Tonight's Officials
Referees Brian Pochmara (16), Tom Chmielewski (18)
Linesmen Kory Nagy (97), Brandon Gawryletz (64)
Ntl. Anthem Brothers McCann
TONIGHT’S GAME
The Bruins host the Hurricanes tonight for the first of three games between these teams and the first of two at TD Garden … The Bruins are 22-10-6 this season and are 13-5-3 on home ice thus far … They are 6-3-3 against Metropolitan Division foes and 12-4-5 against the Eastern Conference.
The Bruins will next face the Penguins in Pittsburgh tomorrow before enjoying their 5-day bye break … They will return from that break to play the Canadiens in Montreal on 1/13.
They are opening tonight their 7th of 14 sets of back-to-back games this season … They are currently 4-1-1 in the 1st game of those sets and are 2-3-1 in the 2nd games so far.
BOSTON vs CAROLINA, LIFETIME SERIES
The Bruins and Hurricanes are meeting for the 198th time in their histories (includes Carolina as Hartford Whalers) with the Bruins having a 104-70-16-7 record and 664-570 scoring advantage in those contests.
The Bruins are 57-32-7-3 in 99 games played between the teams in Boston with a 335-256 scoring edge.
The Bruins have taken points out of their last 12 games vs. the Hurricanes at 7-0-5 with their last regulation loss to Carolina a 4-2 road setback on Apr. 13, 2013 … They are 5-0-2 in their last 7 vs. Carolina in Boston and they are 10-3-2 in their last 15 home games vs. the Hurricanes.
Fun Fact: The Bruins are 34-29-3-7 vs. Carolina since they relocated from Hartford at the start of the 1997-98 season.
WAYBACK MACHINE
MILESTONES APPROACHING
Torey Krug is two points short of his 200th NHL/Bruins point.
Patrice Bergeron is three points shy of his 700th NHL/Bruins point.
INJURIES (Total man-games lost in 2017-18: 153)
Adam McQuaid – Broken right fibula suffered 10/19 vs VAN, missed last 32 games
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