This should be fun.
Just the facts
When: Tonight, 7 PM
Where: Lenovo Center – Raleigh, NC
How to follow: NESN, 98.5 The Sports Hub
Opposing perspective: Canes Country
Know your enemy
- 36-22-4, 76PTS, 2nd in the Metropolitan Division
- Mikko Rantanen (for now?): 27G-43A-70PTS; Sebastian Aho: 23G-36A-59PTS; Seth Jarvis: 23G-23A-46PTS
- Pyotr Kochetkov: 22-11-3, 2.49 GAA, .903 save percentage
Game notes
- Last game before the trade deadline! There’s a lot of intrigue surrounding both of these teams right now, with the Bruins still expected to sell some players and the Hurricanes potentially moving Mikko Rantanen.
- The B’s made a series of roster moves yesterday, recalling Patrick Brown, Riley Tufte, Ian Mitchell, and Vinni Lettieri (emergency basis) from Providence. They sent Georgii Merkulov and Jeffrey Viel in the other direction.
- This is the second meeting of the season between these two teams, with the Bruins getting pasted in Carolina, 8-2, back on Halloween. In hindsight, that was probably one of the early indicators of “huh, this season might not go well.”
- Former Bruin Taylor Hall scored his first goal with the Hurricanes four games ago, finding the back of the net against Buffalo. He has just that one goal plus one assist in 12 games with Carolina.
- For a team expected to contend for a Stanley Cup, Carolina’s got a pretty bad power play — 24th in the league; however, their PK is excellent, second-best in the league at 83.7%.
See ya tonight!