Tonight's Officials
Referees Riley Brace (49), Kelly Sutherland (11)
Linespersons Mark Shewchyk (92), Libor Suchanek (60)
TONIGHT’S GAME- The Bruins host the Wild tonight in the first of two games between these teams this season and the Wild’s lone visit to TDGarden this year ... The Bruins are 26-22-6 overall this season with a 17-8-3 record on home ice.- The Bruins are opening tonight their seventh of nine sets of back-to-back games this season ... They are currently 2-4-0 in the first game of those sets and 5-0-1 in the second games so far.- The Bruins play tonight game two of their seven-game February schedule with a game vs. the Wild ... They continue with a road game tomorrow at NY Rangers and a home game on Feb. 8 vs. Vegas ... They will follow the 4-Nations break and finish the month hosting Anaheim on Feb. 22, Toronto on Feb. 25 and NY Islanders on Feb. 27.
MILESTONES APPROACHING- Charlie McAvoy is two points short of his 300th NHL point.- Jeremy Swayman is four wins shy of his 100th NHL win.- Joonas Korpisalo is six games shy of his 300th NHL game.- Jordan Oesterle is eight games short of his 400th NHL game.INJURIES- Hampus Lindholm: Lower body (LTIR)
BOSTON vs. WILD, LIFETIME SERIES- The Bruins and Wild are meeting for the 33rd time in their histories with Minnesota holding a 14-16-0-2 record and an 84-80s scoring edge in those games.- The Bruins are 6-9-0-1 vs. the Wild with the Wild having a 48-40 scoring advantage in those 16 home games.
