Need some better game execution tonight.
Just the facts
When: Tonight, 7 PM
Where: TD Garden — Boston, Mass.
How to follow: NESN, 98.5 The Sports Hub
Opposing perspective: Die By The Blade
Know your enemy
- 26-33-6, 58PTS, last in Atlantic Division
- Tage Thompson: 34G-25A-59PTS; Rasmus Dahlin: 12G-40A-52PTS; JJ Peterka: 19G-32A-51PTS
- Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen: 22-21-4, 3.19 GAA, .88 save percentage
Game notes
- It sounds like a broken record, but the Boston Bruins will look to have a full 60-minute effort tonight as the Buffalo Sabres come to town.
- The Bruins failed to find their offensive game as they were stuck in their defensive zone for most of Saturday’s loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning and overall just poorly executed the game.
- This is the third meeting between the two this season. So far, the Bruins are 1-1-0 against the Sabres (3-1 win on Dec. 21 and 7-2 loss on Jan. 28). The Bruins will see them again on April 6.
- The Bruins and the Sabres sit at the bottom of the Atlantic Division. While 10 points separate them, their power plays and penalty kills are pretty even where they stand in the league. We all know where the Bruins power play is and they couldn’t get anything done on Saturday so it slipped slightly to 15%.
- After a six-game losing streak, the Sabres are 2-1-0 in their last three games and are coming off a 4-3 shootout win over the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday. However the Sabres are dealing with some injuries up front.
- Peterka, Josh Norris and Jiri Kulich did not skate at practice yesterday. Head coach Lindy Ruff said Peterka is a possibility for tonight and the closest of the three to returning to the lineup.
- Elias Lindholm is on a three-game point streak with one goal and four assists. It’s his longest streak since the beginning of February. Marat Khusnutdinov is on a two-game goal streak with two goals.
- See ya tonight!