BOSTON BRUINS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S GAME
- The Bruins visit the Blackhawks tonight in the 2nd and final game between these teams this season and the Bruins’ lone game at United Center.
- They are 50-10-5 overall this season and they are 23-7-2 on the road … The Bruins are 22-3-2 vs Western Conference opponents.
- This is the 12th 50-win season in Bruins history … It is their second straight 50-win campaign and the most since 4 straight from 1970-71—1973-74 … The total of 64 games are the fastest 50 wins in NHL history.
- The Bruins play game 2 tonight in Chicago of a 5-game road trip (0-1-0), continuing the trip in Winnipeg on 3/16, Minnesota on 3/18 and Buffalo on 3/19.
RECENT GAMES:
- The Bruins are 1-2-0 in their last 3 games, with a 3-2 loss vs. Edmonton on 3/9, a 3-2 win vs. Detroit on 3/11 and 5- 3 loss in Detroit on 3/12 … That followed a 10-game win from 2/14-3/4 which was tied for the 5th-longest win streak in team history.
- The Bruins had their 7-game road win streak snapped with their loss in Detroit on 3/12 and are 16-3-2 in their last 21 road games, also including a 9-0-1 road point streak from 12/11-1/24.
- The Bruins are 8-2-0 in their last 10 home games.
- Boston 2 vs Edmonton 3 … Brad Marchand and David Pastrnak (1-1=2 totals) opened a 2-0 lead but dropped their 1st decision of the season in which they had led after 2 periods … Jeremy Swayman took the loss in goal … SOG: Bos 28, Edm 22 … PP: 0/2 … PK: 0/1
- Boston 3 vs Detroit 2 … The Bruins came back from a 2-0 deficit with 3 straight goals by Hampus Lindholm, Patrice Bergeron (PP) and Garnet Hathaway (GW and 1st as a Bruin) … Linus Ullmark won his 8th straight win in net … SOG: Bos 38, Det 31 … PP: 1/4 … PK: 1/2
- Boston 3 at Detroit 5 … The Bruins fell into a 4-0 deficit and Matt Grzelcyk (1-1=2 totals), Jake DeBrusk, and David Pastrnak (1-1=2 totals) attempted the comeback before falling short … Pavel Zacha had 2A … Jeremy Swayman had the loss in net … SOG: Bos 33, Det 26 … PP: 0/3 … PK: 2/3
INJURIES (Total man-games lost in 2022-23: 90)
- Hampus Lindholm: Lower body
- Taylor Hall: Lower body (LTIR)
- Nick Foligno: Lower body (IR)
BOSTON vs CHICAGO, LIFETIME SERIES
- The Bruins and Blackhawks are meeting for the 596th time in their histories with the Bruins having a 272-239-79-5 record and 1,878-1,795 scoring advantage in those games.
- The Bruins are 102-147-45-4 lifetime in Chicago with the Blackhawks holding a 957-805 scoring advantage in those 298 contests.
- The Bruins have won their last 7 games of this lifetime series at 6-0-1, including a 6-1 win in Boston on 11/19 in the 1st game this season.
FUN FACTS
- The Bruins currently have 25 players on their roster (1 IR, 1 LTIR) … 12 were drafted by the team, 7 were acquired in trade and 6 were signed as free agents.
- The Bruins play 16 matinees this season (local start time 4:00 pm or earlier) … They have a 8-2-1 record in afternoon games so far.
- The Bruins play 14 sets of back-to-back games this season … They are currently 8-0-2 in the 1st game of those sets and are 7-3-0 in the 2nd games so far.
- The Bruins are playing game 6 of their 15-game March schedule tonight (9 hm/6 rd, 3-2-0) … They will play 7 in April (3 hm/4 rd) … They went 8-1-0 in October, 11- 2-0 in November, 9-1-4 in December, 10-3-1 in January and 9-1-0 in February.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Mar. 2: Tyler Bertuzzi acquired from Detroit for 2024 first round (top-ten protected) and 2025 fourth round draft picks.
Mar. 2: David Pastrnak signed to an eight-year contract extension.
