SEATTLE KRAKEN NOTES:
LAST GAME
Seattle 4 at Buffalo 3
Goals: Eberle, Gourde, Beniers, Schultz
Goalie: Grubauer (32/35)
PP: 1/1 PK: 3/4 Shots: Seattle 22 – Buffalo 35
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 103)
Chris Driedger (ACL; IR) – 40 games – month-to-month
Joonas Donskoi (upper body; IR) – 40 games – day-to-day
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
Jan. 6, 2022: Reassigned F Shane Wright to Kingston (OHL)
UPCOMING GAMES
Saturday, Jan. 14: Seattle at Chicago, 5 p.m. PT
Monday, Jan. 16: Tampa Bay at Seattle, 1 p.m. PT
Tuesday, Jan. 17: Seattle at Edmonton, 6 p.m. PT
Thursday, Jan. 19: New Jersey at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
Saturday, Jan. 21: Colorado at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• Tonight is Seattle’s sixth of seven consecutive games that they will play on the road. Their seven-game road trip is their longest such stretch of the season and will conclude on Jan. 14 at Chicago. The team’s current stretch of seven road games are the most consecutive games they have played on the road in franchise history.
• Jaden Schwartz has 12 points (six goals, six assists) in 12 career games against the Bruins.
• Jamie Oleksiak’s next point will be the 100th of his NHL career. He is set to become the seventh defenseman from the 2011 NHL Draft class to reach the milestone.
• Ryan Donato is a native of Boston and played collegiate hockey at Harvard University before turning pro with the Boston Bruins. He totaled 18 points (11 goals, seven assists) in 46 regular-season games with the Bruins before being traded to the Minnesota Wild on Feb. 20, 2019. Donato was originally selected by the Bruins in the second round (56th overall) of the 2014 NHL Draft. He is the son of former Bruin and Harvard men’s hockey head coach Ted Donato.
• Kraken assistant coach Jay Leach played in two games for Boston during the 2005-06 season and went on to be the head coach of the Providence Bruins – Boston’s American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate – from 2017-18 to 2020-21.
• Matty Beniers hails from Hingham, Massachusetts, which is located roughly 17 miles southeast of Boston.
BOSTON BRUINS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S GAME
- The Bruins host the Kraken tonight in the 1st of 2 games between these teams this season and Seattle’s lone visit to TD Garden.
- They are the NHL’s 1st 30-win team this season at 32-4-4 overall and are 19-0-3 on home ice … They are 15-1-2 vs. Western Conference opponents.
- The Bruins open a 3-game home stand tonight vs Seattle (0-0-0), continuing vs Toronto on 1/14 and Philadelphia on 1/16 … They will then face a 2-game trip to NY Islanders on 1/18 and NY Rangers on 1/19.
RECENT GAMES:
- The Bruins are 11-0-3 in their last 14 games, including a 2-1 win vs Pittsburgh on 1/2 at the Winter Classic at Fenway Park and a 3-game California swing with a 5-2 win in Los Angeles on 1/5, 4-2 win in San Jose on 1/7 and 7-1 win in Anaheim on 1/8.
- They are 15-1-4 in their last 20 games and are 22-2-4 in their last 28 contests.
- They are 19-0-3 in their 22 home games, including a 14-game home win streak, the longest from the start of a season in league history … That is the longest point streak from a season’s start in Boston annals and is their fourth longest home point streak overall in team history with their club mark a 26-0-1 stretch in 1970-71.
- They are 6-0-1 in their last 7 road games
- Boston 5 at Los Angeles 2 … David Pastrnak and Trent Frederic had 2G each, Brad Marchand had 1-1=2 totals and Charlie McAvoy added 2A for multiple-point nights … Jeremy Swayman earned the win in goal … SOG: Bos 22, LA 29 … PP: 1/1 … PK: 0/1
- Boston 4 at San Jose 2 … Brad Marchand (1-2=3 totals), David Pastrnak (2G) and Patrice Bergeron and Charlie McAvoy (2A each) had multiple point efforts and Craig Smith added a goal … Linus Ullmark extended his point streak to 14-0-1 with the win … SOG: Bos 29, SJ 28 … PP: 1/2 … PK: 0/4
- Boston 7 at Anaheim 1 … The Bruins swept their California trip, led by David Pastrnak (3-1=4 totals), David Krejci (1-2=3), Charlie Coyle (1-1=2) and Pavel Zacha and Matt Grzelcyk (2A each) … Hampus Lindholm and Brad Marchand added single tallies … Jeremy Swayman extended his point streak to 4-0-2 … SOG: Bos 42, Ana 29 … PP: 1/2 … PK: 0/2
INJURIES (Total man-games lost in 2022-23: 42)
- Jake DeBrusk: Hand and lower body injuries, IR
BOSTON vs SEATTLE, LIFETIME SERIES
- The Bruins and Kraken are meeting for the 3rd time in their histories with the Bruins having a 2-0-0 record and 6-4 scoring advantage in those games.
- The Bruins won the 1st game between these teams in Boston with a 3-2 win on 2/1/2022.
FUN FACTS
- The Bruins currently have 23 players on their roster … 11 were drafted by the team, 4 were acquired in trade and 8 were signed as free agents.
- The Bruins play 16 matinees this season (local start time 4:00 pm or earlier) … They have a 4-0-1 record in afternoon games so far.
- The Bruins play 14 sets of back-to-back games this season … They are currently 5-0-1 in the 1st game of those sets and are 5-1-0 in the 2nd games so far.
- The Bruins are playing game 5 of their 14-game January schedule tonight (5 hm/9 rd, 4-0-0) … They will play 10 in February (3 hm/7 rd), 15 in March (9 hm/6 rd) and 7 in April (3 hm/4 rd) … They went 8-1-0 in October, 11- 2-0 in November, and 9-1-4 in December.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Jan. 5: Chris Wagner recalled from Providence/AHL.
Jan. 11: Chris Wagner returned to Providence/AHL.
Jan. 11; Joona Koppanen recalled from Providence/AHL.
