The Bruins are back at home at the TD Garden to finish up the home-and-home with the Buffalo Sabres and closeout the season series between the two teams. Thursday nights game was especially chippy due to a late hit on David Backes by William Carrier and the incomplete throwdown (thanks, officials) between Adam McQuaid and Carrier.
Backes did not practice with the team on Friday and is officially “questionable” with an upper body injury, with which he left the game on Thursday night. Bruins head coach Claude Julien indicated that Backes is still being evaluated by the team doctors and will play when they deem him fit to do so.
LINES:
BRUINS FORWARDS:
With Backes being out, the lines will be all sorts of interesting.
#NHLBruins lines in warmups:
Marchand—Bergeron—Pastrnak
Spooner—Krejci—Vatrano
Schaller—Czarnik—Nash
Blidh—Moore—Hayes— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) December 31, 2016
BRUINS DEFENSE:
The defense seems more stable since there are no injuries other than John-Michael Liles’ UBI.
#NHLBruins defense in warmups:
Chara—Carlo
Krug—McQuaid
K. Miller—C. Miller— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) December 31, 2016
BRUINS GOALIES:
Rask
Khudobin
SABRES FORWARDS:
Foligno – Eichel – Moulson
Girgensons – Reinhart – Okposo
Kane – Larsson – Gionta
Deslauriers – Grant – Bailey
SABRES DEFENSE:
McCabe – Ristolainen
Bogosian – Franson
Gorges – Falk
SABRES GOALIES:
Lehner
Nilsson
2 U’s, 2 K’s, 2 points!
And 2 wins in a row against BuffaLOL!
A good way to end the year! Now they just need to keep it up in 2017!
B’s are doing a good job of shutting this one down in the third.
Apparently, it’s official – Backes is concussed & out indefinitely.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo
Oof.
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#vulnerableminute
This soft ban on fighting is… Something.
FTFY
Exactly
Is it just me, or has the officiating been seriously fucked up this season?
Maybe this is why? (hint: look to the right of the goalie)
http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/blue-jackets-fan-refs.jpg
Go home refs, you’re drunk!
Those guys were at the game I went to at Nationwide. I asked Stripes on FB if they were related to him.
I remember that!
That’s gotta be the answer!
Bitches love Tim Schaller.
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WOOOOOO!!!!!! Medieval nuns gone wild for Schaller!!!
Sheesh.
This thread.
Well, that was a nice PP, wasn’t it?
It’s good to see Bergy getting back to being his saintly self!
