WickedBruinsFan's Blog

The Bruins are in Minnesota as the Wild open their season tonight at home. The game will be broadcast on NESN starting at 8:30. No conflict with the Red Sox this year as their games are on TBS. The Bruins' pre-game show starts at 8 on NESN.

Tonight is the first match-up between these two teams this season. The Wild will visit Boston on January 6th. The Bruins are 1-6-0 lifetime against the Wild. The Bruins' last victory against the Wild came on December 15, 2005, which was the Bruins' first visit to Minnesota. These two teams did not play each other last season.

Goalies: Minnesota goaltender statistics are from the pre-season. Starters will be/are in bold.
Minnesota: John Harding (1-1-0, 2.83 GAA, 91.5 SV%), Niklas Backstrom (4-1-0, 1.69 GAA, 94.3 SV%)
Boston: Tim Thomas (1-0-0, 4.00 GAA, 89.7 SV%), Manny Fernadez (0-0-0, 0.00 GAA, 00.0 SV%)

Who's Hot: Marc Savard and David Krejci both had a goal and an assist in the season opener... Patrice Bergeron notched two assists as well.

Who's Not: Marco Sturm went pointless in the season opener. He should get on the scoreboard tonight... Chuck Kobasew who had two assists in the season opener is now out indefenitely with a fracture.

Injuries: Chuck Kobasew, fracture in right leg suffered Oct. 9th, out indefinitely. Teams do not have disclose injury specifics or how much time a player will miss.

Minnesota Ties: The Bruins players who have ties to Minnesota are Andrew Alberts (hometown Eden Prairie), Mark Stuart (Rochester), Blake Wheeler (Plymouth). Wheeler and Phil Kessel also played college hockey at the University of Minnesota. Fernandez played six seasons with the Wild, and shut out the Bruins on March 18, 2004.