Tonight's Officials
Referees Trevor Hanson (14), Kendrick Nicholson (30)
Linesmen Brad Kovachik (71), Trent Knorr (63)
Ntl. Anthem Rene Rancourt
TONIGHT’S GAME
The Bruins host the Rangers tonight for the second of three games between these teams and the Rangers’ lone visit of the season to TD Garden … The Bruins are 15-10-4 this season and are 9-5-2 on home ice thus far … They are 4-3-1 against Metropolitan Division foes and 6-4-3 against the Eastern Conference.
The Bruins are playing game 5 tonight in a stretch in which they play 5 of 6 games on home ice (3-0-0 so far) … They will conclude this span hosting Columbus on 12/18.
They are playing their 3rd of 16 sets of 3-games-in-4-nights and they enter this series having gone 1-2-0 in game 1s, 1-1-1 in game 2s and 1-1-0 in game 3s this season.
BOSTON vs NEW YORK, LIFETIME SERIES
The Bruins and Rangers are meeting for the 645th time in their histories with the Bruins having a 291-247-97-9 record and a 2,019- 1,876 scoring advantage in those contests.
The Bruins are 170-102-42-6 in 320 games played between the teams in Boston, with a 1,120-885 scoring edge.
The Bruins have lost their last 6 games vs. the Rangers, including a 4-2 setback in New York on 11/8 in the 1st game of this season’s series, with their last win over New York a 4-3 home win on Nov. 27, 2015 and have lost their last 2 vs. the Rangers in Boston.
Fun Fact: The Bruins have scored more goals vs. the Rangers than any other opponent, although they have played more games vs. Montreal.
WAYBACK MACHINE
MILESTONES APPROACHING
Brad Marchand is four assists shy of the 200 NHL/Bruins
assists milestone.
Torey Krug is seven points short of his 200th NHL/Bruins point.
INJURIES (Total man-games lost in 2017-18: 128)
Adam McQuaid – Broken right fibula suffered 10/19 vs VAN Peter Cehlarik – Lower body, missed last 8 games
Ryan Spooner – Lower body, missed last 4 games
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