BRUINS (29-24-11) at MAPLE LEAFS (20-33-12)
Puck drops at 7 on NESN Last 10 -- Boston 6-2-2; Toronto 3-6-1
Team Comparison --
Team G W L OTL Pts Standings GF GA Road/Home
Boston 64 29 24 11 69 4th, Northeast 157 164 15-11-5 Road
Toronto 65 20 33 12 52 5th, Northeast 168 220 11-14-5 Home
Facts to know --
--The Leafs, are 0 for 25 with the man advantage in their last five games.
--Former Bruin Phil Kessel, traded to Toronto, doesn’t have a point in four games against his former team. FAIL
--Tuukka Rask, 2-1-0 with a 2.01 GAA this season versus Toronto
Team Stats Leaders--
Goals Assists
Sturm, Bos, 19 / Kessel, Tor, 22 Chara, Bos, 30 / Kaberle, Tor, 40
Points Plus/Minus
Bergeron, Bos, 38 / Kaberle, Tor, 46 Sturm, Bos, 7 / Gunnarsson, Tor, 6
Season series -- Match number 5 out of 6 for the Northeast Division rivals. All four of the previous games have been won by the home team. The Bruins crushed the Leafs by 7-2 and 5-2 scores. The last time these teams met on March 4, Tim Thomas made 24 saves, and the Bruins won in a shoot out. Toronto's win came when Jonas Gustavsson posted his first NHL shutout on Dec. 19.
Savard Headline / Cooke is a scumbug -- Marc Savard, who already missed 23 games this season with injuries, suffered a concussion after losing consciousness when he took an a dirty, deliberate, arm-to-the-head hit on Sunday from Pittsburgh's Matt Cooke (resident pittsburgh scum bag and coward) with 5:37 left in the third period. Savard was attended to by medial personnel, placed on a stretcher, and removed from the ice. He was diagnosed with a Grade 2 concussion. Savard was not in the hospital but stayed in Pittsburgh Sunday night and was to fly home Monday.
Savard / Cooke Rant -- Thornton, where the fuck is Thornton, Savard gets assaulted and cooke still has a head? Okay, Im not saying kill the guy, but somebody should have made a statement and dropped the gloves, thus putting cooke on his scumbag ass. If anybody else on the team is hit like that, who is the first person over there? SAVARD!! This guy (okay now I sound like John Gruden), but this guy is the best player on the team and the Bruins take that lying down? What happens if Terry O'reilly is coaching this team? And I dont want to hear about the 2 fucking points, no savard = no playoff wins PERIOD. This team needs marc savard to be competetive. Savard is gone, so forget the 2 points, which pittsburgh eventually took anyway. Marc Savard should be disgusted with his team mates, and if Julien told them not to retaliate, FUCK JULIEN. Fraude Julien is not the coach this team needs, i tried to stick by him, but his style has neutered this Bruins team. Thornton, Chara, Lucic, Begin are the guys I hold most accountable, the guys that can throw the fists a little, but the whole team let me down. This is rock bottom, a 10 game winless streak hurt, but watching the bruins turn into pussies is too much to stomach.
Now, back to the hit and the lack of retaliation. The four officials on the ice didn't see the hit, thus there was no penalty. Even Bruins coach Claude Julien admitted he didn’t see it live. How many players on the ice, or even on the bench, saw the play?
Bruins Big Picture:
The Boston Bruins were hoping to use the post-Olympic portion of the NHL schedule to begin to show some consistency and start peaking heading into the playoffs. Instead, they’re stuck dealing a familiar problem - an injury to Marc Savard. The two time All-Star is out indefinitely after suffering a concussion from a brutal blindside hit in Boston’s latest game, leaving the Bruins to continue their seven-game road trip Tuesday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs without their top forward. 20 games left in the regular season, and no cushion to speak of in their fight for a playoff spot. A great record wouldn't guarantee anything, but a terrible record would probably kill the Bruins' playoff chances. The Bruins have won 6 of their last 8 games and have taken points in 8 of their last 10 contests to move into the 8th seed in the Eastern Conference with 69 points. Tonight in Toronto is a MUST WIN, the Maple Leafs ranked 28th, in a 30-team league; the Bruins can't leave without 2 points. It doesn't feel like it, after splitting two games since the Olympic break and doing nothing at the trade deadline, but the Bruins are fairly hot (5-1-2 over the past eight games), and have established themselves as a solid team away from home (14-10-5). They went 4-0-0 going into the Olympic break.
Injury Report --
-Bruins-- Savard (concussion) will be sidelined indefinitely. Defenseman Andrew Ference (groin) is in Boston.
-Maple Leafs-- will be without forward Fredrik Sjostrom (shoulder) while center Mikhail Grabovski (broken wrist) could make his return. Defensemen Mike Van Ryn (knee) and Mike Komisarek (shoulder) are out for the year.
