Tonight's Officials
Referees Gord Dwyer (19), Ghislain Hebert (22)
Linesmen Brandon Gawryletz (64), Andy McElman (90)
Ntl. Anthem Amanda Bell
Siren Sounder Pat Popolizio
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TONIGHT’S GAME
- The Bruins visit the Hurricanes tonight in the 1st of 3 games between these teams this season and Bruins’ lone visit of the season to PNC Arena … The Bruins are 33-22-6 overall and are 20-7-3 on the road … They are 11-5-1 vs. Metropolitan Division teams and are 25-12-3 vs. Eastern Conference opponents.
MILESTONES APPROACHING
- Patrice Bergeron is expected to play his 800th NHL/Bruins game tonight.
- Coach Claude Julien is 3 wins short of tying Art Ross as Boston’s all-time coaching wins leader at 387 regular season victories.
BOSTON vs CAROLINA, LIFETIME SERIES
- The Bruins and Hurricanes are meeting for the 192nd time in their franchise histories (includes Carolina as Hartford) with the Bruins having a 102-70-16-3 record and 650-556 scoring advantage in those games.
- The Bruins are 46-38-9-2 in their 95 road games of this lifetime series with a 320-306 scoring edge in those contests.
- The Bruins are 5-0-1 in their last 6 games vs. the Hurricanes with their last regulation loss to Carolina a 4-2 setback in Carolina on Apr. 13, 2013, and they are 18-7-1 in their last 26 games vs. the Hurricanes overall … They are 2-0-1 in their last 3 visits to Raleigh and are 9-4-1 in their last 14 road games of this lifetime series.
Fun Facts: The Bruins are 32-29-3-3 vs. Carolina since they relocated from Hartford at the start of the 1997-98 season and are 19-11-
2-2 in Raleigh in that span … Neither of these teams has shut out the other in Raleigh with the last road shutout by Boston a 3-0 Bill
Ranford win on Feb. 14, 1996 and last home blanking by Carolina a 2-0 Sean Burke victory on Apr. 13, 1996.
NUMBERS
0: Power play opportunities for Boston in their last game Wednesday vs. PIT … It was the 3rd game this season in which they have not had a power play chance (Dec. 22 vs STL, Jan. 21 vs VAN).
1: Loui Eriksson is the lone Bruin to play in all 61 games this season … Boston is the only team with just 1 player to appear in each of
his team’s games.