouldn't know....I'm in the wilds of Mid-Michigan.... blackouts on all platforms so I'm stuck with 92.9..

No place like Detroit for New Years fun, am I right?

No sleep since 6am....Harry Potter on the TV, PBruins replay on my phone....

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

Praying on the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch....please make the Cave of Caerbannog a happy place for New Years with a win....

That's all I ask of you....

kthxbye

 

[Mr. Make-Believe]

If the Bruins drop this one, I’m not going to complain. It’s a brutal back-to-back and they played a game last night that looked like an empty-the-tank kind of bout.

Would love a win of course. But not reading into anything if it’s a loss. This one is tough.

 

[Ladyfan]

No place like Detroit for New Years fun, am I right?

I was talking about this exact thing to the guys who work for the Bs. They were thrilled to be going to Detroit. .

A nice New Years Eve win with no injuries please

 

[bruins19]

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Did not get the reference at first, as I did not recall the location of the Attack of the Killer Rabbit. Clip was helpful. Great movie (Monty Python and the Holy Grail).

 

[Gee Wally]

 

[TCB]

 

[4ORRBRUIN]

I hate this Wings team, Arrogant bunch that have sucked for years. Another power play team that flops all over the ice.

 

[RI.B FAN]

All these posters with bad feelings, double negative is a positive!! C'mon Bs kick some ass! SWay stones them until Bruins show up!!

 

[DarrenBanks56]

stay out of the box or this game will be over early

 

[DKH]

All these posters with bad feelings, double negative is a positive!! C'mon Bs kick some ass! SWay stones them until Bruins show up!!

power play a concern

I’m a Homer I get it but sure seems a lot of diving going on - Bruins by and large vets and don’t seem to flop

Claude hated it and I’m sure Cassidy as well

It’s taken Brad years to get trust back he’s showing up refs

 

[GahdenRinkRat]

stay out of the box or this game will be over early

That’s what I said about last night’s game, glad to be wrong again

 

[hrdpuk]

Thanks Fenway

 

[Terrier]

Short turnaround, let's get another slump-busting win and feel good heading into a very busy January. I've been to one Red Wings home game, at the Joe in 2010 vs. CBJ(Detroit was hosting the Frozen Four that week). Tigers opening day was on Friday of that week, never seen so much puke on sidewalks. Much of Saturday was spent in a Wisconsin pre-game beer tent outside Ford Field, you can imagine.

Let's devour those Wings! I will, in the usual place this afternoon.

 

[Ladyfan]

It would be nice if we could muster up some positive energy for our boys.

My neighbor and I were going to go out for an early dinner tonight, but we decided to go tomorrow instead

All I really want to do tonight is hang out with my cats, watch the Bs and sleep.

 

[Ace0813]

I'll be working in the brewery this evening during the game, like last night during the Devil's tilt. I hope we get a similar result. Let's go Bs!

 

[hrdpuk]

Bruin's riding a high . No way they lose this game .

 

[Oates2Neely]

Merkulov scores early and energizes the team. 5-1 B’s.