One more loss and the Bruins will tie a franchise record for longest losing streak.
Just the facts
When: Tonight, 7 PM
Where: TD Garden — Boston, Mass.
How to follow: NESN, 98.5 The Sports Hub
Opposing SB Nation: Canes’ Country
Know your enemy
- 46-25-4, 96PTS, 2nd in Metropolitan Division
- Sebastian Aho: 28G-42A-70PTS; Seth Jarvis: 30G-31A-61PTS; Andrei Svechnikov: 19G-26A-45PTS
Pyotr Kochetkov: 26-14-3, 2.57 GAA, .899 save percentage; Frederik Andersen: 13-5-0, 1.95 GAA, .920 save percentage
Game notes
- Well, the Boston Bruins went across the border on Thursday and came back without two points and have yet another challenge ahead of them tonight as they face off against the Carolina Hurricanes.
- The Bruins are just looking for some way out of this now 10-game losing streak and it could very well be another rough one against a very good Carolina team.
- To make things worse, a loss tonight would tie the franchise record for longest losing streak. The last time the Bruins lost 11 consecutives was from Dec. 1924 to Jan. 1925. Could they do it again just over 100 years later??
- “There were a lot of things that went wrong,” Elia Lindholm said after Thursday’ 4-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens. While the comment was directed to the loss, the statement definitely lends itself to the way this last stretch has gone since the trade deadline. There’s not much else to say about a team on a double-digit losing streak that can’t seem to find a way out of it.
- But maybe the Bruins will catch them starting late as the Hurricane are coming off playing last night against the Detroit Red Wings…The Hurricanes lost to the Red Wings yesterday, 5-3. Justin Robidas registered his first NHL point on an assist in his NHL debut last night.
- The Bruins haven’t been able to figure out the Hurricanes this season. In the previous two match-ups, the Bruins are 0-2-0 against them.
- For the B’s, Morgan Geekie has seven points in his last five games on three goals and four assists.
- Jeremy Swayman is 0-7-0 since March 13, giving up 29 goals in that time. While this has been a collective team downward spiral, at this point in the season, Bruins coaching staff should give Joonas Korpisalo some time in net.
- Head-to-head, the Hurricanes have the 2nd best penalty kill in the league at 84.6% while the Bruins’ PK is at 76.4%.
- The Bruins were off yesterday so there are no updates on lineup changes or injuries.
- See ya tonight!