Tonight's Officials
Referees Trevor Hanson (14), Garrett Rank (7)
Linesmen Brian Mach (78), Bevan Mills (53)
Ntl. Anthem - Linden, NJ Firefighter Kevin Brady
TONIGHT’S GAME
The Bruins visit the Devils tonight for the 3rd & final game between these teams this season & the 2nd of 2 of the season at Prudential Center … The Bruins are 33-12-8 this season and are 15-5-4 on the road thus far … They are 10-3-4 against Metropolitan Division foes and 22-5-6 against the Eastern Conference.
They are concluding their 10th of 14 sets of back-to-back games, as they hosted Buffalo last night, and they are currently 7-2-1 in the 1st game of those sets and 4-3-2 in the 2nd games.
They are playing game 2 of their 9th of 16 sets of 3-games-in-4-nights this season … They have gone 4-3-2 in game 1s, 5-1-2 in game 2s and 6-1-1 in game 3s of those series this season.
BOSTON vs NEW JERSEY, LIFETIME SERIES
The Bruins and Devils are meeting for the 155th time in their histories (Includes Devils franchise as Kansas City & Colorado) with the Bruins having an 84-41-19-10 record and a 511-408 scoring advantage in those contests.
The Bruins are 38-22-11-4 in 75 road games played between the teams, with a 229-186 scoring edge in those games.
The Bruins are 9-2-0 in their last 11 games vs. the Devils, including a 3-2 shootout road win on 11/22 & 3-2 victory in Boston on 1/23 in the 1st 2 games of this season’s series, and are 21-5-0 overall in the last 26 games of this lifetime series … They are 7-3-0 on their last 10 road games vs. the Devils.
Fun Fact – The Bruins are 32-21-6-4 vs. the Devils since they relocated to New Jersey in 1982 … 15 of the last 18 games between these teams have been decided by 2 goals or less, including 13 one-goal decisions.
MILESTONES APPROACHING
Ryan Spooner is 1 assist shy of his 100th NHL assist
INJURIES (Total injury man-games lost in 2017-18: 181)
Noel Acciari – Lower body, has missed 7 games (IR)
Anders Bjork – Upper body, has missed 5 games (IR)
Kevan Miller – Upper body, has missed 4 games
Frank Vatrano – Lower body, has missed 2 games