Hello! The Bruins are at home, hosting the Washington Capitals, to be shown on NBC and TVAS.
Last time in Bruins Hockey…
The Bruins were hosting the Isles, at the TD Garden.
Bruins win, 3-0, giving Jeremy Swayman his first shutout as a Bruin.
The Bruins are now at 24-12-6 which still has them at 4th in the MassMutual East division by victory points, 8 points behind the Caps, 5 behind the Penguins, and 4 behind the Isles.
They are also 4th in the division via points percentage with a total of .643.
What will be the lines today?
Well we’ve got some new players, so coach Bruce Cassidy has some new lines.
The Injury Report: Ondrej Kaše is skating, Halak is still on COVID quarantine. Brandon Carlo is out, week-to-week, with a different upper-body injury. Matt Grzelcyk is still out with an upper body injury. Kevan Miller seems to have a new problem unrelated to his knee. He’ll be out again.
Jarred Tinordi is in, with Jakub Zboril not ready to play.
Trent Frederic is back on the taxi squad.
Tuukka Rask will be in net, Jaroslav Halak remains out. Jeremy Swayman is the backup.
| Bruins Forward Lines | ||
|---|---|---|
 Brad Marchand |
 Patrice Bergeron |
 David Pastrnak |
 #71 Taylor Hall |
 David Krejci |
 Craig Smith |
 Nick Ritchie |
 Charlie Coyle |
 Jake DeBrusk |
 Sean Kuraly |
#6 Curtis Lazar |
 Chris Wagner |
| Bruins Defensive pairs | ||
 Jeremy Lauzon |
 Charlie McAvoy |
|
#84 Jarred Tinordi |
 Steven Kampfer |
|
#6 Mike Reilly |
 Connor Clifton |
|
| Bruins Goaltending | ||
| #40 Tuukka Rask | (#1 Jeremy Swayman) |
Today’s opponents are the Washington Capitals. The Caps are leading the division – in points, and in points percentage, ahead of the Islanders & Penguins. They picked up Anthony Mantha at the deadline.
Vitek Vanecek will be in net. Zdeno Chara did not skate at practice.
(h/t Daily Faceoff and the Washington Post’s Samantha Pell @SamanthaJPell):
Capitals Forwards
#8 Alex Ovechkin — #92 Evgeny Kuznetsov — #43 Tom Wilson
#39 Anthony Mantha — #19 Nicklas Backstrom — #77 T.J. Oshie
#73 Conor Sheary — #20 Lars Eller — #10 Daniel Sprong
#62 Carl Hagelin — #26 Nic Dowd — #21 Garnet Hathaway
Capitals Defense
#9 Dmitri Orlov — #74 John Carlson
#4 Brenden Dillon — #2 Justin Schultz
#57 Trevor van Riemsdyk — #3 Nick Jensen
Capitals Goaltending
#41 Vitek Vanecek
(#30 Ilya Samsonov)
Officiating
Bruins vs. Capitals
Referees: #14 Trevor Hanson — #22 Ghislain Hebert
Linesmen: #83 Matt MacPherson — #48 Beau Halkidis
(as usual, h/t Scouting the Refs)
Bruins power play improved from 10th to 9th since the trade deadline
It’s hockey time again!
Bruins vs the Caps.
And Ovi is near yet-another interim career scoring milestone and NBC WILL NOT LET YOU FORGET IT!
GO BRUINS!