BOSTON BRUINS NOTES:
DETROIT RED WINGS NOTES:
LAST GAME
RED WINGS 2 at BOSTON 3 (3/11/23)
1ST PERIOD: DET Copp (unassisted) 1:36-SH; DET Chiasson (Perron, Larkin) 4:32-PP
2ND PERIOD: BOS Lindholm (Coyle, Frederic) 12:43-EV; BOS Bergeron (DeBrusk, Orlov) 14:11-PP
3RD PERIOD: BOS Hathaway (Greer, Nosek) 13:54-EV
SHOTS: DET 31 (15-2-14) / BOS 38 (11-18-9)
GOALIES: DET Hellberg (L, 35-38) / BOS Ullmark (W, 29-31)
PP: DET 1-2 / BOS 1-4
MAN GAMES LOST (games missed / out since)
Robby Fabbri – lower body (36 / March 8)
Michael Rasmussen – lower body (9 / Feb. 25)
Total Man Games Lost: 245
Individual Man Games Lost: Filip Zadina (37), Jakub Vrána (33), Matt Luff (32), Tyler Bertuzzi (31), Robert Hägg (15), Elmer Söderblom (13), Gustav Lindström (11), Lucas Raymond (8), Oskar Sundqvist (7), Olli Määttä (4), Ville Husso (3), Jake Walman (3), Jordan Oesterle (2), Dylan Larkin (1)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
3/10 – Recalled forward Austin Czarnik from Grand Rapids under emergency conditions
3/9 – Traded defenseman Steven Kampfer to Arizona in exchange for future considerations
3/6 – Reassigned goaltender John Lethemon from Grand Rapids to Toledo (ECHL)
3/5 – Assigned goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic to Grand Rapids
3/3 – Recalled goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic from Grand Rapids under emergency conditions … Signed forward Alex Chiasson and goaltender John Lethemon to one-year contracts for the remainder of the 2022-23 season … Acquired a fourth-round pick in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft from Minnesota in exchange for forward Oskar Sundqvist … Acquired a seventh-round pick in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft and forward Dylan McLaughlin from St. Louis in exchange for forward Jakub Vrána (Detroit will retain 50 percent of Vrána’s salary) … Loaned forward Dylan McLaughlin to Springfield (AHL)
3/2 – Recalled forward Adam Erne from Grand Rapids … Activated defenseman Jordan Oesterle from injured reserve … Placed forward Michael Rasmussen on injured reserve … Acquired a first-round pick in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft and a fourth-round pick in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft from Boston in exchange for forward Tyler Bertuzzi (Detroit will retain 50 percent of Bertuzzi’s salary)
3/1 – Signed forward Dylan Larkin to an eight-year contract extension with an average annual value of $8.7 million … Acquired a conditional first-round pick and a second-round pick in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft from Vancouver in exchange for defenseman Filip Hronek and a fourth-round pick in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft … Signed forward Alexandre Doucet to a three-year entry-level contract
TODAY’S GAME
RED WINGS vs. BRUINS / 1:30 P.M. EDT / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: TNT / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
TODAY: 614th all-time meeting, 306th in Detroit … Third of three games this season, only game at Little Caesars Arena
ALL-TIME vs. BOS: 262-250-95-6 / HOME: 166-84-52-3 / LAST 10: 5-5-0 / IN 2021-22: 2-2-0 / THIS SEASON: 0-2-0
DET top scorers vs. BOS: Dylan Larkin (7-8-15 in 23 GP), David Perron (5-10-15 in 24 GP), Jake Walman (0-1-1 in 2 GP)
BOS top scorers vs. DET: Brad Marchand (17-22-39 in 36 GP), Patrice Bergeron (16-16-32 in 37 GP), David Krejci (8-17-25 in 33 GP), David Pastrnak (11-12-23 in 23 GP), Charlie Coyle (6-5-11 in 22 GP), Charlie McAvoy (3-7-10 in 13 GP), Tomas Nosek (1-6-7 in 10 GP), A.J. Greer (0-1-1 in 1 GP)
UPCOMING GAMES (ALL TIMES EDT)
Tue., March 14: RED WINGS at PREDATORS / 8:00 p.m. / Bridgestone Arena / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
