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After last night’s win against the Kings, the Rangers travel to Boston for a kinda-sorta matinee, with a 5pm start. I always found the 5pm starts to be a weird time. I get the 1pm start. I get the 12pm start, even if I hate it. I even get the 3pm start, assuming there’s a 12pm start before it on national TV. But the 5pm on MSG+2? I dunno.
As for the Bruins, they started off poorly, but have gone on a run to make themselves relevant in the pretty terrible Atlantic Division. Seriously, outside of Tampa and Toronto, there are a whole bunch of mediocre or outright bad teams. Boston being in third in the division isn’t exactly a sign of success. That said, they have enough talent up front to surprise teams, especially with Tuukka Rask in net.
Bruins Systems
For years, the Bruins had Claude Julien at the helm. But now it’s Bruce Cassidy. I have no insight into what style he will have the Bruins playing. Stay tuned.
I know I said this last time they played, and I’ve been slacking in this department. I also can’t watch the game, have family plans. I promise I’ll update this before the season ends.
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Bruins Lines
Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-David Pastrnak
Jake Debrusk-David Krejci-Anders Bjork
Danton Heinen-Riley Nash-David Backes
Tim Schaller-Sean Kuraly-Noel Acciari
Zdeno Chara-Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug-Brandon Carlo
Matt Grzelcyk (I’d like to buy a vowel)-Kevan Miller
PP1: Marchand-Bergeron-Pastrnak-Heinen-Krug
PP2: Backes-Krejci-Debrusk–Where did all the vowels go?-McAvoy
Tuukka Rask gets the start.
Rangers Lines
Chris Kreider–David Desharnais–Pavel Buchnevich
Jimmy Vesey–Kevin Hayes–Rick Nash
Michael Grabner–JT Miller–Mats Zuccarello
Paul Carey–Boo Nieves–Jesper Fast
Ryan McDonagh–Nick Holden
Brady Skjei–Kevin Shattenkirk
Marc Staal–Brendan Smith
PP1: Kreider-Zuccarello-Desharnais-Buchnevich-Shattenkirk
PP2: Nash-Miller-Vesey-Hayes-McDonagh
Henrik Lundqvist gets the start.
Scratches/Injuries: Mika Zibanejad (concussion), Steven Kampfer (healthy)
Crazy Prediction: No unplugged controllers all game.
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