Tonight's Officials
Referees Dan O'Rourke (9), Kendrick Nicholson (30)
Linesmen Andrew Smith (51), Scott Driscoll (68)
Ntl. Anthem Rene Rancourt
TONIGHT’S GAME
The Bruins host the Flames tonight for the 1st of 2 games between these teams this season & Calgary’s lone visit of the year to TD Garden … The Bruins are 34-12-8 this season and are 18-7-4 on home ice thus far … They are 7-4-1 against Pacific Division foes and 11-7-2 against the Western Conference.
They are concluding their 9th of 16 sets of 3-games-in-4-nights this season … They have gone 4-3-2 in game 1s, 6-1-2 in game 2s and 6-1-1 in game 3s of those series this season.
BOSTON vs CALGARY, LIFETIME SERIES
The Bruins and Flames are meeting for the 106th time in their histories (includes Flames franchise as Atlanta) with the Bruins having a 58-33-10-4 record and a 363-318 scoring advantage in those contests.
The Bruins are 33-13-6-2 in 54 home games played between the teams, with a 190-139 scoring edge in those games.
The Bruins and Flames split last season’s series with each team winning their road game and Boston is 7-1-3 in their last 11 games overall vs. Calgary … They are 5-1-1 in their last 7 of this lifetime series on home ice & are 8-2-2 in their last 12 vs. the Flames in Boston.
MILESTONES APPROACHING
David Pastrnak is 6 assists shy of his 100th NHL assist
INJURIES (Total injury man-games lost in 2017-18: 184)
Anders Bjork – Upper body, has missed 6 games (IR)
Kevan Miller – Upper body, has missed 5 games
Frank Vatrano – Lower body, has missed 3 games