Puck drops at 7 on NESN Last 10 -- Boston 6-2-2; Toronto 3-6-1
Team Comparison --
Team G W L OTL Pts Standings GF GA Road/Home
Boston 64 29 24 11 69 4th, Northeast 157 164 15-11-5 Road
Toronto 65 20 33 12 52 5th, Northeast 168 220 11-14-5 Home
Facts to know --
--The Leafs, are 0 for 25 with the man advantage in their last five games.
--Former Bruin Phil Kessel, traded to Toronto, doesn’t have a point in four games against his former team. FAIL
--Tuukka Rask, 2-1-0 with a 2.01 GAA this season versus Toronto
Team Stats Leaders--
Goals Assists
Sturm, Bos, 19 / Kessel, Tor, 22 Chara, Bos, 30 / Kaberle, Tor, 40
Points Plus/Minus
Bergeron, Bos, 38 / Kaberle, Tor, 46 Sturm, Bos, 7 / Gunnarsson, Tor, 6
Season series -- Match number 5 out of 6 for the Northeast Division rivals. All four of the previous games have been won by the home team. The Bruins crushed the Leafs by 7-2 and 5-2 scores. The last time these teams met on March 4, Tim Thomas made 24 saves, and the Bruins won in a shoot out. Toronto's win came when Jonas Gustavsson posted his first NHL shutout on Dec. 19.
Savard Headline / Cooke is a scumbug -- Marc Savard, who already missed 23 games this season with injuries, suffered a concussion after losing consciousness when he took an a dirty, deliberate, arm-to-the-head hit on Sunday from Pittsburgh's Matt Cooke (resident pittsburgh scum bag and coward) with 5:37 left in the third period. Savard was attended to by medial personnel, placed on a stretcher, and removed from the ice. He was diagnosed with a Grade 2 concussion. Savard was not in the hospital but stayed in Pittsburgh Sunday night and was to fly home Monday.
Savard / Cooke Rant -- Thornton, where the fuck is Thornton, Savard gets assaulted and cooke still has a head? Okay, Im not saying kill the guy, but somebody should have made a statement and dropped the gloves, thus putting cooke on his scumbag ass. If anybody else on the team is hit like that, who is the first person over there? SAVARD!! This guy (okay now I sound like John Gruden), but this guy is the best player on the team and the Bruins take that lying down? What happens if Terry O'reilly is coaching this team? And I dont want to hear about the 2 fucking points, no savard = no playoff wins PERIOD. This team needs marc savard to be competetive. Savard is gone, so forget the 2 points, which pittsburgh eventually took anyway. Marc Savard should be disgusted with his team mates, and if Julien told them not to retaliate, FUCK JULIEN. Fraude Julien is not the coach this team needs, i tried to stick by him, but his style has neutered this Bruins team. Thornton, Chara, Lucic, Begin are the guys I hold most accountable, the guys that can throw the fists a little, but the whole team let me down. This is rock bottom, a 10 game winless streak hurt, but watching the bruins turn into pussies is too much to stomach.
Now, back to the hit and the lack of retaliation. The four officials on the ice didn't see the hit, thus there was no penalty. Even Bruins coach Claude Julien admitted he didn’t see it live. How many players on the ice, or even on the bench, saw the play?
Bruins Big Picture:
The Boston Bruins were hoping to use the post-Olympic portion of the NHL schedule to begin to show some consistency and start peaking heading into the playoffs. Instead, they’re stuck dealing a familiar problem - an injury to Marc Savard. The two time All-Star is out indefinitely after suffering a concussion from a brutal blindside hit in Boston’s latest game, leaving the Bruins to continue their seven-game road trip Tuesday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs without their top forward. 20 games left in the regular season, and no cushion to speak of in their fight for a playoff spot. A great record wouldn't guarantee anything, but a terrible record would probably kill the Bruins' playoff chances. The Bruins have won 6 of their last 8 games and have taken points in 8 of their last 10 contests to move into the 8th seed in the Eastern Conference with 69 points. Tonight in Toronto is a MUST WIN, the Maple Leafs ranked 28th, in a 30-team league; the Bruins can't leave without 2 points. It doesn't feel like it, after splitting two games since the Olympic break and doing nothing at the trade deadline, but the Bruins are fairly hot (5-1-2 over the past eight games), and have established themselves as a solid team away from home (14-10-5). They went 4-0-0 going into the Olympic break.
Injury Report --
-Bruins-- Savard (concussion) will be sidelined indefinitely. Defenseman Andrew Ference (groin) is in Boston.
-Maple Leafs-- will be without forward Fredrik Sjostrom (shoulder) while center Mikhail Grabovski (broken wrist) could make his return. Defensemen Mike Van Ryn (knee) and Mike Komisarek (shoulder) are out for the year.
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