Pre-Game Talk: Game 8-10/28 - An Original 6 Rivalry Renewed - Boston Bruins vs. The Winged Wheel - 7pm ET - NESN, 98.5 FM
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Saturday, October 28 (Warrior Ice Arena | TD Garden)
- Optional pre-game skate, 11 a.m. (Warrior Ice Arena)
- Head Coach Jim Montgomery and select players available to media as early as 11 a.m.
- Game vs. Detroit Red Wings, 7 p.m. (TD Garden | TV: NESN | Radio: 98.5)
- Head Coach Jim Montgomery and select players available to media following the game
- Optional pre-game skate, 11 a.m. (Warrior Ice Arena)
- Head Coach Jim Montgomery and select players available to media as early as 11 a.m.
- Game vs. Detroit Red Wings, 7 p.m. (TD Garden | TV: NESN | Radio: 98.5)
- Head Coach Jim Montgomery and select players available to media following the game
Hopefully I'll get to watch this one...house just switched from DirecTV to Dish and the Cave is in RedWings blackout territory.
McGarnagle
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I'd think they'd keep the rotation and start Sway, especially coming off the first loss of the year.
Agreed, also have the Panthers right away on Monday night, keep that tendie rotation going, seems to work.
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Blow it up
Boston was one of three teams with an unblemished record entering Thursday, when it surrendered a two-goal lead with two minutes remaining in a 4-3 overtime loss to Anaheim.
The Bruins could have set a new franchise record with seven consecutive wins to begin a season. Instead, it's back to the drawing board ahead of a key matchup.
"Well, those are games you want to finish the right way and those are points you need down the stretch," Boston forward Charlie Coyle said. "It's tough to win this league. You're never out of it. We've got to learn from it."
Second-period goals by Coyle, Matt Grzelcyk and David Pastrnak put Boston in a strong position, but an inability to extend the lead and struggles in the closing minutes led to what coach Jim Montgomery described as an "inexcusable" defeat.
But there is no time to rest. The final three games of Boston's four-game homestand are all against Atlantic Division foes in the Red Wings, Florida Panthers and Toronto Maple Leafs.
"We've got three real good teams coming in and we'll see where we stand in our own division," Montgomery said. "I think our division is really competitive top to bottom, so (they're) going to be good tests for us coming up."
Montgomery had hoped to keep his lines together to help generate chemistry, but injuries to Milan Lucic and Jakub Lauko have forced him to change course. Patrick Brown has played several games on the fourth line.
Lauko will be out at least a week after taking a skate to the face Tuesday in Chicago. The coach expects Lucic, who took a puck off his foot last Saturday in Los Angeles, to miss "a minimum of a couple of weeks."
Boston's true goalie rotation should continue, meaning Jeremy Swayman would get the Saturday start.
Detroit had posted points in six consecutive games before Thursday's 4-1 loss to Winnipeg, in which Lucas Raymond scored the team's lone goal.
"I don't think our process was off (on Thursday)," Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde said. "Probably didn't have enough energy throughout. We had pushes but it wasn't push, push, push the whole time."
Despite the loss, Dylan Larkin continued to produce. An assist on Raymond's goal made him the first Red Wing since Henrik Zetterberg in 2007-08 to record points in at least the first eight games of a season.
Larkin's linemate, Alex DeBrincat, has made an impact in his debut season with Detroit. The NHL's First Star of the Week logged five goals and eight points in four games last week, but he has one goal while the Red Wings have gone 0-1-1 since.
Before Winnipeg, the Wings lost 5-4 in overtime to Seattle on Tuesday.
"You want to find ways to not get extended streaks like that," Lalonde said. "Again, I'm not alarmed (about the past two games) in that we did do some pretty good things."
Detroit will look to return to the winning track as it heads out for consecutive games on the road.
"It's not going to be perfect all the time," forward David Perron said. "That's why I'm excited heading into the next game and seeing how we react."
A PP operating at over 40%.
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So according to CF, the Bruins recalled Zboril & Lohrei while sending down Brown & Boqvist. With Lucic in LTIR this gives us 11F & 8D.
Kegs
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An 8 man defence I really really like. It’s a lot better than it was to start the season and it’s a lot better than last season.
I’ve seen a couple tweets saying that perhaps Oskar Steen was getting called up. As the President of the Oskar Steen fan club this would make me so very happy.
They have enough to sign Heinen. I guess we will see in a little bit at morning skate.
I will be there tonight so the have to win bc well they do lol
I would like to see Steen in there more than Heinen
Saxon Eric
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Im not buying the dead wings hype, I hope Mac smashes Larkin tonight
Good test against a hungry wings team. They want to prove they are a playoff team. Guys better be ready right away.
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Potsy needs to have a good game. I'm getting nervous that they may want to send him back.
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