Sat., March 18: RED WINGS vs. AVALANCHE / 1:00 p.m. / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: NHLN, BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
Mon., March 20: RED WINGS vs. PANTHERS / 7:00 p.m. / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: NHLN, BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
LAST TIME OUT
March 11 at Boston – 3-2 L
Detroit fell 3-2 at Boston to move to 29-27-9 overall and 13-15-5 on the road … The Red Wings are 22-1-3 this season when leading by two-or-more goals … Detroit is 10-6-9 in one-goal games this season, and 25-7-19 since the beginning of the 2021-22 campaign … Andrew Copp opened the scoring with a shorthanded goal 1:36 into the contest … Copp tallied his first shorthanded goal in a Detroit uniform and seventh of his NHL career … Copp’s last shorthanded goal came with the New York Rangers on April 13, 2022 at Philadelphia … Copp scored the fourth-fastest shorthanded goal from the start of a game in franchise history, trailing only Ted Lindsay (1:23) on Oct. 17, 1948 vs. the New York Rangers, Dennis Hextall (1:27) on Jan. 22, 1978 vs. Washington and Alex Delvecchio (1:29) on Nov. 19, 1960 at Boston … Copp extended his point streak to three-straight games (1-2-3 in 3 GP) … In all, Copp has seven points (2-5-7) in nine games since Feb. 23 against the New York Rangers … Alex Chiasson netted a power play goal to give Detroit a 2-0 lead … It marked Chiasson’s first goal with the Red Wings … Chiasson has three points (1-2-3) in his last two contests … Detroit scored a shorthanded goal and a power play goal in the same game for the first time since Nov. 5, 2022 against the New York Islanders … The Red Wings also scored a shorthanded goal and a power play goal in the opening five minutes of a game for the second time in franchise history … The only previous instance came on March 10, 1965 at Toronto, when Gordie Howe netted a shorthanded goal 1:50 into the contest before Norm Ullman added a power play goal at the 3:57 mark … David Perron recorded the primary assist on Chiasson’s power play goal to extend his point streak to three-consecutive games (1-2-3 in 3 GP) … Perron has 11 points (2-9-11) in 16 games dating back to Feb. 9 vs. Calgary … Dylan Larkin also picked up an assist on Chiasson’s power play goal … Larkin extended his team lead in assists (37), points (61), power play points (24) and shots (199) through 64 games … Larkin has compiled 28 points (11-17-28) in 27 games since Jan. 10 vs. Winnipeg … Larkin recorded his 248th career NHL assist, tying Syd Howe for 20th place on the franchise’s all-time list … Olli Määttä set a career high with seven blocks … Detroit has scored the opening goal in five of its last seven games … In total, the Red Wings are 18-11-7 this season when scoring first, and 8-6-5 when doing so on the road … The Red Wings finished 1-for-2 on the man advantage … Detroit is 21-9-5 this season when scoring a power play goal … Detroit is 27-5-6 this season when leading or tied after two periods, and 12-2-5 when doing so on the road.
INJURIES (Total man-games lost in 2022-23: 87)
- Taylor Hall: Lower body (LTIR)
- Nick Foligno: Lower body (IR)
BOSTON vs DETROIT, LIFETIME SERIES
- The Bruins and Red Wings are meeting for the 614th time in their histories with the Bruins having a 255-257-95-5 record and 1,857-1,823 scoring advantage in those games.
- The Bruins are 87-163-52-3 lifetime in Detroit with the Red Wings holding a 1016-774 scoring advantage in those 305 contests
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 8-1-1 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 7-2-0 in the 2nd games so far.
- The Bruins are playing game 4 of their 15-game March schedule tonight (9 hm/6 rd, 3-1-0) … 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.
