GDT: 11/2: Game #11: Feeling Lucky: Bruins vs. Vegas Golden Knights 7pm ET NESN, TVAS, SN ,SN360, 98.5 FM

[Alicat]

Boston Bruins (4-3-3 11 points) vs. Las Vegas Golden Knights (8-3-0 16 points)

Boston TV/Radio: NESN(HD), 98.5 The Sports Hub FM
Las Vegas TV/Radio: TVAS, SN, SN360

TD Garden, Boston, MA

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[Gee Wally]

thanks Ali............

 

[VanIsle]

Can't wait to see the Heinen-Szwarz-Bjork line, either youth prevails or it crashes and burns, I am going with option #1.

 

[Fenway]

Thanks Ali

 

[Sheppy]

70-2 for the Golden Knights. Thankfully I'll be on a flight down to Edmonton to take in a weekend of hockey.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

That is dreadful. One first line and three fourth lines.

It's against an AHL back up and a not great roster fortunately so maybe a win still.

 

[TheReal13Linseman]

We used to be a team with a #1 line, a #2 line and two #4 lines. Now, we're a team with a #1 line and three #4 lines. Yikes.

Bad luck and two bad Donny signings got us here.

Gonna be a long winter.

 

[Fenway]

 

[Hali33]

Hopefully the Bruins are able to take advantage of the revolving door of Vegas goaltenders.

 

[BMC]

Ooooo...those lines look painful.

 

[Pia8988]

Lagace is not good

 

[missingchicklet]

Bs are going to have to put up goals. Vegas may have goalie issues, but they are still not having trouble scoring. Hopefully the top line for the Bs comes up big and the D-men chip in.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

I feel like we are due for a Pasta hat trick

 

[Alicat]

I almost posted this pic from Fluto for the Bruins lines

Dots are only good for making molecules

 

[missingchicklet]

I almost posted this pic from Fluto for the Bruins lines

Dots are only good for making molecules

That's one hell of a defensive first-pairing. Definitely trying to balance out the forward lines.

 

[s3antana5757]

I almost posted this pic from Fluto for the Bruins lines

Dots are only good for making molecules

I think you've got right twix playing the left side.

 

[LouJersey]

Vegas goalie is terrible. Congrats to Swarz for getting the call up.

 

[Bruinaura]

I almost posted this pic from Fluto for the Bruins lines

Dots are only good for making molecules

Marchand is definitely Skittles, but I'd use a Lindt truffle for Bergeron. Smooth.

 

[GlenFeatherstone]

Tootsie roll is clearly a top 6 candy. Getting the shaft as a 4th liner.

 

[Alicat]

Crunch should be Millsy

Lifesavers, Sourpatch Kids and Dots are the worst candy to get on Halloween. It’s all about the chocolate

 

[wintersej]

I almost posted this pic from Fluto for the Bruins lines

Dots are only good for making molecules

Very strong up the middle. Good top 3 D. Butterfinger just doesn't have the same chemistry as its line mates.

 

[wintersej]

You hope the Bergeron line pops a couple and the rest play 0-0 hockey. Probably not going to be pretty.

 

[Caper Bruins fan]

Can't wait to see the Heinen-Szwarz-Bjork line, either youth prevails or it crashes and burns, I am going with option #1.

So what can we expect from Szwarz ? I am curious to see what this line will bring also .

 

[Square Hammer*]

We used to be a team with a #1 line, a #2 line and two #4 lines. Now, we're a team with a #1 line and three #4 lines. Yikes.

Bad luck and two bad Donny signings got us here.

Gonna be a long winter.

Ehhh, it’s more injuries than anything. Of course the offense is going to look like crap without Krejci, Backes, and Spooner.

On the plus side- this will only further help the development of Heinen, DeBrusk, and Bjork.

 

[Fenway]

Tonight's Officials

Referees Chris Lee (28), Garrett Rank (7)
Linesmen David Brisebois (96), Derek Amell (75)

Ntl. Anthem Steven Tyler



WAYBACK MACHINE



BOSTON vs VEGAS, LIFETIME SERIES

The Bruins and Golden Knights are meeting for the 2nd time in their histories with the Bruins having a 0-1-0 record. - Vegas beat Boston 3-1 in the teams’ first-ever matchup on Oct. 15 at T-Mobile Arena … Alex Tuch led the Golden Knights with a goal and an assist, while Malcolm Subban made 21 saves for his first career NHL win … David Pastrnak had the Bruins’ lone goal. The Bruins have a 70-18-9-1 lifetime record vs. all expansion teams from the 1967 expansion forward in their cumulative first seasons of play.

