Game Day Thread: Devils @ Bruins

The Bruins are at home, hosting the visiting New Jersey Devils at TD Garden on NESN.

Last time in Bruins Hockey…

Bruins hosted the Caps and…

Brad Marchand would score first on a great shift from the whole 63-37-88 line.

What a feed from Patrice Bergeron — and what a finish from Brad Marchand.

1-0 Bruins. pic.twitter.com/zdM8Vudjfa

— Conor Ryan (@ConorRyan_93) March 6, 2021

Then… Stuff happened.

Tom Wilson hits Brandon Carlo up high.

Carlo needs help getting off the ice. pic.twitter.com/RgACye1H7l

— Conor Ryan (@ConorRyan_93) March 6, 2021

Late into the 1st period, recurring shitbag Tom Wilson made a high hit on Brandon Carlo, resulting in a hospital trip for the D-man. Wilson would receive no in-game penalty – at least not until Jared Tinordi picked a fight with him and the two spent 5 minutes a piece in the box.

Jarred Tinordi and Tom Wilson drop the gloves. pic.twitter.com/VYaalzYz60

— Conor Ryan (@ConorRyan_93) March 6, 2021

The Bruins would go on a scoring spree with him off the ice,
Trent Frederic:

Trent Frederic makes it 2-0 Bruins with his third goal in his last six games. pic.twitter.com/sqsxaFocry

— Conor Ryan (@ConorRyan_93) March 6, 2021

Bergeron:

Bergeron buries one off of another fantastic passing sequence.

Bruins are rolling right now. pic.twitter.com/GHs2oW8R63

— Conor Ryan (@ConorRyan_93) March 6, 2021

Marchand:

What a feed from Matt Grzelcyk.

Marchand's second goal of the game makes it 4-0 Bruins. pic.twitter.com/8P8gf2SRuz

— Conor Ryan (@ConorRyan_93) March 6, 2021

Oh, and Trent Frederic did his other thing, too.

Trent Frederic drops the gloves with Tom Wilson. pic.twitter.com/sSZwv51N9a

— Conor Ryan (@ConorRyan_93) March 6, 2021

Wilson did receive a 7 game suspension for boarding from DOPS.

The Caps pulled goaltender Vitek Vanacek, but it didn’t stop the bleeding. Nick Ritchie would put the Bruins up 5-0

David Krejci with the sweet backhand feed to set up Ritchie's goal. pic.twitter.com/VNEyQ41Gpv

— Conor Ryan (@ConorRyan_93) March 6, 2021

Jakub Vrana – the crossczechinator – would spoil the shutout.

Jakub Vrána (@VranaJakub) touhle švihovkou zmařil Halákovi čisté konto! 🏹 pic.twitter.com/yjiysAIa4V

— NHL Česko (@NHLcz) March 6, 2021

Bruins would proceed to win the game 5-1

The Bruins are now at 13-5-3, for 3rd in the MassMutual East division, 5 points behind the Isles and 1 points behind the Caps, yet leading the division with a points percentage of .690.

What will be the lines today?
The lines should be slightly different than usual.

Brandon Carlo is not yet on IR, but will definitely miss some games, with concussion-like symptoms.

Forward Ondrej Kase, and defensemen Jeremy Lauzon & Kevan Miller are still on IR.
David Krejci and Matt Grzelcyk are both back after being out with a lower body injuries.
Jarred Tinordi should play again tonight, and Urho Vaakanainen will rotate back in.

Sean Kuraly is a scratch once again.

Tuukka will be in net.

Bruins Forward Lines
Brad Marchand	Patrice Bergeron	David Pastrnak
Nick Ritchie	David Krejci	Craig Smith
Trent Frederic	Charlie Coyle	Jake DeBrusk
Anders Bjork	#23 Jack Studnicka	Chris Wagner
Bruins Defensive pairs
Jakub Zboril	Charlie McAvoy
Matt Grzelcyk	Urho Vaakanainen
#84 Jarred Tinordi	Connor Clifton
Bruins Goaltending
#40 Tuukka Rask	(#41 Jaroslav Halak)

Today’s opponent are the New Jersey Devils. This will be the 4th meeting between these teams this season, the first being a shoot-out win and the 2nd being an overtime loss. The Devils are near the bottom of the division at 7-11-2.
Mackenzie Blackwood is expected to play. Jesper Bratt will play in his 200th NHL match.
“There will be changes tonight”, said Lindy Ruff of his defense after losing 6-3 to the Rags yesterday.
(h/t Daily FaceoffDevils’ team reporter Amanda Stein)

Devils Forwards
#38 Yegor Sharangovich — #19 Travis Zajac — #59 Janne Kuokkanen
#23 Mikhail Maltsev– #37 Pavel Zacha — #21 Kyle Palmieri
#11 Andreas Johnsson — #86 Jack Hughes — #63 Jesper Bratt
#44 Miles Wood — #20 Michael McLeod — #14 Nathan Bastiann

Devils Defense
#24 Ty Smith — #28 Damon Severson
#70 Dmitry Kulikov — #76 P.K. Subban
#22 Ryan Murray — #45 Sami Vatanen

Devils Goaltending
#41 Scott Wedgewood
(#29 Mackenzie Blackwood)