Charlie McAvoy is celebrating his 20th birthday today.
TONIGHT’S GAME
The Bruins host the Jets tonight for the first of two games between these teams and the Jets’ lone visit this season to TD Garden … The Bruins are 17-10-5 this season and are 10-5-3 on home ice thus far … They are 2-3-0 against Central Division foes and 9-6-1 against the Western Conference.
The Bruins are playing game 8 tonight of a stretch in which they play 8 of 10 games on home ice (5-1-1 so far) … They open a 3- game home stand tonight, continuing with Detroit on 12/23 and Ottawa on 12/27.
They are playing their 5th of 16 sets of 3-games-in-4-nights and they enter this series having gone 2-2-1 in game 1s, 3-1-1 in game 2s and 2-1-1 in game 3s this season.
Tonight's Officials
Referees Pierre Lambert (47), Eric Furlatt (27)
Linesmen Tony Sericolo (84), Steve Miller (89)
Ntl. Anthem Rene Rancourt
LIFETIME SERIES
The Bruins and Jets are meeting for the 60th time in their histories (includes Winnipeg as Atlanta Thrashers) with the Bruins having a 35-17-2-5 record and a 188-166 scoring edge in those contests.
The Bruins are 20-5-2-2 in 29 games played between the teams in Boston with a 104-83 scoring edge.
The Bruins are have won the last 3 games of this lifetime series and are 7-3-1 in their last 11 games overall vs. the Jets … They are 14-1-0 in their last 15 home games vs. Winnipeg with their lone loss in that span a 6-2 setback on Oct. 8, 2015.
Fun Fact: The Bruins are 9-5-1 vs. the Jets since they relocated to Winnipeg in 2011 with a 6-1-0 record in Boston.
WAYBACK MACHINE
MILESTONES APPROACHING
Brad Marchand is three assists shy of the 200 NHL/Bruins assists milestone.
Torey Krug is five points short of his 200th NHL/Bruins point.
INJURIES (Total man-games lost in 2017-18: 136)
Adam McQuaid – Broken right fibula suffered 10/19 vs VAN, missed last 26 games
Peter Cehlarik – Lower body, missed last 11 games
David Krejci – Upper body, missed last 2 games
TONIGHT’S GAME
The Bruins host the Jets tonight for the first of two games between these teams and the Jets’ lone visit this season to TD Garden … The Bruins are 17-10-5 this season and are 10-5-3 on home ice thus far … They are 2-3-0 against Central Division foes and 9-6-1 against the Western Conference.
The Bruins are playing game 8 tonight of a stretch in which they play 8 of 10 games on home ice (5-1-1 so far) … They open a 3- game home stand tonight, continuing with Detroit on 12/23 and Ottawa on 12/27.
They are playing their 5th of 16 sets of 3-games-in-4-nights and they enter this series having gone 2-2-1 in game 1s, 3-1-1 in game 2s and 2-1-1 in game 3s this season.
Tonight's Officials
Referees Pierre Lambert (47), Eric Furlatt (27)
Linesmen Tony Sericolo (84), Steve Miller (89)
Ntl. Anthem Rene Rancourt
LIFETIME SERIES
The Bruins and Jets are meeting for the 60th time in their histories (includes Winnipeg as Atlanta Thrashers) with the Bruins having a 35-17-2-5 record and a 188-166 scoring edge in those contests.
The Bruins are 20-5-2-2 in 29 games played between the teams in Boston with a 104-83 scoring edge.
The Bruins are have won the last 3 games of this lifetime series and are 7-3-1 in their last 11 games overall vs. the Jets … They are 14-1-0 in their last 15 home games vs. Winnipeg with their lone loss in that span a 6-2 setback on Oct. 8, 2015.
Fun Fact: The Bruins are 9-5-1 vs. the Jets since they relocated to Winnipeg in 2011 with a 6-1-0 record in Boston.
WAYBACK MACHINE
MILESTONES APPROACHING
Brad Marchand is three assists shy of the 200 NHL/Bruins assists milestone.
Torey Krug is five points short of his 200th NHL/Bruins point.
INJURIES (Total man-games lost in 2017-18: 136)
Adam McQuaid – Broken right fibula suffered 10/19 vs VAN, missed last 26 games
Peter Cehlarik – Lower body, missed last 11 games
David Krejci – Upper body, missed last 2 games