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 | ||
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![]() 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 |
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![]() Matt Grzelcyk |
![]() Urho Vaakanainen |
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![]() #84 Jarred Tinordi |
![]() Connor Clifton |
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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)
Boy! The Bs threw everything but the kitchen sink at ’em last few minutes…. just not enough.
Hot goalie syndrome, I guess.
Wouldn’t have hurt to put a few more pucks at the corners, but you take the shots you can get off yer stick.
It’s been 57 minutes. Can we please score a goal?
Ugh, that sucked
Arrrgggh.
You can’t do that!
This was not a good power play from the Bruins.
Yay! Let’s see what the pp can do!
So, Macavoy, Grizz, and Clifton are the veteran D guys tonight? … Okay.
Tinordi actually has more NHL games than Clifton… 65 – 90
Haha, stress i don’t need. Put in 5 haard days up north…. came back to frozen water pipes… doh!
OOF!
You can’t do that! No goal!
That’s the good Mr Nogoal.
Yeah heard the whistle just before it went in. Wonder if Tuukka took it easy because of that.
Goalies will relax on a whistle, but most don’t want a puck in their net before or after whistles… goalies are a lil different
O fence, o fence!