I'll pretty this up when I get home from an appointment!
I'll pretty this up when I get home from an appointment!
You mentioned it was your first time in that Arena, hey? It's gorgeous. Not a bad seat in the house and the lighting is unreal.
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Tonight's Officials
Referees Brad Watson (23), Gord Dwyer (19)
Linesmen Libor Suchanek (60), Greg Devorski (54)
TONIGHT’S GAME
The Bruins visit the Oilers tonight in the 2nd and final game between these teams this season and the Bruins’ lone visit to Rogers Place this year … The Bruins are 4-2-0 this season and are 1-2-0 on the road … They are 1-1-0 vs. both Pacific Division and Western Conference teams.
The Bruins are playing game 2 of their 4-game road trip tonight (0-1-0 so far) … They will continue in VAN (10/20) and OTT (10/23) before returning home to host PHI on 10/25.
The Bruins conclude tonight their 2nd of 14 sets of back-to-back games this season … They are currently 0-2-0 in the 1st game of those series and are 1-0-0 in the 2nd games so far.
They are also playing game 2 of their 1st of 17 sets of 3-games-in-4-nights this season … They are 0-1-0 in the 1st game, 0-0-0 in the 2nd and 0-0-0 in the 3rd games of those series so far
MILESTONES APPROACHING
Zdeno Chara is playing his 900th game as a Bruin tonight, becoming the 6th player in team history to reach that milestone.
John Moore’s next point will be the 100th of his NHL career.
Zdeno Chara is 4 goals shy of his 200th NHL goal. Patrice Bergeron is 5 goals short of his 300th NHL goal
INJURIES (Total man-games lost in 2018-19: 6)
Torey Krug: Left ankle injury suffered 9/29 vs. PHI; Will be re-evaluated in 3 weeks. (IR)
BOSTON vs EDMONTON, LIFETIME SERIES
The Bruins and Oilers are meeting for the 77th time in their histories with the Bruins having a 47-20-6-3 record and 279-219 scoring edge in those games.
The Bruins are 20-12-3-2 lifetime in Edmonton with each team scoring 122 goals in those 37 contests.
The Bruins have won their last two games between these teams, including a 4-1 win in Boston on 10/11 in the 1st game of this season’s series, and they are now 15-3-3 in their last 21 games overall vs. the Oilers … They are 6-1-2 in their last 9 visits to Edmonton with their lone regulation loss in that span a 7-4 setback on Mar. 16, 2017.
Faceoff will be delayed - Tonight is Oilers home opener.
Dropping Bjork, Why ?
Well that's insane.Tonight is Oilers home opener.
Basically 3 amazing players vs. 1 amazing player and crap vs. crap.