Officials
BRUINS MEDIA NOTES
SENATORS MEDIA NOTES
NHL STATS FOR GAME 56
Referees Corey Syvret (23), Kendrick Nicholson (30)
Linesmen Bryan Pancich (94), Caleb Apperson (77)
TODAY’S GAME - The Bruins host the Senators today in the 3rd of 4 games between these teams this season and the 1st of two games of this series at TD Garden. - The Bruins are 42-8-5 overall this season and they are 23-2-3 on home ice ... The Bruins are 24-6-3 vs Eastern Conference opponents. - They are playing today their 8th of 16 matinees this season (local start time 4:00 pm or earlier) … They have a 5-1-1 record in afternoon games so far. - The Bruins conclude a two-game home stand today vs the Senators ... They will then face a 4-game road trip to Seattle on 2/23, Vancouver on 2/25, Edmonton on 2/27 and Calgary on 2/28.
MILESTONES APPROACHING - Jake DeBrusk is 1 assist shy of his 100th NHL assist. - Matt Grzelcyk is 4 assists short of his 100th NHL assist.
INJURIES (Total man-games lost in 2022-23: 72) - Tomas Nosek: Non-displaced fracture in left foot - Vinni Lettieri: Lower body injury suffered in practice
BOSTON vs OTTAWA, LIFETIME SERIES - The Bruins and Senators are meeting for the 152nd time in their histories with the Bruins having an 87-44-8-12 record and 479-377 scoring edge in those games. - They are 46-21-5-4 vs. Ottawa on home ice with a 259-193 scoring advantage.
League-leading Boston has won three straight after cruising to Saturday's 6-2 win over the Islanders, its first home action since losing to Washington a week earlier.
"(Last Saturday) we didn't get one here coming back off the break and it ticked us off," Bruins forward Nick Foligno said. "Something we talked about at the start of the year was being a real hard team at home. ... We wanted to get back to that (Saturday)."
It was a memorable Saturday for the Bruins. Not only did Trent Frederic score twice and captain Patrice Bergeron assured his 10th consecutive 20-goal season, but Jake DeBrusk posted a goal and an assist as he returned from a 17-game absence due to hand and lower-body injuries.
It all added up to the seventh six-goal effort of the season for Boston, which is a whopping 23-2-3 at home.
"It's fun having some of the older guys in here," Foligno said. "I think we realize how special this team is (having been) around a long time. This is something we haven't seen before. We're cherishing this and we're not going to let it go to waste."
DeBrusk provided an immediate boost to the lineup as he returned to his positions on the top line -- alongside linemates Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand -- and power-play unit.
"The poise in and around the net, he's high end," Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said.
When they take the ice Monday, the Bruins will look to bounce back against an Ottawa team that they have yet to beat this season. However, this will be the first of the two meetings in Boston to complete the head-to-head series.
The Senators handed Boston its first loss of the season in a wild 7-5 affair on Oct. 18 and then nabbed a 3-2 shootout win on Dec. 27.
Ottawa has notched points in its last four games (3-0-1) after rolling to a 7-2 Sunday win over St. Louis.
Tim Stutzle (two goals, one assist), Alex DeBrincat and Brady Tkachuk (one goal, two assists each) all had three points in the Senators' most prolific offensive showing since the initial meeting with Boston.
"There's so many times when you don't win that you shake your head that our best players weren't our best players," Ottawa coach D.J. Smith said. "When they are, you usually win."
Ottawa scored four goals in the second period and two in the third on Sunday, with Ridly Greig's first career goal in his ninth NHL game concluding the scoring.
"As a team, we're playing way better than we did and we're holding onto pucks and making plays. It's a lot of fun right now," Stutzle said.
Two days earlier, the Senators suffered their only loss of their current streak, falling 4-3 in overtime to Chicago, which had just 41 points as of Sunday. Only the Anaheim Ducks have fewer points.
"Our group is more mature now that they're letting games go," Smith said. "People on the outside made so much noise about losing to Chicago, but any team can beat any team. and We're witness to that."
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