Tonight's Officials
Referees Dan O'Halloran (13), Chris Schlenker (48)
Linesmen Brian Murphy (93), Matt MacPherson (83) Supervisor
Ntl. Anthem Rene Rancourt
TONIGHT’S GAME
The Bruins host the Flyers tonight for the 2nd of 3 games between these teams this season & the Flyers’ lone appearance of the season at TD Garden … The Bruins are 41-15-8 this season and are 23-7-4 on home ice thus far … They are 13-3-4 against Metropolitan Division foes and 28-7-6 against the Eastern Conference.
The Bruins are playing game 5 tonight of 6-game home stand, their longest of the season (4-0-0), concluding with Chicago on 3/10 … They will then face a 4-game road trip to Chicago (3/11), Carolina (3/13), Florida (3/15) & Tampa (3/17) before returning home to host Columbus on 3/19.
BOSTON vs PHILADELPHIA, LIFETIME SERIES
The Bruins and Flyers are meeting for the 194th time in their histories with the Bruins having a 104-60-21-8 record and a 636-561 scoring advantage in those contests.
The Bruins are 57-24-11-5 in 97 home games played between these teams with a 342-265 scoring edge in those games.
The Bruins have taken points out of 12 of the last 13 games of this lifetime series at 10-1-2, including a 3-0 win in Philadelphia on 12/2 in the 1st game of this season’s series & a 4-0-1 mark in their last five meetings, & are 19-4-3 in their last 26 games vs. the Flyers overall … They carry a 7-0-1 home point streak vs. Philadelphia into tonight’s game with their last regulation loss in Boston a 2-1 setback on 10/6/11.
WAYBACK MACHINE
INJURIES/ SUSPENSION (Total injury man-games lost in 2017-18: 205)
Patrice Bergeron – fractured right foot suffered 2/25 at BUF, has missed 4 games
Charlie McAvoy – strained MCL left knee suffered 3/3 vs MTL, has missed 1 game
Anders Bjork – 2/21 shoulder surgery, has missed 15 games (IR)
David Backes - Serving game 1 of 3-game NHL-imposed suspension for interference 3/6 vs DET
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