Tonight's Officials
Referees Brian Pochmara (16), Dan O'Rourke (9)
Linesmen Kyle Flemington (55), Brandon Gawryletz (64)
Ntl. Anthem Nicole Raviv
TONIGHT’S GAME - The Bruins visit the Islanders tonight in the 1st of 8 games between these teams this season and the 1st of 4 to be played at Nassau Coliseum this year. - The Bruins are concluding tonight a three-game road trip (1-0-1 thus far) ... They will next return to Boston for a four-game home stretch on 1/21 &1/23 vs. Philadelphia &1/26 &1/28 vs. Pittsburgh. - Tonight’s game is 1 of just 6 games this season in which the Bruins will not play a consecutive games set vs. the same opponent ... The others are 2/13 at NYI, 2/21 vs. PHI, 2/25 at NYI, 3/7 vs. PHI &3/9 at NYI.
RECENT GAMES - 1/14 ... BOS 3 at NJ 2/Shootout ... The Bruins opened their season with a 3-2 shootout win with Brad Marchand figuring in all goals (1-1=2 plus deciding shootout goal) &Nick Ritchie scoring Boston’s 2nd goal ... Tuukka Rask made 20 saves for the win in goal ... It was their 7th win in their last 9 season openers &was their 1st season opener to go to OT since 10/8/2003 (3-3 tie vs. NJ) ... SOG: BOS 37, NJ 22 ... PP: 2/5 ... PK: 0/5 - 1/16 ... BOS 1 at NJ 2/OT ... The Bruins went to OT for a 2nd straight game, dropping a 2-1 decision on an Egor Sharangovich goal with 0:02 remaining in the extra session ... Patrice Bergeron scored Boston’s lone goal with a SH strike ... Jaroslav Halak took the point in goal ... SOG: BOS 28, NJ 31 ... PP: 0/2 ... PK: 0/3
MILESTONES APPROACHING - Brandon Carlo is playing his 300th NHL game tonight. - Matt Grzelcyk is playing his his 200th NHL game tonight. - David Pastrnak’s next assist will be the 200th of his NHL career. - Ondrej Kase is three points shy of his 100th NHL point. - Nick Ritchie is four games shy of his 300th NHL game.
INJURIES (Total man-games lost in 2019-20: 1) - Ondrej Kase – upper body, doubtful - David Pastrnak &Karson Kuhlman begin this season as Injured, Non-roster players
BOSTON vs NEW YORK, LIFETIME SERIES - The Bruins and Islanders are meeting for the 173rd time in their histories with the Bruins having a 92-54-21-5 record and 585-487 scoring advantage in those games. - The Bruins are 45-30-10-2 vs. the Islanders lifetime on the road with a 290-259 scoring edge in those 87 contests. - The Bruins have taken points out of their last 10 games vs. the Islanders at 9-0-1 with their last regulation loss of this series a 4-0 home setback on 1/16/2017 ... They have won their last 10 games in New York &are 13-1-0 in their last 14 road games of this series with their lone loss in that span a 3-1 setback on 11/2/2013 ... They are 14-2-1 in their last 17 games overall &are 18-2-1 in their last 21 road contests vs. the Islanders.
Last edited:
