Tonight's Officials
Referees Frederick L'Ecuyer (17), Francois StLaurent (38)
Linesmen Kory Nagy (97), Darren Gibbs (66)
Ntl. Anthem Amanda Bell
WAYBACK MACHINE
TONIGHT’S GAME
The Bruins visit the Hurricanes tonight in the 2nd of 3 games between these teams and the 1st of 2 of this season’s series at PNC Arena … The Bruins are 18-14-3 thus far this season with a 10-5-3 mark on the road … They are 4-3-3 vs. Metropolitan Division
opponents and are 13-8-3 vs. Eastern Conference teams this season.
They are concluding tonight their 7th of 14 sets of back-to-back games … They are currently 3-2-2 in the 1st of those games and are 1-5-0 in the 2nd game. They concluding tonight as well their 9th of 16 sets of 3-games-in-4-nights to close out the pre-holiday portion of their schedule …They enter tonight’s game 4-4-1 in game 1s, 3-4-2 in game 2s and 3-5-0 in game 3s of those sets.
BOSTON vs CAROLINA, LIFETIME SERIES -
The Bruins and Hurricanes are meeting for the 196th time in their histories (includes Carolina as Hartford Whalers) with the Bruins having a 104-70-16-5 record and 659-563 scoring advantage in those games.
The Bruins are 47-38-9-2 in their 96 road games of this lifetime series with a 324-307 scoring edge in those contests.
The Bruins have taken points out of their last 10 games vs. the Hurricanes at 7-0-3, including a 2-1 shootout win in Boston on 12/1 in the 1st game of this season’s series, with their last regulation loss to Carolina a 4-2 road setback on Apr. 13, 2013 … They are 3-0-1 in their last 4 visits to Raleigh and they are 10-4-1 in their last 15 road games vs. the Hurricanes.
Fun Facts: The Bruins are 34-29-3-5 vs. Carolina since they relocated from Hartford at the start of the 1997-98 season … Neither of these teams has shut out the other in Raleigh with the last road shutout by Boston a 3-0 Bill Ranford win on Feb. 14, 1996 and last home blanking by Carolina a 2-0 Sean Burke victory on Apr. 13, 1996.
MILESTONES APPROACHING
Jimmy Hayes is 2 points short of his 100th NHL point.
Dominic Moore is 3 goals shy of his 100th NHL goal.
INJURIES (96 total man-games lost)
Matt Beleskey – Right knee; 6 wks from time of 12/3 injury; Has missed 10 games (IR)
John-Michael Liles – Concussion; Has missed 13 games (IR)
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