Game Day Thread: Bruins at Lightning

Tonight regular season hockey starts up again with the Bruins visiting the Lightning down in Tampa.

There was speculation with Anton Khudobin called up from Providence that he would start tonight but Tuukka Rask was first off the ice after this morning’s practice. I was hoping he could get some actual rest, you know, for tomorrow night.

Tuukka Rask was the first goalie off the ice at morning skate.

— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) January 31, 2017

Also curious, Dominic Moore led the stretch this morning because he has played for ALL THE TEAMS apparently, specifically for today, the Bolts.

Speaking of Tampa, they are not fairing well this season, currently sitting at 6th in the Atlantic and out of the playoffs. They have two notable injuries right now, forwards Steven Stamkos and Ryan Callahan, which may contribute to their losing ways. The Bruins are injury-free!

LINES

BRUINS FORWARDS:

Marchand – Bergeron – Pastrnak
Vatrano – Krejci – Backes
Beleskey – Spooner – Nash
Schaller – Moore – Hayes

BRUINS DEFENSE:

Chara – Carlo
Krug – McQuaid
Killer – Chiller

BRUINS GOALTENDERS:

Rask
Khudobin

LIGHTNING FORWARDS:

Palat – Namestnikov – Kucherov
Boyle – Filppula – Drouin
Killorn – Johnson – Point
Dumont – Paquette – Brown

LIGHTNING DEFENSE:

Hedman – Dotchin
Coburn – Stralman
Garrison – Sustr

LIGHTNING GOALTENDERS:

Bishop
Vasilevskiy