Mar. 2: Jakub Lauko recalled from Providence/AHL.
Mar. 11: Jakub Lauko recalled from Providence/AHL on an emergency basis and returned to Providence/AHL.
Mar. 13: Jakub Lauko recalled from Providence/AHL on an emergency basis.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: NBCSCH – Chris Vosters (PxP) and Patrick Sharp (analyst)
RADIO: WGN-AM 720 – John Wiedeman (PxP) and Troy Murray (analyst)
SPANISH RADIO: Univision Sports Radio 1200 AM – Miguel Esparza (PxP) and Jorge Moreno (analyst)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Thursday, March 16 at NSH, 7:00 p.m. CT (ESPN+/Hulu, WGN Radio)
Saturday, March 18 at ARI, 9:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH+, WGN Radio)
Monday, March 20 at COL, 8:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH+, WGN Radio)
Thursday, March 23 at WSH, 6:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
Saturday, March 25 at MIN, 4:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
March 13 – Recalled Mike Hardman and Buddy Robinson from Rockford … March 12 – Assigned Luke Philp, Filip Roos and Anton Khudobin to Rockford … March 9 – Recalled Filip Roos from Rockford … March 3 – Recalled Anders Bjork from Rockford … Activated MacKenzie Entwistle from IR … Activated Nikita Zaitsev from non-roster … Assigned David Gust, Brett Seney and Isaak Phillips to Rockford … March 2 – Recalled Lukas Reichel from Rockford
LAST TIME OUT
Score: Chicago (1) at Tampa Bay (3) – Sat., March 11 – Amalie Arena
CHI Goals: Raddysh (17)
TBL Goals: Point (42), Point (43), Hagel (23; EN)
Goalies: CHI – Mrazek (34/36, 59:20) TBL – Elliott (22/23, 59:43)
CHI PP: 0/2; PK: 0/1
TBL PP: 0/1; PK: 2/2
Recap: The Blackhawks dropped a 3-1 decision to the Lightning on Saturday in Tampa … Taylor Raddysh scored the lone goal for the Blackhawks, his team-leading 17th of the season … He now has points in three straight (3G, 1A) … Cole Guttman picked up an assist to extend his point streak to three games (1G, 2A) … Tyler Johnson notched an assist and has helpers in back-to-back games (2A) … Petr Mrazek made 34 saves on 36 shots.
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – BOSTON BRUINS
The Blackhawks have taken points in three of their last five games against Boston … Petr Mrazek is 4-3-1 against the Bruins in his career … Andreas Athanasiou has eight points (5G, 3A) over his last 10 games against Boston, including three multi-point outings … Assistant Coach Kevin Dean served as an assistant coach with the Bruins from 2017-22 and with their AHL affiliate, the Providence Bruins, from 2011-16
and head coach for the 2016-17 campaign.
2022-23 Schedule/Results: HOME: March 14 | AWAY: Nov. 19 (1-6)
All-Time Record: 244-268-83 | Home: 151-99-49 | Road: 93-169-34
Last Home Win: March 11, 2018 (3-1) | Last Road Win: Dec. 5, 2019 (4-3 OT) | Last Home Loss: Nov. 19,
2022 (1-6) Last Road Loss: March 10, 2022 (3-4)
ACTIVE BLACKHAWKS VS. BOS ALL-TIME
GOALS: Andreas Athanasiou, 8; 3 players tied with 3
ASSISTS: Tyler Johnson, 8; Seth Jones, 6; 3 players tied with 3
POINTS: Andreas Athanasiou, 11; Tyler Johnson, 11; Seth Jones, 9
BLACKHAWKS RECORD ON…
One-Day Rest: 13-16-1
Two-Days Rest: 4-4-0
Three+ Days Rest: 2-2-2
First Game of a B2B: 2-6-2
Second Game of a B2B: 1-10-1
BLACKHAWKS RECORD BY DAY
Monday: 1-2-0
Tuesday: 3-8-1
Wednesday: 1-7-0
Thursday: 4-5-1
Friday: 5-2-2
Saturday: 5-8-1
Sunday: 3-6-1
