BRUINS GDT GAME 79 - A Night with the Jersey Devils - ABC, ESPN+, 98.5 WBZ-FM

[Fenway]

GDT designed by @Alicat

Tonight's Officials

Referees TJ Luxmore (21), Mitch Dunning (20)
Linesmen Matt MacPherson (83), Libor Suchanek (60)

Boston Bruins (61-12-5 127 points) vs. New Jersey Devils (50-21-8 108 points)
8:00 pm ET

Streaming: ESPN+
National TV: ABC
Boston Radio: 98.5 FM The Sports Hub
New Jersey Radio: Devils Hockey Net

TD Garden, Boston, MA

TONIGHT’S GAME - The Bruins host the Devils tonight in the 3rd and final game between these teams this season and New Jersey’s lone visit to TD Garden. - They are 61-12-5 overall this season and they are 32-4-3 on home ice ... The Bruins are 36-7-3 vs Eastern Conference opponents. - They are the 4th team in NHL history with a 60-win season (62, 1995-96 DET; 62, 2018-19 TB; 60, 1976-77 MTL) ... Boston’s win total at the 64-game mark were the fastest 50 wins in NHL history and they set the team’s all-time wins mark at 59 and points mark at 123. - The Bruins are playing their14th and final 14 set of back-to-back games this weekend … They are 11-0-2 in the 1st game of those sets and are 10-3-0 in the 2nd games so far. - The Bruins conclude their 2-game home stand vs, New Jersey tonight ... They will close out their regular season in Philadelphia on 4/9, vs. Washington on 4/11 and in Montreal on 4/13.

MILESTONES APPROACHING - Tomas Nosek is 2 points short of his 100th NHL point. - Taylor Hall is 7 points shy of his 700th NHL point.

INJURIES (Total man-games lost in 2022-23: 136) - David Krejci: Undisclosed - Derek Forbort: Lower body (LTIR) - Nick Foligno: Lower body (LTIR)

BOSTON vs NEW JERSEY, LIFETIME SERIES - The Bruins are playing their 175th game of this lifetime series with a 97-45-19-13 record and a 576-448 scoring edge in those games. - They are 51-23-8-6 in 88 lifetime home games vs. New Jersey with a 308-240 margin in those contests.

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Pastrnak's OT Winner Secures Bruins' 61st Win of Season

Linus Ullmark
47 GP | 38-6-0-1 | .937 Sv% | 1.90 GAA | 2 SO | 1 G | 1 Pt. | 2 PIM

Vitek Vanecek
51 GP | 32-11-0-4 | .910 Sv% | 2.46 GAA | 3 SO | 2 A | 2 Pts. | 2 PIM

Rest in Peace Keith!

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[RI.B FAN]

ITS ON!!, Go get em boys!!

And Thank You Fenway!

 

[Bruinaura]

Saw on Reddit that five years ago today was Rene's last regular season anthem.

Five years already?????

 

[lopey]

Saw on Reddit that five years ago today was Rene's last regular season anthem.

Five years already?????

Wow. Loved Rene but Todd is so much better.

 

[Ace0813]

I’m glad to have Hall back in the lineup. I’m not so sure I agree with coach’s lines, however. Would’ve been nice to see Hall-Coyle-Bert.

 

[Fenway]

Wow. Loved Rene but Todd is so much better.

Rene was very good when he was young - Here is audio of the first time he sang at a sporting event.

 

[Bruinfanatic]

I’m glad to have Hall back in the lineup. I’m not so sure I agree with coach’s lines, however. Would’ve been nice to see Hall-Coyle-Bert.

Coach tends to switch things up,during game so we might.

 

[TP]

I'm scared!!

 

[Mione134]

Get the win. Don't get hurt. Continue to improve. That's all I ask. Welcome back Hallsy. Would be great to get him and Marchy going here as we push towards the playoffs.

Heads up! Play smart. Give us a fun game at least!


You know the drill!

 

[Guelph Bruin]

I’m glad to have Hall back in the lineup. I’m not so sure I agree with coach’s lines, however. Would’ve been nice to see Hall-Coyle-Bert.

Me too kind of...I think that will be the line when David is back but I think the lineup tonight might be the best to win this game ..and chase history

 

[Boston Bandit]

 

[GahdenRinkRat]

On my way to the Gahden to meet @Ladyfan
slowly via the Mostly Broken Transportation Authority Be interested to see how Hallsy looks, hoping we sit Carlo tomorrow for no other reason than superstition of not having him get jammed in some weird way right before the playoffs…no further injuries please and help Linus keep his stats looking superb

Here we go Here we go!!

 

[sooshii]

 

[goldnblack]

The more they play Bertuzzi-Zacha-Pasta the more convinced I am we'll be watching that line for 4-5 more years

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

I'm glad Hall is back, but how effective will he be? Wasn't he slumping for a while even before he went out with the injury? I could be mistaking him for another player, I can't remember.

 

[goldnblack]

I'm glad Hall is back, but how effective will he be? Wasn't he slumping for a while even before he went out with the injury? I could be mistaking him for another player, I can't remember.

He will be 67.4% effective. Then next game 82.6% effective. THEN he's gonna be in the 90's.

Just enough time to be ready for the playoffs.

 

[Bruinaura]

 

[Johnny4778]

Dancing with the Devil….My grandfather was a minister and huge Bruins fan.. he was so upset when the devils came into the league.

I'm glad Hall is back, but how effective will he be? Wasn't he slumping for a while even before he went out with the injury? I could be mistaking him for another player, I can't remember.

Slumps on a team with tremendous depth and one that had the president trophy pretty much locked earlier February are ok. That’s what makes this team special when one person is in a slump .. three or four other guys aren’t. This is about Hall getting some reps and legs before the playoffs. When the points aren’t there Hall still works hard.. plays great defense, and gets puck possession time which equates to grinding the other team down.

 

[Bruinaura]

On my way to the Gahden to meet @Ladyfan
slowly via the Mostly Broken Transportation Authority Be interested to see how Hallsy looks, hoping we sit Carlo tomorrow for no other reason than superstition of not having him get jammed in some weird way right before the playoffs…no further injuries please and help Linus keep his stats looking superb

Here we go Here we go!!

Lots of pics please!!

 

[Bruinaura]

And he's getting the playoff beard ready

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

I'm glad Hall is back, but how effective will he be? Wasn't he slumping for a while even before he went out with the injury? I could be mistaking him for another player, I can't remember.

He had been playing with the injury for a while. Decided to finally shut him down for a bit - I’m sure it had nothing to do with the trade deadline though

 

[spylogic3]

Was it ever revealed what type of injury Hall was dealing with, besides calling it a LBI?

 

[goldnblack]

Was it ever revealed what type of injury Hall was dealing with, besides calling it a LBI?

Too much heart. When that happens they have to physically remove some of your heart. It's an operation nobody on the Leafs has ever had. ROR came close.

 

[Mione134]

Was it ever revealed what type of injury Hall was dealing with, besides calling it a LBI?

Whatever it is. I thought someone said he'll need off season surgery

 

[hrdpuk]

Thanks Alicat