TONIGHT’S GAME

The Bruins wrap up the season series with Vegas tonight with the Golden Knights’ first-ever visit to TD Garden … The Bruins are 4-3- 3 this season and are 3-1-2 at home thus far … They are 3-1-1 against Pacific Division foes and 4-3-1 against the Western Conference. - The Bruins are playing the first of three straight games at home tonight, as they will welcome the Washington Capitals to TD Garden on Saturday followed by the Minnesota Wild on Monday.

INJURIES (Total man-games lost in 2017-18: 38)

Noel Acciari – Left index finger surgery, approx. 6 wks from 10/5 vs NSH (IR)
Ryan Spooner – B groin adductor tear, approx. 6 wks from 10/15 at VGK (IR)
Adam McQuaid – Broken right fibula, approx. 8 wks from 10/19 vs VAN (IR)
David Krejci – Upper body suffered 10/19 vs VAN, wk-to-wk
Anton Khudobin – Lower body suffered in practice 10/29, day-to-day
David Backes – Will undergo surgery on 11/2 to remove a portion of his colon, expected to miss 8 wks

Saddled with the first losing streak of their brief existence, the goalie-starved Vegas Golden Knights visit the Boston Bruins on Thursday night for their third road game in four nights. The Golden Knights, who left Nevada with an 8-1-0 overall mark after finishing a 6-1-0 homestand, were blanked in a two-game trip into New York. They lost 6-3 to the Islanders in Brooklyn on Monday after leading 2-1 late in the second period and then squandered a two-goal third-period lead and fell 6-4 to the Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday.

Maxime Lagace finished the game against the Islanders after Oscar Dansk became the third Knights' goalie to go down with an injury -- joining Marc-Andre Fleury (concussion) and former Bruin Malcolm Subban (lower body). The club summoned Dylan Ferguson from the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League, where he was playing the first season of a three-year entry level contract after being acquired from the Dallas Stars. Fleury, Subban and Dansk all posted wins in the fast start and it looked like Lagace might have joined the list in his first NHL start on Tuesday night.

"Max played great. He played fine," coach Gerard Gallant said. "He gave up five goals (the sixth was an empty netter) but they weren't on him."
Gallant liked the way his team played for two periods against the struggling Rangers, but said the Knights then "played like an expansion team."

Vegas yielded just 19 goals in the 8-1-0 start.

While the Knights have lost two straight, the Bruins have taken points in three of their last four games but are just 1-0-3 over that span. Tuukka Rask, who has lost five straight, fell in a shootout on Monday after his team rallied from three goals down to force overtime and is just 21-29 all-time in the talent competition.

"Sometimes you need that ugly truth," Patrice Bergeron said of the start to the game. "Every second of that first period we didn't like. We didn't compete, we didn't play well. We got back in the game, but then maybe we would have had more if we started from the drop of the puck. Hopefully we can learn from that."

This loss came two nights after Rask and the Bruins (4-3-3) were stunned by a last-second overtime defeat that saw the Los Angeles Kings score off a faceoff in the Boston zone with nine-tenths of a second remaining. The Bruins, who have been dealing with all kinds of injury and illness, learned on Wednesday they would be without veteran David Backes, who is having surgery to remove part of his colon after his bout with diverticulitis. With David Krejci (back) still not on the ice for practice Wednesday, Jordan Szwarz was recalled from Providence of the American Hockey League. Zane McIntyre was recalled on an emergency basis because backup goalie Anton Khudobin is battling a lower-body injury. Rask won his first start of the season and has gone 0-3-2 since. He has a 2.93 goals-against average and .898 save percentage -- neither stat pointing to a good start.

Former Bruins Reilly Smith and Colin Miller make their return to the TD Garden with the Knights. Smith scored two goals against the Rangers and has four goals and five assists, while Miller, a defenseman with a big shot, has two goals and six assists and is a minus-1.
The Knights continue their road trip at Ottawa in a Saturday matinee, while the Bruins host the Washington Capitals that night.









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