The Bruins are in Toronto tonight to play the Maple Leafs. It's the Bruins' first visit to Toronto this season. The season series is tied 1-1. The game is at 7:30 and can be seen on Versus.
It's the first game back home for the Maple Leafs who had a three game road trip visiting Northwest Division teams. They went 1-2 on the road and their last game was a 4-2 loss in Vancouver on Saturday. The Bruins conclude their two game road trip tonight. Their previous game was a 3-2 shootout loss in New York against the Rangers.
Goalies: Projected starters in bold.
TORONTO: Curtis Joseph (0-2-1, 3.21 GAA, .873 SV%), Vesa Toskala (7-5-3, 3.24 GAA, .878 SV%)
BOSTON: Tim Thomas (6-2-3, 1.76 GAA, .945 SV%), Manny Fernandez (4-1-1, 2.31 GAA, .919 SV%)
Previous Matchups: The Bruins and Maple Leafs have split their first two meetings of the season, both in Boston. Toronto won 4-2 on October 23rd while the Bruins won 5-2 on November 6th. Blake Wheeler scored his first career hat trick in the Bruins' win against Toronto.
Who's Hot: Stephane Yelle has four points in his last two games. He scored two goals against Montreal on Thursday... Zdeno Chara has a three game point streak.
Who's Not: Aaron Ward is still without a goal. His last goal came in March, 27 games ago... Mark Stuart hasn't posted an assist on the season. His last assist came in March as well, 22 games ago.
Injuries: Andrew Ference, fractured tibia, surgery today, out 6-8 weeks.
Milestones Approaching: Patrice Bergeron needs one point for 200 NHL/Bruins points.
Overheard: Ron Wilson declined to answer a question about Milan Lucic. "I don't want to talk about Bruins players," Wilson said. "Sorry."
Wilson might not want to talk about Bruins players now, but depending on the outcome of tonight's game, he might just have to talk about them.
Claude Julien will be behind the Boston bench, coaching his 100th Bruins game tonight. It would be nice for the Bruins to give him a win.
I'll be checking in during the game.
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They have to keep the momentum and show the rest of the league (specially eastern conference teams) that they are serious. As I said, these are precious points (vs Leafs). Let's hope they are not affected about saturday's game (they had the lead 2-0 with about 6 minutes left to play). Still they collected one point, on the road, against the best team in the Eastern Conf.
And most important, take advantage of their momentum while their old rivals (Habs) really struggled lately
1. Posted by yves | November 17, 2008 2:14 PM